Employer Insights Blog

Just as VUMC is making plans to reintroduce some services, we know that employers are working hard on plans to reopen shuttered aspects of their businesses. Here are a few resources to ensure your reestablished business remains a healthy work environment.

Public health officials have cautioned in recent days that antibody testing isn’t a “silver bullet” to discovering immunity to COVID-19. In a scientific brief issued Friday, the World Health Organization warned that people who have recovered from the coronavirus are not necessarily protected from catching the disease again.

As much as we’re proud of our work treating and researching COVID-19, we’re eager to return to meeting all of the healthcare needs of our region as soon as it is safe for our employees, patients and community. The flattening curve is a sign that we can start planning ahead—with safety as our cornerstone.

Employers have played an important public health role during COVID-19 by being megaphones for accurate and timely information about the pandemic with their employees and families. One area business leader, AllianceBernstein, recently partnered with Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) to share strategies for overcoming mental health challenges that employees may be facing during the pandemic.

Managing a remote workforce can have its challenges, but it also creates an opportunity to positively affect the health of your workforce where it starts—in the home. While your employees are sheltering and spending more time in their homes, Vanderbilt Health Employer Solutions has assembled tips and tricks to help you build healthy habits among your employees to strengthen them mentally and physically.

The latest statistics show signs of hope for our region, but vigilance is still needed to slow the rate of COVID-19 infection. Here's the latest on testing information, guidance for employees who might be at higher risk of infection and ways to help frontline workers.

As social distancing and shelter-in-place guidelines extend throughout the state and nation, we’re realizing that facing the challenge of COVID-19 will be like running a marathon, requiring mental and physical resiliency. To help equip your workforce during these uncertain times, we’ve collected practical health and wellness tips from experts throughout Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC).

There’s no question that telehealth is a more efficient and equally effective way to receive care, and—especially in the current environment—it also reduces exposure to coronavirus and the risk of acquiring COVID-19. The real question is: How can employers support the use of telehealth among employees now to ensure this technology will be used in the future? Here are four tips for encouraging your workforce to adopt telehealth and start taking advantage of its benefits.

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented unprecedented challenges to our nation over the past month, and it is often hard to control the firehose of information. The Vanderbilt Health Employer Solutions team has worked to narrow that flood by providing credible resources to our employer partners targeted to their employees’ health and wellness.

Despite the uncertainty caused by COVID-19, Vanderbilt Health remains committed to its growth and expansion plans throughout the region. Check out two exciting new developments aimed at offering Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC)’s high-quality care to greater numbers of Middle Tennessee residents.