Employers can rest assured doctors are on their side when it comes to playing a role in the health of their employees.
Nonprofit coalition Midwest Business Group on Health recently conducted a national survey of physicians and found 72 percent agree that employers should help employees manage chronic conditions such as diabetes or heart disease.
In fact, almost 60 percent of doctors think employers should notify them about efforts to help a patient manage chronic disease, and 46 percent agree employers have a role in helping patients improve their medication compliance.
"An increasing number of physicians understand that employers can be supportive in impacting employee health," says Jan Berger, MD, president of Health Intelligence Partners and medical director for MBGH. "That being said they do believe that any support given be coordinated with physician activity and that there be active communication between the employee, employer and the physician."
72% of physicians agree that employers should help employees manage chronic conditions such as diabetes or heart disease.
