Vanderbilt Dayani Center for Health and Wellness and Aegis Health Group Expand Partnership...

Vanderbilt Dayani Center for Health and Wellness and Aegis Health Group Expand
Partnership for Worksite-Based Health Initiatives

NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The Vanderbilt Dayani Center for
Health and Wellness and Aegis Health Group announced today the expansion of a
longtime partnership to better meet the growing consumer demand for health
education and healthier lifestyle habits.

Together, Vanderbilt and Aegis have been serving the nation's hospitals and
business communities for nearly a decade. Central to this effort has been the
Vanderbilt Dayani Center's development of Personal Health Reports - customized
tools that Aegis and participating local hospitals use to provide important
feedback to employees regarding their potential health risks and
recommendations for the enhancement of their health through sensible lifestyle
changes. The expanded agreement calls for routine updates to these
recommendations based on the latest research findings and evidence-based best
practices.

"It is important to be continuously updating the Personal Health Reports
because health guidelines are always changing as our knowledge and experience
expands," said Jay Groves, administrative director for the Vanderbilt Dayani
Center. "This product provides empirical data that helps employees stay well
and allows employers to reliably take actions to mitigate their health care
costs."

Currently Aegis assists hospitals across the nation build lasting partnerships
with their local employers by bringing proven wellness programs to the
workplace. These programs help reduce employers' health-related costs and
enhance productivity as employees become healthier.

While hospital-based programs will continue to be Aegis' primary area of
focus, the expanded agreement with the Vanderbilt Dayani Center also makes it
possible for Aegis to now bring health-management initiatives directly to
employers in select markets.

"We have found a great partner in the Vanderbilt Dayani Center," said Henry
Ross, Aegis' chief executive officer. "They have developed a product that is
unmatched in the marketplace; and, as a result, we are able to effectively
communicate health risks as well as lifestyle-improvement recommendations to
everyone that participates in one of our wellness programs and completes a
Personal Risk Assessment."

Christopher Rand, manager of new venture development in the Vanderbilt Office
of Technology Transfer and Enterprise Development, sees the partnership as a
win for Vanderbilt. "We license Vanderbilt intellectual property to a number
of companies, both in the U.S. and internationally, each year. However, we're
extremely pleased when we can help foster relationships with local firms and
capitalize on the health care strength in this community."

About the Vanderbilt Dayani Center for Health and Wellness
Founded in 1989 the Vanderbilt Dayani Center for Health and Wellness is a
nonprofit, medically based fitness center owned and operated by Vanderbilt
University Medical Center. Its primary services include prevention of
lifestyle-related diseases, rehabilitation therapies, seminars and workshops,
health risk appraisals and workplace programs, intervention services, wellness
consultation services, and an executive health program. Further information
can be obtained at vanderbilthealth.com/dayani.

About Aegis Health Group
For 20 years Aegis has helped hospitals across the country form lasting
relationships with employers and their employees while improving the health of
the workforce. Aegis' workforce-health initiatives can currently be found in
more than 60 health care organizations and 4,000 employer sites across the
country. No other company has been able to match Aegis' breadth of services,
track record and bottom-line proven performance when it comes to building
relationships between hospitals and area employers. Further information may be
obtained at aegisgroup.com.

SOURCE Aegis Health Group

Carol Stevenson, +1-818-597-8453, ext. 3, carols@kevinross.net, for Aegis
Health Group; or John Howser of Vanderbilt University Medical Center,
+1-615-322-4747, john.howser@vanderbilt.edu