What is “Employee Health”?
As HonorHealth employees, we used the HonorHealth Employee Health department. Now that we are NOAH employees, there are some changes. Employee Health refers to a clinic that is sponsored by an employer and generates a separate medical record (not within Epic) for employees within the Employee Health system. This means that your employer (HR) only has access to these medical records. NOAH will not have a NOAH Employee Health department like this, however, we do have options for you to continue to meet some of your needs.
Effective Monday, Dec. 19, NOAH employees will no longer have access to HonorHealth Employee Health. We will be transferring your vaccine records from HonorHealth to NOAH employee files so that you do not have to resubmit your vaccines or other records.
What’s Changing?
| HonorHealth Employee Health | NEW NOAH process | |
| New Employee Health Assessments | Pre-hire, Employee Health collects and administers vaccines, drug screen, PPD (TB) test, N95 fit testing. | New employees will be asked to upload their vaccine records to Paycom and be directed to FastMed to complete a drug screen and TB test. New employees will have the option to receive any missing vaccines, free of charge as a NOAH patient OR obtain at a provider of their choice. |
| COVID testing | Employees receive COVID tests at Employee Health or HH Urgent Care locations free of charge. | NOAH employees can receive a COVID test, free of charge, as a NOAH patient. NOAH employees can also receive COVID test at a provider or center of their choice. |
| COVID vaccines | Employees receive COVID vaccines free of charge through Employee Health. | NOAH employees can receive a COVID vaccine, free of charge, as a NOAH patient. |
| Flu vaccine | Employees receive Flu vaccines free of charge through Employee Health. | NOAH employees can receive a Flu vaccine, free of charge, as a NOAH patient. |
| Other vaccines | Employees receive other vaccines as needed free of charge through Employee Health. | NOAH employees can receive a other vaccines, free of charge, as a NOAH patient, effective 1/31/22. |
| TB Skin test | Employees receive TB skin test free of charge through Employee Health. | NOAH employees can receive a TB skin test, free of charge, as a NOAH patient, effective 1/31/22. |
| COVID tracing | Employees report positive COVID cases to Employee Health for tracing. | See this NEW process. |
| Workplace injuries | Employees visit Employee Health. | NOAH employees will be directed to a FastMed location for care. |
What does it mean to be a NOAH Patient?
Being a NOAH Patient (as well as employer) means that you will have a medical record with NOAH. This is not viewable by NOAH as your employer, but is accessed by your direct healthcare team, only to provide the medical care requested. Being a NOAH Patient does not necessarily mean that your PCP is with NOAH. This also means that you would be scheduled for an appointment and complete a full registration in Epic to receive any services through NOAH.
If you have any questions about these new processes, please reach out to NOAHHR@honorhealth.com. If you have any questions about COVID tracing, please reach out to Chris Sweeney csweeney@honorhealth.com or Eva Cole ecole@honorhealth.com.
