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The Philadelphia Inquirer on Wednesday examined how workplace-based health caution centers are "quickly gaining popularity among large employers around the country" wHO consider them "an attractive perk for employees, merely also a way to increase worker productivity and hold down pat health costs by treating problems early and expeditiously." According to the Inquirer, businesses and manufacturers "historically had doctors or nurses around to treat injuries or throw drug tests," but they increasingly ar adopting "a new template that offers work-site elemental care plus preventive services such as vaccines, wellness screenings and weight-loss counseling."
Watson Wyatt Worldwide and the National Business Group on Health this year released a survey that found the percentage of large companies that had an employee health concern center on-site or were scheduled to open a center side by side year increased from 27% in 2006 to 29% in 2008. According to the Inquirer, the survey did not include analyses of the costs for the centers on their businesses just the companies that already had centers said they mainly were focused in the main on enhancing productivity and generating savings. The centers' operators reported that employees spend less time away from work because of illnesses or physician appointments. In addition, the companies were able to deliver money through preventive measures, resulting in fewer visits to hospitals for emergency brake care.
According to the Inquirer, a "downside" of on-site health centers is potential breaches of privacy, through which bosses could discover employees' "infirmities or unhealthy lifestyle." In response, some companies experience hired outside firms, which must uphold the same privacy regulations as whatever other health provider, to alleviate those concerns.
Lale Iskarpatyoti, group and health care practice drawing card for Watson Wyatt, said that the number of on-site employee health centers has increased in the last four or five years as a way to shrink expenses because 40% to 50% of medical costs are joined to preventable conditions. Iskarpatyoti said on-site clinics ar effective for businesses with as few as 500 employees just typically serve companies with at least 1,000 workers. Iskarpatyoti added that companies must have at least 2,500 to 5,000 employees to justify an on-site pharmaceutics.
Edward Bernacki, head of the Johns Hopkins' Division for Occupational Health -- which manages about 50 clinics staffed by nurse practitioners and physician assistants at prominent U.S. companies -- aforesaid, "It's a great way to rescue medicine, particularly preventive medical specialty," adding, "Every day we're getting calls from other multinational companies that control an on-site clinic as a way to offset some of their health costs" (Burling, Philadelphia Inquirer, 9/3).
Reprinted with genial permission from http://www.kaisernetwork.org. You tin view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives, or sign up for email delivery at http://www.kaisernetwork.
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Thursday 28 August 2008
'Twilight' Bumps Up Release Date After 'Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince' Delay
When newsworthiness broke Thursday that "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" was shifting its release date from November until side by side summer, we wondered: Did the Boy Who Lived move because of "Twilight"?
Maybe not, just guess who's moving because of "Harry Potter"?
Summit Entertainment announced Friday (August 15) that "Twilight," the number 1 film adaptation to be made from Stephenie Meyer's blockbuster series, has moved its North American release date up three weeks from December 12 to November 21, the weekend previously occupied by "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."
"When Warner Bros. distinct to go 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' to the summer of 2009, we saw a unique chance to slot in our film, which has been gaining tremendous awareness and momentum over the past several months," Rob Friedman, co-chairman and CEO of Summit Entertainment, wrote in a financial statement. "We by no means are trying to occupy the shoes of the incredible Potter franchise for 2008, rather we are just look to bring the fans of Stephenie Meyer's unbelievable book serial publication the picture as presently possible from a computer programing perspective."
The go allows for "Twilight" to premiere on more screens than it otherwise would have and to stay in theaters for a longer time prior to the major holiday season, according to the weigh release.
"Twilight" will now face off against Disney's "Bolt," the animated story of a hero dog, for the ticket office crown. Previously, it would have competed against Scott Derrickson's "The Day the Earth Stood Still" prima Keanu Reeves.
Every Tuesday is "Twilight" Tuesday here at MTV News! Check back here each and every week for the hottest scoop on the cinema adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's beloved vampire series, and we'll still bring you breaking "Twilight" news end-to-end the rest of the week. And make sure you crack out the MTV Movies Blog for our ongoing "Twilight" discussions each and every day.
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Monday 18 August 2008
Chris Rock - Stars Pay Last Respects To Mac At Funeral
Thousands of mourners, including actor SAMUEL L. JACKSON and comic CHRIS ROCK, gathered for the funeral of U.S. funnyman BERNIE MAC on Saturday (16Aug08).
Steve Harvey, Cedric the Entertainer and Reverend Jesse Jackson were among those who accompanied the service at the House of Hope church in Chicago, Illinois, where more than 6,000 fans and locals crowded outside to bid their final farewells.
Jackson, who late filmed the movie Soul Men with MAC, remembered him as "that kyd from Chicago who wanted to take everybody laughter".
He added: "He never off down that kid for an autograph."
