A Benefits Trend That’s Paying Off For Both Employers, Employees: Personalized Health Clinics
It's becoming a new trend for tech companies are providing health clinics just off campus for convenient care that focuses on preventive services and keeping employees at work.
The Mercury News:
A Perk That’s Keeping Silicon Valley Workers Healthy — And On The Job
For Google, Apple and Facebook employees, the doctor is always in — at work. And at LinkedIn and a growing number of companies, personalized health clinics staffed with physicians, nurses, and therapists are just off campus. The business model is thriving in Silicon Valley and elsewhere, experts say, because it focuses on preventive services that treat workers before their illnesses and pains — physical and emotional — become more expensive for their employer plans. And since it’s so convenient, employees are more inclined to not put off that annoying trip to the doctor across town for an ache or symptom that just won’t go away. (Seipel, 12/22)
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