Absence Management can be both a valuable employee-facing program and a cost-reducing management initiative. The primary unit of measure is time – and the associated non-productive wages paid. 

HouseCalls / Symptom Checker can be a time-saver.  It can reduce the wait between the time when symptoms first occur and the time at which an employee can reach their doctor (or child’s doctor) to determine what action needs to take place. Having HouseCalls available online gives your employees instant access to symptom decision-making, 24 hours per day.

The care guides help employees:

• quickly determine how sick they are, or their child or loved-one is
• verify the appropriate action to take: if and when they need to call their doctor
• learn how to relieve or treat symptoms of minor illnesses and stay on the job
  

For your company, the financial benefit may be seen in reduced absence and time away from work.  A second advantage is positive rapport from sponsoring such a useful tool for supporting employees’ personal and family health.