Lucy Crane, MD, MPH, FACOEM serves as corporate medical director and vice president, Integrated Health and Productivity for Walgreen Co. Dr. Crane is responsible for strategies to optimize the health, well-being and productivity of the Walgreens employee population integrating and coordinating occupational health, primary care, safety, wellness, benefit design, disability management and behavioral health.
She has a long standing passion for industrial and occupational medicine, enhancing productivity and work-life experiences of the employee/employer population. She is board certified in occupational medicine and is a Diplomat of the American College of Preventive Medicine and the National Board of Medical Examiners. Dr. Crane is currently on the Board of Directors, New England College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and has held several positions with the American College Occupational and Environmental Medicine’s House of Representatives from 2002-2006.
Employers are moving away from viewing health benefits as a cost of doing business and are seeing it as a strategic investment. Health and worksite wellness programs bring value by reduce both direct medical cost and indirect cost on lower productivity.