Business Engagement in Building Healthy Communities is the summary of a workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Population Health Improvement in July 2014 to consider the role of business in improving population health beyond the usual worksite wellness and health promotion activities. The workshop followed previous roundtable discussions on the importance of applying a health lens to decision making in non-health sectors and the need for cross-sector collaborations to advance population health. Invited speakers included representatives from several businesses that have taken action to improve the health of their communities and representatives of business coalitions on health. The workshop was designed to discuss why engaging in population health improvement is good for business; explore how businesses can be effective key leaders in improving the health of communities; and discuss ways in which businesses can engage in population health improvement. This report is a record of the presentations and discussion of the event.

Contents

• THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
• PLANNING COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT IN POPULATION HEALTH IMPROVEMENT
• ROUNDTABLE ON POPULATION HEALTH IMPROVEMENT
• Reviewers
• Abbreviations and Acronyms
• 1. Introduction
  • WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
  • ORGANIZATION OF THE WORKSHOP AND SUMMARY
• 2. Lessons from the Blue Zones^®
  • POWER 9^® PRINCIPLES
  • PRINCIPLES INTO ACTION: LIFE RADIUS
  • GOING TO SCALE
  • DISCUSSION
• 3. Why Should Businesses Engage in Population Health Improvement
  • CREATING JOBS AND REDUCING FEDERAL DEBT THROUGH IMPROVED HEALTH
  • BUSINESS PRIORITIES AND HEALTH
  • DEVELOPING THE BUSINESS CASE: A HERO INITIATIVE
  • DISCUSSION
• 4. The Impact of Business on Population Health
  • THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCALLY RELEVANT DATA
  • A NEW MODEL FOR EDUCATION
  • BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS THAT INFLUENCE HEALTH
  • DISCUSSION
• 5. Community/Population Health as an Intentional Business Strategy
  • THE EXAMPLE OF JOHNSON & JOHNSON
  • THE EXAMPLE OF LOCKHEED MARTIN
  • DISCUSSION
• 6. Stimulating and Supporting Business Engagement in Health Improvement
  • MECHANISMS FOR ENGAGING BUSINESS IN HEALTH IMPROVEMENT
  • CASE EXAMPLE: GREATER PHILADELPHIA BUSINESS COALITION ON HEALTH
  • THE TRIPLE AIM AND POPULATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT
  • DISCUSSION
• 7. Reflections on the Day
  • HEALTH AS AN INTRINSIC VALUE
  • ELEMENTS OF ENGAGING BUSINESS
  • MOVING FORWARD
• APPENDIXES
  • Appendix A References
  • Appendix B Workshop Agenda
  • Appendix C Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers

Rapporteur: Theresa Wizemann.

This activity was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and The Aetna Foundation (#10001504), The California Endowment (20112338), the Kaiser East Bay Community Foundation (20131471), The Kresge Foundation (101288), the Missouri Foundation for Health (12-0879-SOF-12), the New York State Health Foundation (12-01708), and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (70555). The views presented in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the activity.

Suggested citation:

IOM (Institute of Medicine). 2015. Business engagement in building healthy communities: Workshop summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

NOTICE: The workshop that is the subject of this workshop summary was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.