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HealthFitness' Jim Reynolds, M.D., will discuss how to drive engagement on a global basis

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthFitness' Chief Medical Officer Jim Reynolds, M.D., will speak at Watson Wyatt Worldwide's seventh Health Care Solutions Dialogue, set for Dec. 11 in Minneapolis. Reynolds will present "Next Generation Approaches to Drive Engagement and Improve Care" to roughly 50 mid-size and large Minnesota-based employers.

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HealthFitness (NYSE Alternext US: FIT) is an award-winning provider of integrated population health services for on-site and dispersed employee populations.

During the session, Reynolds will address how to drive engagement in health management on a global basis. Reynolds will also discuss details of HealthFitness' INSIGHT(R) International Health Risk Assessment (HRA), a tool available in multiple languages that provides companies with critical data to tailor benefits and health improvement programs to specific populations, and to reduce health care costs and absenteeism among their entire employee population.

"We're seeing an increasing interest from our current international clients for a global health management strategy to address the impact of health risks and chronic conditions," Reynolds said. "The surge in interest is based on the proven success of their domestic health management efforts, and now they want to provide these benefits to their global employee populations.

"A global HRA allows multinational companies to identify the health risk and chronic disease burden of specific employee populations in all countries," he continued. "Using a common HRA tool, such as INSIGHT International, allows companies to compare and measure employee population health betwe
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