title: Nurse-managed corporate employee wellness centers.
abstract: Health care is a major expense for businesses. A nurse-managed Wellness Center in an approximately 1,000-employee corporation has demonstrated how nurse practitioner services can help corporations reduce medical costs while fostering employee satisfaction and addressing aggregate health needs. In the first 6 months of operation, more than half of the company's employees used the wellness center for episodic care, health maintenance, and patient education, saving an estimated $100,000 in averted outside medical care and absenteeism. The worksite community provides an ideal environment to impact health behaviors through primary care linked with health promotion activities. The nurse-managed center provides a model of care more accessible to patients than traditional medical care.
authors.affiliation: Wellness Center, Orlando, Fla., USA.
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Lugo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*