ON-SITE CHIROPRACTIC-LEAD CORPORATE WELLNESS PROGRAM
Recent studies make a clear case for the establishment of on-site chiropractic clinics in the workplace because it provides employees more convenient access to safe, effective care. Reduction of employees pain and disability increases both productivity and job satisfaction.
Chiropractic services have been found to benefit the workforce as well as employers in a variety of important ways. its a “win-win” investment for companies looking to improve productivity and reduce expenses. Studies conducted between 2010-2012 are encouraging because they suggest that one way to enhance your employees wellness by reducing costs is on site chiropractic care.
The Journal of occupational and environmental medicine published a study tracking the cost of care for 1635 employees whom all received chiropractic care half from on site providers and half from off site providers. The researchers found that the on-site group required fewer visits and fewer expense diagnostic imaging tests. The authors reported that chiropractic care "demonstrated significant improvements in headache, neck pain, and low back pain functional status in patients utilizing on-site services over a short time frame while still showing lower utilization and cost outcomes than community-based care," and that "This study demonstrates that users of on-site chiropractic services have lower health care utilization than those who obtain their care at off-site community care centers.”
In a study at Anheuser-Bush brewing company on-site chiropractic care improved care for workers who spend most of their days moving heavy objects. Authors reported "In the two years since it was implemented, the number of employee sick days has declined by 22 percent, while the accident rate has been cut in half. Consequently, the company’s workers’ compensation costs have experienced a dramatic reduction, with premiums declining by more than 25 percent.” To sum up, long-term lowered healthcare costs are the result.
Your most important resource is your employees. Your business after all is dependent on them being healthy enough to come to work and work productively while they are there. Most employers view their healthcare costs as an investment or a way of keeping the company healthy by keeping their employees healthy.
Doctors of chiropractic are perfect intermediaries for businesses seeking cost reductions and productivity gains from healthier employees. We provide employees with individual proactive healthcare choices that fit their lifestyles. On-site chiropractic care expands the reach of care by bridging chiropractic, nutrition fitness, and lifestyle education to the place where employees spend the majority of their day. Our core belief is that healthy employees form the foundation of successful companies. You can create change in your company for an entire employee base which means happier employees and a healthier bottom line.