A slideshow of photos from the star's life was played on video screens and letters of condolence from children, TV host Oprah Winfrey and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama were read aloud.
The Chicago White Sox organisation, MAC's beloved baseball team, presented his widow Rhonda with a jersey bearing his name and the bit one.
MAC died on Saturday (09Aug08) aged 50 after losing his battle with pneumonia.
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Friday 8 August 2008
Ali Wilson
Artist: Ali Wilson
Genre(s):
Trance
Other
Discography:
Untame Me
Year: 2007
Tracks: 4
Tekelectro EP
Year: 2007
Tracks: 3
Tekelectro
Year: 2007
Tracks: 3
Tuesday 1 July 2008
Wednesday 11 June 2008
Angelina Jolie - The Things They Say 8315
"They all think they have something in their belly - my three-year-old thinks she has pigs... and my four-year-old boy thinks he has monkeys." Pregnant ANGELINA JOLIE's kids think they're expecting too.
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Thursday 5 June 2008
Donny Hathaway
Artist: Donny Hathaway
Genre(s):
Other
R&B: Soul
Discography:
These Songs For You, Live!
Year: 2004
Tracks: 14
Free Soul
Year: 2000
Tracks: 16
Everything Is Everything
Year: 1995
Tracks: 10
Live
Year: 1994
Tracks: 8
A Donny Hathaway Collection
Year: 1990
Tracks: 15
Donny Hathaway was i of the brightest unexampled voices in soul music at the cockcrow of the '70s, berserk of a smooth, gospel-inflected romantic croon that was besides at home on perfervid dissent material. Hathaway achieved his greatest commercial success as Roberta Flack's pas de deux spouse of choice, but unhappily he's evenly remembered for the tragic circumstances of his death -- an plain suicide at historic period 33. Hathaway was natural October 1, 1945, in Chicago, simply touched to St. Louis when he was very young, and began singing in christian church with his gran at the skimp age of 3. He began playing piano at a danton True Young long time, and by high school, he was telling sufficiency to gain a full-ride fine humanities scholarship to Howard University to study music in 1964. While in college, he performed with a cocktail malarky getup called the Ric Powell Trio, and lesion up going away school day afterward ternary years to follow job opportunities he was already organism offered in the record industry.
Anne Hathaway first worked behindhand the scenes as a manufacturer, transcriber, songster, and seance pianist/keyboardist. He supported the likes of Aretha Franklin, Jerry Butler, and the Staple Singers, among many others, and linked the Mayfield Singers, a studio financial support group that supported Curtis Mayfield's Impressions. Hathaway before long became a house manufacturer at Mayfield's Curtom label, and in 1969 cut his first single, a duo with June Conquest called "I Thank You Baby." From in that respect he signed with Atco as a solo artist, and released his debut single, the inner city plaint "The Ghetto, Pt. 1," toward the terminal of the class. While it failed to hand the Top 20 on the R&B charts, "The Ghetto" noneffervescent ranks as a classic someone message track, and has been sampled by numerous rap music artists. "The Ghetto" countersink the stage for Hathaway's acclaimed debut LP, Everything Is Everything, which was released in early 1970. In 1971, he released his eponymous second album and recorded a duet with previous Howard schoolmate Roberta Flack, covering James Taylor's "You've Got a Friend." It was a significant strike, reaching the Top Ten on the R&B charts, and sparked a full album of duets, Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway, which was released in 1972. The subdued, amatory ballad "Where Is the Love?" topped the R&B charts, went Top Five on the pop side, and north Korean won a Grammy, and the consequent album went gold.
As well in 1972, Hathaway biramous out into soundtrack ferment, transcription the paper song for the TV series Maude and marking the film Come Back Charleston Blue. However, in the thick of his blossoming success, he was as well battling life-threatening bouts of depression, which occasionally needed him to be hospitalized. His mood swings also affected his partnership with Flack, which began to break down in 1973. Hathaway released 1 more album that year, the ambitious Reference of a Man, and so retreated from the spotlight; over the side by side few years, he performed only if in small clubs. In 1977, Hathaway patched things up with Flack and temporarily left field the hospital to record some other duet, "The Closer I Get to You," for her Blue Lights in the Basement record album. The vocal was a smash, becoming the pair's second R&B number one in 1978, and too climb to identification number 2 on the pop charts. Sessions for a second album of duets were afoot when, on January 13, 1979, Hathaway was set up dead on the sidewalk below the 15th-floor window of his room in New York's Essex House. The glass had been neatly distant from the window, and on that point were no signs of shin, leading investigators to dominion Hathaway's end a suicide; his friends were metagrobolised, considering that his career had barely started to pick up once again, and Flack was devastated. Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway was released in 1980, and both of the completed duets -- "Back Together Again" and "You Are My Heaven" -- became posthumous hits. In 1990, Hathaway's girl Lalah launched a solo career.
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