Corporate Services
Your employees and
their families are a critical asset of your company. When one of them
is ill, uncertainty and stress rise in the company, leading to reduced
productivity for your employee, their team and their managers. Healthcare
Liaison provides medical consulting, advocacy and planning services
directly to your employee and their family members. With an expert
in healthcare assisting them, your employee can re-focus energy on
work.
Consultation Examples:
Benefits for Corporations:
- Enhances employee productivity by reducing the level of stress.
- Increases employee loyalty to the company.
- Facilitates employee recruitment by offering specialized benefits.
- Improves employee retention by creating a positive work environment.
- Reduces the length and frequency of family leave.
Benefits for Employees:
Healthcare Liaison could be useful when an employee or a family member is:
- Adjusting to a new diagnosis of a medical condition.
- Facing hospitalization for surgery or other procedures.
- Has a spouse, partner, infant, child or parent with complex medical needs.
Corporate Service Options
Services
provided on retainer
For a fixed
cost per month, Healthcare Liaison would provide:
On-site services which include consultations to employees on specific situations or brief workshops on healthcare topics relevant to the workplace.
Off-site services which include home, hospital or office-based consultations with your employees and their families, and coordination of care with the larger healthcare team.
On
an hourly “not to exceed”
basis
Corporations
contract on an hourly basis for the month with a “not to exceed”
clause on the number of billable hours.
In this model, consultations are provided at either the workplace,
employee’s home or a hospital.
On
a project basis
As special projects involving healthcare issues arise, Healthcare
Liaison will negotiate a rate for a defined project completed during
a specified timeframe.
Please inquire about other flexible arrangements designed to fit your company's needs.
Consultation Examples
Employee
with a new baby
An employee's
newborn baby is in the neonatal intensive care unit at the hospital.
The family is overwhelmed by the stress, the technology and the uncertainty
of their baby's health. Your employee is unable to work.
Interventions: Meet with the family and the entire healthcare team; interpret medical information, assist the family in formulating questions. Support the family at the hospital and at home, answering questions, ensuring good communication with the healthcare team. If there are treatment choices that need to be made, working with the family to assist them with their decision-making. Follow-up home visits after the baby is discharged.
Major Corporate Benefit: The employee's stress level is reduced and they are able to return to work sooner. The employee feels supported by the employer, leading to increased retention.
CEO's
father has Alzheimer's Disease
Your
CEO’s father has end-stage Alzheimer's Disease and is in an independent
living facility. His wife provides all of his care. He falls and is brought
to the hospital emergency room. The facility staff where they live say
they do not feel he qualifies for independent living any longer and think
he should move to a nursing home.
Intervention: Meet with physician in the emergency room and request a referral for a Home Health nursing assessment and a physical therapy assessment. Explain possible attendant care options and assist with ordering of medical equipment. Consult with the nurse and physical therapist. Maintain contact with the facility, all family members involved and meet with them to discuss hospice options. Monitor until hospice assumes care.
Major Corporate Benefit: The CEO is able to stay on the job and utilize Healthcare Liaison to keep appraised, advise of healthcare options and arrange for appropriate level of care. The CEO could spend time with his/her father rather than researching options for care.
To discuss
your company’s specific needs, or to schedule a consultation, please
call Healthcare Liaison at 510-704-8476
or e-mail joanna@healthcareliaison.com