Status updates may be more useful than demographic factors in predicting certain health conditions. That’s the finding from a new study published in PLOS One. The authors linked words used in patients’ Facebook posts to their electronic medical records (EMR) in order to see if the ways people express themselves on social media gives clues [...]
IBI Research Director Dr. Brian Gifford sat down with Sedgwick's Executive Vice President and Chief Performance Officer Darrell Brown to discuss the work and health relationship at the 2017 Annual Risk Management Society (RIMS) Conference.
This whitepaper discusses the critical components to address in the development and implementation of an absence management program. The approach described reviews how to build an absence management program from the employee life cycle perspective. This includes reviewing all practices, policies and procedures that are associated with hiring, onboarding, training/engagement and working with employees that [...]
