Wellness programs encourage individuals to start taking steps toward healthcare avoidance by teaching healthful decision making. These programs are designed to decrease healthcare costs, reduce absenteeism, and increase productivity.
It is believed that many illnesses in America are preventable by proper medical testings and small changes toward a healthier lifestyle. the most valuable resource a [...]
Archive for May, 2010
Trying to do more with less money? Here are three proven ways to align the dollars and cents of a health promotion program in your budget.
Common thread – the way you prepare – and control – your budget for a health promotion program is vital to its success.
1. Top-down health promotion budget
Depending on the size [...]
Around the United States companies everywhere are starting wellness programs. There are several advantages to offering employee wellness programs.
These programs vary in intricacy, from only offering information to employees on staying healthful to offering a business fitness center and nutritious meal plans. the bottom line of wellness programs is that healthful employees are happy [...]
Given the immense growth of health promotion programs over the last two years, it was inevitable resistance would creep up among watchdog groups.
In Washington, lobbyists have spearheaded a push for Congress, the DOL and IRS to crack down on “punitive” health promotion programs.
Specifically, the groups seek to limit programs in which employees’ share of [...]
While many corporations have incredible health wellness programs, others do not. Sometimes it is not the corporation who determines that a wellness program would be beneficial, but the employees themselves are the ones requesting such an office benefit.
With the correct steps, workers have often been very successful at changing the environment of a workplace.
When [...]
A recent survey finds nearly 42 percent of employers with 200 or fewer staff members have some sort of disease management (DM) program.
That’s a huge increase from four years ago, when just 28 percent of smaller employers offered such programs.
There’s more to come, too. Fifteen% of respondents that didn’t currently have a disease management component [...]
Is your corporation’s ROI (return on investment) decreasing? Are the costs of your corporation’s medical insurance premiums increasing?
When you said yes to either or both of these questions it is most likely because your workers aren’t getting what they need to work at their highest potential. A good way to change this is through [...]
Thinking about an obesity-related disease management program for your organization? Here’s what you need to know.
In order to be effective, the program must meet participants’ individual medical and psychological needs, not to mention your own organization’s need to control long-term health care costs.
How wide-reaching should the program be? After all, it doesn’t make sense to [...]
In order for companies to be performing at their maximum potential they must create fitness and wellness programs that all their workers can participate in.
Fitness and wellness programs are essential for a successful company because they decrease the stress felt by staff members, they help the physical and mental health of individuals, and they [...]
Develop a culture of wellness within your organization
Develop Exemplary Management Support
In the most successful Health Promotion Programs, senior managers lead their organizations by example. And they work to ensure that the management structure not only allows, but actively encourages their workers to participate.
Organize a Health Promotion Advisory Team
Health Promotion committees serve as the eyes, ears, [...]
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