Only one person has mattended all 26 previous RYAN Associates’ national conferences and VISIONS recently caught up with him.
RYAN Associates’ PresidentFrank Leone, M.P.H., M.B.A., reflects on national conferences past andfuture.
When the legendary singer Pearl Bailey said ‘You must change in order to survive,’ she could have been addressing the 500-plus healthcare marketers attending the 18th National Healthcare Marketing Strategies Summit in Scottsdale this spring. The appeal to change came from every corner as marketers were again and again urged to adapt to the demands and opportunities of digital marketing, the onset of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the proliferation of wellness programs and more.
There are multiple medical program resources for your motor carrier clients and commercial driver examinees available on the FMCSA website.
Adapting to the Affordable Care Act will be a Bitter-Sweet Endeavor
How is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) likely to impact occupational health? While the answer to that question varies, both supporters and detractors agree on one thing: staying informed about the various requirements of the ACA is essential.
In any given year, approximately 18.8 million American adults suffer from a depressive disorder and nearly 80 percent of those with depression report some level of job-related functional compromise, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
“Power to the People” seems to be a fitting metaphor for RYAN Associates’ 27th annual national conference, Oct. 21-23, at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel in Nashville.
The concept of white-collar occupational health is nothing new. Prudential Financial has been taking care of its employees at on-site clinics for 101 years.
VISIONS recently caught up with Murray Lappe, M.D., founder and chief medical officer for eScreen, Tim Sotos, M.B.A., chairman of the board and CEO of Clinical Reference Laboratory, and Bob McCormick, vice president of Quest Diagnostics Employer Solutions, a business of Quest Diagnostics that provides workplace drug testing services, to talk about the current state and future direction of the drug testing industry.
For some budget-conscious organizations, branding is considered a superficial luxury. But that is short-sighted thinking, according to Marilyn Wilker, marketing communications strategist at Mint Chip Communications, a Chicago-based brand strategy and advertising company.
Sorry for the hiatus, folks. I’m wearing the new hat of COO/CMO of ASAP Urgent Care, a start up with plans to open new UCCs in the northeast, so my blogging and article writing has been on a bit of a standby.