CDC COVID-19 Response Team Physician to Help Kick Off RI Employer Crush COVID Challenge
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CDC COVID-19 Response Team Physician to Help Kick Off RI Employer Crush COVID Challenge
The Challenge is designed to help workplaces become engines of curbing the spread of COVID-19 and reducing its health impacts through the promotion of and adherence to prevention measures and chronic disease management.
The kick-off webinar will feature two national medical experts, Christa-Marie Singleton, MD, MPH and Yules Ejnes, MD. SEE WEBINAR INFO BELOW
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Ejnes is Chair-Elect of the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation and past Chair of the Board of the RI Quality Institute.
"We expect to hear about the latest with COVID from Singleton -- about the vaccine and information about what you can do to minimize spread and keep workplaces as healthy as possible," said Joanne Bilotta, the Coordinator for the Rhode Island Business Group on Health.
"Ejnes will talk about impact of COVID has on people with chronic disease," added Bilotta. "Here in Rhode Island, we do have programs with the Rhode Island Department of Health — now, the diabetes and chronic disease programs are going virtual."
"We want to get prevention going — and keep people out of the ER, to focus on COVID patients," she added.
About Challenge
Participating employers will win points for engaging in specified prevention activities such as promoting to employees’ adherence to COVID -19 social distancing at the workplace and at home, encouraging employees to get a flu shot, and use of Choosing Wisely materials to limit low-value care that is not only wasteful, but often causes health difficulties.
"All employers have to do is fill out an intent to participate form — everything is virtual and online — it’s easy for the businesses, easy to earn points," said Bilotta. "Companies get extra credit for enrolling, and redesigning their workplaces."
The Employer Crush COVID Challenge is open to Rhode Island employers with two or more employees including non-profit organizations, municipalities, and the State. A Crush COVID Champion Award will be given out to one large employer (250 or more employees), one mid-size employer (100-249 employees), and one small employer (2-99 employees).
Employers will be given access to an online toolkit containing links to information and materials that will help facilitate participation in the challenge. The RIBGH Crush COVID Employer Challenge Committee will review the applications and select the winners based on a combination of the greatest number of compulsory points earned, most creative employee engagement strategies, and creative safe workplace executions.
“Participating in the Employer Crush COVID Challenge will give Rhode Island businesses, non-profits, and local governments all the tools needed to better protect their employees’ health and safety and curb the spread of COVID -19,” said Al Charbonneau, Executive Director, RIBGH. “Keeping COVID -19 under control is essential to keeping Rhode Island open for business.”
To register for the webinar, click on this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tJeuyCp-RUaxK4G6B1IG-g [us02web.zoom.us]