Health Care- Absence Management
The Journal of the American Medical Association statistics show that depression/stress costs employers $44 billion a year with approximately 5.6 hours a week in lost productive work time besides it’s ill effects on individuals and their families
The US Dept. of Labor states 20% of Americans have personal stress that reduces their productivity by 25% or more where presenteeism represents 75% of total costs even Greater than medical, absenteeism, std, ltd. There is a need for companies to understand and reduce the causes of occupational stress with a focus on the individual.
40% of turnover is due to stress & work life balance and is the #1 concern for women at Work.
Annual average cost in US of Lost Productive Time from health problems for absenteeism exceeds $8.3 Billion and for presenteeism more than $36.7 Billion.
The e-Triage “At Work” system is a self help tool for all personnel and families. available via the internet 24x7, it is totally secure, anonymous and confidential. The system explores stressors in individual’s work-life environment , evaluates coping skills, and gives proactive guidance to help individual manage stress.
e-Triage “At Work” provides the employee recommendations for action based on their responses to the confidential on line interview:
- Looks at the individual
- Identifies stressors in individual
- Teaches individual coping skills
- Provides assistance programs to help individual
- Identifies and recommends available assistance programs such as Employer Sponsored Programs & Websites, Family Center, Community Programs, 1-800 EAP
The results are:
- Improved retention and employee morale
- Decreased costs due to absenteeism and presenteeism
- Decreased STD, LTD and WC cases
- Increased referrals to EAP
- Increased use of other employer sponsored programs
Current research confirms the absence management concepts of e-Triage reduce sick leave by more than 50%
