Archive for October, 2008
Employer Health and Wellness Program Advantages
Employer Health and Wellness Program Advantages still aren’t self-evident to some executives, even though the research, real-world evidence and cost-benefit analyses are demonstrative. With careful planning, almost every business can reap Employer Health and Wellness Program Advantages.
Part of the problem is that some executives erroneously believe that the Employer Health and Wellness Program Advantages are [...]
Employee Wellness Program: Securing Leadership Support
Strong and visible upper management support for the Company Health and Wellness Program promotes health and is vital to securing necessary Company Health and Wellness Program resources (staff, time, and money) and implementing recommended changes.
1. Identify a Company Health and Wellness Program champion
In a small corporation, there may be a single leader who is the [...]
Employee Health Screening
Employee Health Screening means better heath risk assessment baselines and better security
“Employee Health Screening” is a hot phrase these days, but it can help your workforce with health management, too. When the pundits talk about Employee Health Screening, they’re usually referring to retinal scanners, fingerprint readers, and other high-tech security measures. However, if you trace [...]
Establishing a Company Health and Wellness Program
The workplace setting is a effective, but often overlooked, element in managing staff member health. Here we will establish some of the best-practices in creating a Company Health and Wellness Program that supports your organization’s employee health strategy and allows staff members to take charge of their own health. For example, a Company Health and [...]
Employee Wellness Plans
Employee Wellness Programs: A Long-Term Committment
“Employee Wellness Plans” – what does that phrase mean to you? To many of us, it evokes an array of ambivalent thoughts — the gym membership we barely used, the nagging ankle injury from last year’s business picnic, the backaches, the bratwurst we had for lunch, the love handles and [...]
Adapting to Health Information Technology
Health Information Technology can make the entire healthcare system more effective and efficient by enhancing:
• Documentation (lab and test results, clinic notes, consult recommendations)
• Communication (provider to patient, provider to provider)
• Information input (templates to facilitate data entry)
• Delivery of care (documenting all patient-provider interactions in a single system)
• Chronic disease risk identification (evaluation of [...]
Health Risk Assessment
Health Risk Assessment: Helping Quantify Employee Health help you quantify employee health
An Health Risk Assessment Health Risk Assessments (HRAs) is an important tool to help you isolate the value of strong Employer Health and Wellness Program Programs.
Health Risk Assessment: What is it?
Does the term “Health Risk Assessment” have you puzzled? If so, then you are [...]
Wellness Fairs
Wellness Fair activities put the spotlight on Employee Wellness Plans
A Wellness Fair is a brilliant way to shake your workforce out of the doldrums and into better awareness of their health and wellness. A Wellness Fair brings your organization together to discuss Employee Wellness Programs, examine Health Insurance and “cafeteria” plans, explore health savings accounts, [...]