HERO Returns to the Facilitation of EHM Research.

Background - The first four years of HERO operations concentrated almost exclusively on facilitating employee health management (EHM) research.  HERO's work during this time resulted in the publication of break through EHM research.  After establishing a solid record in research design and publication, HERO identified other opportunities to enhance and expand the EHM industry.  Thus, attention was directed to the creation of the HERO Think Tank, the HERO Forum, and the HERO Scorecard.  Now that these important efforts are mature and successful, the return to EHM research is under way. 
 
Getting Ready - To start the research process,  HERO began a process to identify today's greatest needs in EHM research. An important milestone in this process was a HERO Research Meeting, which took place in Chicago on August 4, 2010.  The 35 attendees at the meeting focused on five questions, two of which were the following:

• "What kind of research is most important for your organization?" A total of 36 research topics were identified and discussed.
  
  
• "Which of these research projects have the highest priority?" Each participant selected and ranked the four research topics they considered most important. Based on 4 points for a #1 ranking down to 1 point for a #4 ranking, the top four research topics were: Corporate Culture (75 points); Business Pay Back / Profitability (72 points); Scorecard Development (47 points); and Incentives (31 points).