What Research Evidence Tells Us about HPM and Its Future

From the 2014 IBI Annual Forum: Solutions for Health, Productivity & Absence Management Featuring: Thomas Parry, PhD, President, Integrated Benefits Institute; Tom Carter, Vice President, HealthWorks and Kaiser-On-the-Job, Kaiser Permanente; Mike Taylor, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Truven Health Analytics; Wayne Burton, MD, Chief Medical Officer, American Express IBI's Dr. Thomas Parry addressed key issues that will guide future health and productivity research. The session illuminated: what research tells us about the connections between health, absence, performance and productivity; what links are well established in the literature and where is more evidence needed; and what are the implications for future research initiatives.