Employer Insights Blog

Though it’s harder to recreate the synchronicity of an office environment these days, it still can be done with renewed effort toward culture-building. Here are five ideas to help your employees create connections, even from a distance.

The Vanderbilt Health Employer Solutions team frequently shares original articles and videos with employers that they can use to support their employees’ health and well-being. Recent stories have focused on preventive health, ideas for contending with stress and anxiety, and more.

A new video from Vanderbilt Health underscores how wearing a mask is one of the easiest and most effective things you can do to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

This week Vanderbilt University Medical Center launched Vanderbilt Health DNA: Discoveries in Action, an original podcast series exploring the issues and scientific advancements shaping health, medicine and society. 

The pandemic has had a detrimental effect on the mental health of all Americans, with the Kaiser Family Foundation reporting 45% of American adults are experiencing increased anxiety and depression.

The new Vanderbilt Health website now features an out-of-pocket cost estimator for many hospital and professional services offered by Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC).

On Friday, July 17, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its guidelines for people who are self-isolating with COVID-19 to prevent transmission of the virus. We look at what the latest recommendations mean for employers.

The pandemic has been difficult for everyone, triggering a decrease in physical fitness and an increase in mental health issues. To prevent physical inactivity and anxiety from cascading to greater health problems, now is the time to motivate employees to reach a higher bar in terms of their physical health and well-being.

As part of their video series on dealing with the pandemic, Vanderbilt Health infectious disease experts Dr. William Schaffner and Dr. Tom Talbot discuss the latest health and safety guidance.

The number of employees without a primary care provider (PCP)—as high as 16% to 20% of the total population, according to one major health insurance payer—has long been a challenge for HR leaders. The Vanderbilt Health Employer Solutions team offers a few ideas for helping your employees connect to a PCP.