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Wayne Burton, M.D, Longtime Corporate Medical Director of JPMorgan Chase, Joins Center for Health Value Innovation Board of Strategic Advisors.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – January 19, 2009 – Wayne Burton, M.D., retired corporate medical director at JPMorgan Chase and nationally recognized expert on health and productivity management, has joined the Center for Health Value Innovation’s Board of Strategic Advisors (www.vbhealth.org). As a member of this seven-member advisory board to the Center, the nation’s premier information exchange for value-based design, Dr. Burton will share his wealth of experience and practical strategies for applying value-based designs to benefit both the health of workers and the companies that employ them.
“I’m looking forward to contributing to the Center’s mission to advance analytic tools and educational programs that improve individual health and financial sustainability for organizations,” says Dr. Burton. “I have spent my entire career developing value-based interventions that improve function, reduce disability, increase productivity, ease costs, and strengthen the commitment of workers to their employers. As a member of this distinguished advisory board, I anticipate robust information exchange with Center members.”
At JP Morgan Chase, and previously at Bank One (which was acquired by JP Morgan Chase), Dr. Burton was responsible for managing worksite occupational health services at 20 major locations in the United States and Canada, while managing corporate health initiatives and wellness/disease management programs. Dr. Burton is the author of numerous articles and research that demonstrate the linkages between health risk and medical condition management and improved cost trends at the worksite, such as reduction in short term disability, absenteeism, presenteeism, and total cost burden for the employer.
Dr. Burton is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, the American College of Physicians, and the Institute of Medicine of Chicago. He is associate clinical professor of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University in Chicago, and adjunct professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago.
“Dr. Burton’s unparalleled work in health and productivity management has paved the way for employers to measure, manage, and significantly enhance worker health and improve the return on investment in human capital,” says Cyndy Nayer, president of the Center.
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