Graziadio School Hosts Fourth Annual Health Care Forum
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An increasing number of employers are embracing the idea of at-work wellness programs
to encourage healthier behaviors among employees. On May 30 an expert panel comprising
professionals from Kaiser Permanente, the Coca-Cola Company, Yamaha Music and Wellness
Institute, and the RAND Corporation analyzed corporate wellness programs and contemporary
health care issues at the Pepperdine University Health Care Forum in Santa Monica,
California.
“By hosting what is now the fourth annual Health Care Forum, the Graziadio Alumni
Network is not only reflecting the needs of our students, but also addressing a very
critical area that’s in the national discourse,” says Gary Mangiofico, associate dean,
fully employed and executive programs and practitioner faculty of organizational theory
and management at the Graziadio School, who also served as moderator.
Presented by the Graziadio School of Business and Management, in partnership with
the RAND Corporation, the panel discussed how organizations are choosing to support
healthy behavior in the workplace and invest in education and outreach to promote
healthy living in their communities. The panel also addressed such social epidemic
issues as obesity and heart disease, and whether such wellness programs deliver on
their promised value of improving employee health outcomes and reducing employer health
care costs.
“Whatever we can do to highlight the multiple dimensions of the field of health care
and advance that dialogue is a significant contribution,” Mangiofico continues. “That
the event has grown to become an annual event shows our alumni’s dedication and commitment
to the health care industry.”