Companies in every industry are now hiring a chief medical officer—an executive once found only in healthcare organizations—to implement and oversee programs that optimize employee well-being.
Dr. Kevin Ban joined Walgreens as its CMO after holding the same role at athenahealth. He joins as the company is re-configuring its clinical services, adding partnerships with Jenny Craig and LabCorp.
Balancing healthcare benefits and insurance costs requires research. From becoming a Difference Card member to offering wellness resources, there are many ways to improve healthcare at low cost.
Rhew's hire bolsters a growing health team which has added former Google exec Gary Moore, Josh Mandel, formerly of Verily, and ex-Dartmouth-Hitchcock CEO Jim Weinstein.