Conduent Teams Up with Buoy Health and IBM Watson Health to Help its Clients Manage COVID-19 Related Workplace Challenges

Conduent’s Life@Work clients can access Buoy Health’s full digital navigation product portfolio for real-time personalized clinical support and IBM Watson Health’s Return-to-Workplace Advisor solution

FLORHAM PARK, N.J., Sept. 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Conduent Incorporated (Nasdaq: CNDT), a business process services and solutions company, today announced a collaboration with Buoy Health and IBM Watson Health to integrate both companies’ cutting edge technologies and timely health care resources onto Conduent’s Life@Work platform.  Conduent clients can now use the HR platform to access Buoy’s full digital navigation product portfolio, which includes artificial intelligence (AI) driven tools that help people get the right care at the right time, and IBM Return-to-Workplace Advisor, a data and AI-driven application that can assist companies in managing a safe and effective return to the workplace.

Conduent designed the Life@Work platform to offer clients and their employees easy access to the most comprehensive suite of digitally-enabled HR offerings in the industry.  The digital platform allows every employee to manage the complex landscape of employment, health, wealth, career and retirement choices through a personalized experience.  This personalized experience leads to improved employee productivity and reduced costs.

“The COVID crisis is challenging our clients and their employees in ways never imagined," said Tracy Amabile, Global Head of HR Services at Conduent. “Whether it’s helping employees triage health problems because health care resources are overwhelmed with COVID-19 or enabling employers to bring their employees back into a safe workplace, Life@Work, integrated with the exceptional offerings from Buoy and IBM, is providing clients and their associates with advanced solutions when they need them the most.”

Meeting the Challenges of Return to Work in the Midst of COVID-19

Employers are challenged to have policies and procedures in place to minimize risks and ensure employees’ safety when returning to physical workplaces. Through Life@Work, Conduent is working with the two organizations to complement the Life@Work platform with advanced technologies that assess an employee’s risk for COVID-19 and enable a structured and safe return to the workplace.