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COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH SERVICES (CHS) AND AXION HEALTH PARTNER TO DELIVER PANDEMIC PROTECTION PROGRAM
Partnership Provides Unprecedented Pandemic Preparedness and Response for Global Companies and Critical Infrastructure Organizations Across the Country
Denver, Colorado – Sept. 22, 2009 – Axion HealthTM (www.axionhealth.com), a workforce health protection, emergency preparedness and response provider, today announced that it will partner with Comprehensive Health Services, Inc. (www.chsmedical.com), the industry’s largest independent provider of onsite health centers, nationwide exam programs and rapid response medical readiness teams for workforce health to deliver its ReadySetTM Program for workforce emergency preparedness and response; including the ReadySet Pandemic program for prevention, protection and response to pandemic health threats.
The ReadySet Web-based program helps ensure workforce availability and continuity of operations by protecting employees, dependants and essential personnel before, during and after the event of an incident, such as emergencies, disasters and unexpected events. The ReadySet program also helps to manage the prevention of everyday health threats, including pandemic viruses, seasonal influenza, hepatitis and more. CHS will provide physician assessments, e-prescribing and point of distribution services; all integrated and manageable in real-time from the ReadySet C3 (command, control and communication) Center.
“We are excited to team with Axion Health to create unparalled workforce emergency preparedness and response programs. We believe the introduction of the new ReadySet Pandemic program could not have come at a more crucial time as the 2009 flu season approaches and the nation braces itself for the resurgence of the H1N1 flu virus. We are confident the ReadySet program and the experienced Axion Health team will add depth and breadth to our comprehensive workforce health solutions, and, that together we can meet the growing needs of businesses to protect their workforce against emerging 21st Century health threats and new and changing workplace environments,” said Todd Hall, executive vice president and chief information officer for CHS.
“The ReadySet program fills employee protection gaps found in many traditional business continuity plans and eliminates many of the inefficiencies and redundancies in paper-based emergency preparedness and response systems,” said Tom Pianko, president of Axion Health. “Our customers have shown us that today’s workforce emergency preparedness and response programs cannot rely on slow, paper-based processes, isolated communication silos and departmentalized services. By partnering with CHS, a world class clinical service provider, we can ensure our robust ReadySet technology provides integrated, compliant clinical services at their fingertips.”
Today, more than 150,000 employees and dependents in the U.S. benefit from their organization’s use of the ReadySet Program from Axion Health to safeguard their essential personnel.
About ReadySet for Workforce Emergency Preparedness and Response
The ReadySet program allows organizations in industries such as health care, energy, pharmaceuticals, financial services, government to create flexible, dynamic and affordable workforce emergency preparedness and response programs with integrated clinical services and regulatory compliance. The ReadySet Web-based program helps ensure workforce availability and continuity of operations by protecting employees, dependants and essential personnel in the event of: Natural disasters, such as hurricanes or tornados; national or global infectious epidemics such as H1N1 (swine flu) and other influenza viruses, hepatitis viruses, and tuberculosis; mass-population accidents or other catastrophic events such as chemical spills, exposure to radiation or toxic agents of bioterrorism and industrial accidents; past exposures to toxins in communities and workplaces; and routine health threats such as seasonal influenza, food-based hazards, and more. For more information on the ReadySet program, please visit www.axionhealth.com/programs-a-services/readyset-program.
About Comprehensive Health Services (CHS)
Founded in 1975, CHS is the industry’s largest independent provider of onsite health centers, nationwide exam programs and rapid response medical readiness teams. Major corporations and government agencies look to CHS for workforce health and productivity management solutions including onsite primary care, occupational health and pharmacy services, as well as nationwide medical surveillance, pre-placement and fitness-for-duty exams. As an independent provider of workforce health care, CHS offers an objective viewpoint that, combined with its deep analytical approach to employee health, helps maximize the effectiveness of every health care dollar spent, while ensuring employees have the best treatment options. CHS tailors health care delivery to employers’ overarching benefits strategies and supports each organization with integrated health information systems. For more information, visit the CHS web site at www.chsmedical.com.
About Axion Health, Inc.
Axion Health, headquartered in Denver, Colorado, helps its customers protect their personnel, communities and businesses against health-hazards, disasters, dangerous exposures and safety concerns with workforce health protection and recovery programs. Core program areas include Emergency Preparedness and Response; Medical Surveillance for hazardous exposures and Occupational Health Clinic Management. Designed by leading occupational, environmental and toxicology specialists, Axion Health Web-based programs guard the availability of critical personnel with integrated clinical services and the incorporation of certification and compliance. Axion Health programs help ensure quality of care and focus on disease and injury prevention by leveraging vast experience in protecting workforces from acute and chronic exposure to toxic substances including chemicals toxins, toxins created by natural and man-made disasters and infectious agents. Axion Health provides services and consultation for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), as well as Fortune 500 companies and other government agencies. For more information, please visit www.axionhealth.com or call (toll free) 1-877-770-3073.
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