Prevention is the best answer: Business Health Services, a service of RediMed, a member of the Lutheran Health Network.

As an employer, you're acutely aware of the high costs of health care and the resulting toll on your company's profits. Consider these two facts as an example:

Employee health costs, including absenteeism, lost productivity and insurance costs can easily eat up as much as 25 percent of total payroll

Ten percent of all employees possess two or more coronary risk factors (smoking, hypertension, elevated cholesterol, obesity) and will account for 40 to 60 percent of a company's annual health-care expenditures

Prevention is the best answer. Business Health Services offers a variety of preventive services to help promote more healthy lifestyles and to detect and modify potential health problems before they become serious. In addition to managing treatment costs and absentee time through our Occupation Medicine Program, we can provide a wide range of health screenings that can alert you to potential health risks before a crisis occurs. On-site screening services include:

* blood pressure

* pulmonary function

* vision

* fitness assessment

* body composition

* cholesterol

* hearing

* coloscreens

Cardiac risk assessments can be conducted at your corporation for groups, or at one of our locations for individuals. This screening includes a medical questionnaire, blood pressure check, body fat ratio, complete lipid profiles (total cholesterol, LD

Health education is an integral part of all Business Health Services' programs. Professional healthcare personnel also can conduct programs on site at your request, including;

* smoking cessation

* exercise and physical fitness * CPR

* first aid

* heart health

* cholesterol control

* blood borne pathogens * nutritional awareness * cancer prevention * diabetes awareness

The largest investment made by most companies is in their people. Protecting and enhancing your investment is...