May 21, 2018 | Employers & Health Plans
Katy Brown, PharmD Telligen Clinical Pharmacy Specialist The use and misuse of opioids has steadily increased since the late 1990’s. When used as prescribed, patients feel pain relief. However, the opioid epidemic began largely with individuals using opioids for...
Mar 8, 2018 | Employers & Health Plans
Health and Productivity Study In a landmark health and productivity study, a group of preventive medicine and workplace health experts found depression was the costliest health condition to employers in terms of total workplace costs. Their work found that workplace...
Jan 29, 2018 | Employers & Health Plans, Federal, State
February is American Heart Month. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the U.S. It’s time to change that! 80 percent of cardiac and stroke events may be prevented with education and action. Learn what you can do to prevent heart...
Jan 23, 2018 | Employers & Health Plans
Every 21 seconds someone in the United States is newly diagnosed with diabetes.1 This is a troubling statistic for the health of the affected individuals as well as for both employees and employers who are paying more in diabetes-related healthcare costs. The...
Jan 4, 2018 | Employers & Health Plans
Author: Carissa Grother, Telligen Health Coach Smoking is a Chemical Dependency Called Addiction Addiction is complex. Nicotine physically alters the brain by releasing dopamine (a neurotransmitter that controls the brain’s reward and pleasure centers). Smoked...
Dec 12, 2017 | Employers & Health Plans
The Blueprint for Successful Diabetes Management Telligen Chief Medical Officer, Paul Mulhausen will be presenting at the 2018 Made In America Conference on Monday, January 22, 2018. His presentation titled, “The Blueprint for Successful Diabetes Management” will...
