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Issue Date: Fall 2001 Health Promotion Is a Missed Opportunity This editorial discusses the results of a new study on preventive health services recommended for average-risk patients. It argues that many health plans and employers do not take advantage of money-saving and health-improving strategies that health promotion affords. HPM Reduces Inefficiency, Costs This article discusses the relationship between workers' health and productivity. It argues that a strategy called health and productivity management, which coordinates the management of programs for group health, disability, workers' compensation benefits, and other benefits, can enable employers to achieve better employee productivity and realize cost savings. Effect of Disease on Workplace Performance Is Significant, Expert Says This article argues that health care purchasers can be motivated to put pressure on the managed care system to improve health. It also argues that the more society understands the benefits of health care activities, the greater its ability to allocate health-related resources. Pain Programs Help To Manage Demand for Health Services This article discusses how chronic pain affects those suffering from the condition as well as the employers for which they work. It argues that pain management programs can reduce the demand for health services by chronic pain sufferers and help these workers get back to work. Study Attributes One Fourth of Costs to 11 Modifiable Health Risks This article discusses the results of a study that show that modifiable health risk factors contribute in the short term to the cost of health care. It argues that work site health promotion programs have the potential to reduce these risk factors and thereby health care costs. Health Promotion Helps Lower Absence Rates, Research Shows This article discusses a literature review summarizing the research on health promotion and the areas in which health promotion can affect modifiable health risks and worker absenteeism.
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