NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 22 TN-Aegis-Norton-Prgrm
NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Norton Healthcare Inc., the
leading hospital and healthcare system in the Louisville, KY, area selected
Aegis Health Group to design and implement a health-management program aimed
at local employers. The program includes an on-site employer relations
specialist responsible for developing partnerships with local employers to
improve the health of their workforce.
Employees at participating organizations complete personal health profiles
about family history, lifestyle and current health. Using proprietary Aegis
software, the data is used to predict future health risks for each
participant. Norton Healthcare then offers specific prevention and education
programs to help reduce or eliminate those risks. Employers receive the data
in aggregate, which protects the private information of employees.
Employers that offer health-management initiatives to their employees can
realize significant savings in healthcare premiums, absenteeism and workers'
compensation claims, in addition to increased morale and productivity. This
program allows the hospital and employers to become true partners in health.
"We know that employers are feeling the pinch of rising costs associated
with employee health," said Mary Jo Bean, vice president of planning and
business development for Norton Healthcare. "Norton hopes to help alleviate
some of that burden by helping employees identify and address their health
risks."
For nearly 20 years Aegis has helped hospitals across the country form
lasting relationships with area employers while improving the health of the
workforce. Aegis' program can currently be found in more than 4,000 employer
sites across the country.
About Norton Healthcare
For more than a century, Norton Healthcare's faith heritage has guided its
mission to provide quality healthcare to all those served. Today, Norton
Healthcare is the Louisville area's leading hospital and healthcare system (45
percent market share) and second largest private employer. The not-for-profit
system - the largest in Kentucky and rated one of the top 100 integrated
healthcare delivery systems in the country - includes four large hospitals in
Louisville, eight Norton Immediate Care Centers, 9,500 employees, more than
200 employed medical providers at some 50 locations, and nearly 2,000 total
physicians on its medical staff. Norton Healthcare serves the Greater
Louisville metro area, including Southern Indiana and patients throughout
Kentucky.
About Aegis Health Group
Aegis Health Group's national client base includes more than 60 for-
profit, nonprofit and academic medical centers that have turned to Aegis to
enhance bottom-line profitability by driving top-line growth. No other company
has been able to match Aegis' breadth of services, track record and bottom-
line proven performance when it comes to building relationships between
hospitals and area employers. Further information may be obtained at
www.aegisgroup.com.
SOURCE Aegis Health Group
