Wellness program means different things to different businesses. Effective wellness programs may be as simple as bringing bushel baskets of fresh fruit into break rooms to encourage better eating. They may be as robust as building fitness facilities on-site or paying for obesity treatments.
A driving factor behind the push toward wellness spans organizations of all [...]
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Here’s more evidence that health promotion programs pay for themselves –
Over the last two years, one organization in five has seen significant improvement in employees’ health status – and started to stabilize their costs – as reported by one study.
Among firms noting improvement, nearly two-thirds (64%) feature health promotion programs offering incentives for healthier [...]
When it comes to working wellness into your workforce, you want someone who knows the ins and outs of wellness, and who can counsel employees and provide main care – all within the context of the current regulatory and legal environment.
AAOHN’s survey reported that more than half of employees (61 percent) want to receive wellness [...]
Health promotion programs are a long-term investment. But how long should you wait for results?
Finance and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) want hard numbers to show return on investment (ROI). And wellness ROI is tougher to calculate than, say, a 401(k).
18-month guideline
Recent studies have established some benchmark data on wellness ROI you are able to [...]
Wellness Programs are excellent for waistlines and your bottom line
In today’s hectic world, most of us are spending more time at work, and have increasingly less time to look after our health. for a long time, companys have understood the benefits associated with keeping workers well – increased productivity from reduced absenteeism and reduced disability [...]
Several years ago, company health fairs were all the rage. Now they’re making a comeback, with a slight twist.
In the past, the fairs often better served the provider(s) who came onsite than the needs of the hosting corporation or their staff members. More recently, companies have refined the planning of the events to serve namely [...]
Wellness programs are designed to help improve the overall health and awareness of health related issues of employees in the workplace.
Although these programs are set up to help person set, work toward and maintain healthy lifestyle choices, they sometimes fail.
There are five main reasons wellness programs are unsuccessful. the first reason is because of lack [...]
Medical research has long shown quitting use of tobacco at any age can improve a person’s health.
But a Duke University shows that the group you might think would be the least likely to quit – individuals over the age of 50 – may actually have the best odds for quitting through a smoking cessation program.
Scientists [...]
Corporate wellness involves many aspects of the workplace and can look dramatically different based upon the shared wellness vision.
Wellness efforts can also be uniquely tailored to women and men, old and young or to special health needs. Wellness in the workplace ought to be a top priority regardless of gender, age or special needs.
Living [...]
The organizations with the most cost-efficient health plans are the ones that streamline the services employees receive for both their physical and mental health.
As a long-term goal, having your general health plan, staff member assistance program (EAP) and health promotion program communicating regularly with one another about employees’ treatments is the single best way to [...]
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