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Raymond Fabius1, Michele Bildner, Neil I Goldfarb
1From the HealthNEXT, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania (R.F.); Independent Researcher (present), CDC Foundation (during the work), St. Louis, Missouri (M.B.); Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (N.I.G.); HealthNEXT, West Hartford, Connecticut (D.K.); HealthNEXT, Unionville, Pennsylvania (D.T.); HealthNEXT, Beachwood, Ohio (I.R.K.); and Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts (S.E.P.).
Objective:
The aim of the study was to determine the impact of a collaborative effort by employers to improve their organizations' cultures of health and well-being.
Methods:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Foundation partnered with two organizations to help employers use an established methodology-an industry-validated baseline assessment, along with a strategic roadmap and guidance from physician executive experts. Employers implemented this approach and simultaneously participated in a structured monthly learning collaborative.
Results:
The average projected improvement in the culture of health scores from baseline to year end was 80 points, moving from 60% to 71% achievement of the benchmark score.
Conclusions:
This research demonstrates that employers working collaboratively and following an appropriate sequence of scientific-based approaches can demonstrate a positive trend in organizational cultures of health and well-being scores pointing to the possibility of sustainable culture change.
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