Beyond Convenience: The Business Case for Employer-Provided Telemedicine

TruMD is the new age technology that connects your employees with a medical professional 24/7 from the comfort of their living room.

But that’s not the best part.

The best thing is the reduction in absenteeism and increase in productivity because your employees never have to visit a clinic again.

Most business leaders think employee healthcare is just a necessary expense – a box to tick for compliance or to match competitors’ benefits packages. They’re dead wrong.

What if I told you that the right approach to employee healthcare could be one of your most powerful productivity tools? I’m not talking about expensive medical aid schemes or building fancy on-site clinics that nobody uses. I’m talking about something far more effective.

The Hidden Cost of Traditional Healthcare Access

Let’s be brutally honest about what happens when your employees need to see a doctor:

They feel unwell but wait until they’re really sick because getting to a doctor is a mission.

They take half a day off (at minimum) to travel to the doctor, sit in a waiting room for hours with other sick people, and then wait again at a pharmacy.

If they’re in a lower income bracket, it might involve multiple taxis and even more time away from work.

Or worse – they don’t go at all, come to work sick, infect others, and their condition worsens until they need serious medical attention.

This isn’t just inconvenient. It’s killing your business productivity.