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  • Physicians weigh in on workplace wellness efforts

    March 18, 2010

    Most doctors agree that employers should play a role in helping workers with chronic conditions, such as diabetes and heart disease, to improve their health, reports the Midwest Business Group of Health.

  • Coca-Cola retools wellness strategy

    March 15, 2010

    Create a wellness philosophy first and then build your programs around that philosophy, Mary Williams, senior counsel of global compensation and benefits, at Coca-Cola Co. told attendees at a conference on employer-sponsored health benefits.

  • Report highlights trends in the wellness, DM market

    March 10, 2010

    Employers believe that the best way to rope workers into health promotion programs is to have the vendor pick up the telephone and call the worker, according to a survey by DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance.

  • Preventive care strategies: The carrot and the stick

    March 1, 2010

    Employee health care costs have increased 9% to 12% annually in recent years, far outpacing inflation. Those costs are expected to double within five years.

  • Businesses join to educate community on health

    February 25, 2010

    The Whirlpool Corporation and other community organizations in the Benton Harbor/St. Joseph, Michigan area are taking steps to control health care costs for their employees and the greater community with a pilot project, known as Communities of Health.

  • More employers want health-conscious workers

    February 23, 2010

    On the heels of President Obama’s efforts to renew health care reform, a new survey shows that employers refuse to let up on finding their own ways to reduce health care costs.

  • Wellness programs linked to employee engagement, retention

    February 1, 2010

    Employees are eight times more likely to be engaged in their work when their employers make wellness a priority, according to a white paper from Right Management, a subsidiary of Manpower Inc.

  • Boosting wellness participation without monetary incentives

    February 1, 2010

    Employers recognize that incentives can be powerful tools to nudge their employees to participate in health promotion programming. However, finding the right incentive can be challenging.

  • Statistics after my own heart

    February 1, 2010

    Thanks to Valentine's Day, February and hearts seem like a no-brainer to most Americans. Men and women in love spend time, money and energy buying gifts - often chocolate and wrapped in red cellophane - for the ones they love.

  • Coaching leads to weight-loss success for Colorado employer

    February 1, 2010

    Make employees succeed by setting achievable goals and reward them simply for staying in the program. Those are the two very basic components of a successful weight management program created by National Jewish Health and put into action by the Public Employees Retirement Association in Colorado.

  • Wellness programs get a checkup

    January 28, 2010

    Employers are in love with their wellness programs, spending nearly 2% of their health claim dollars on the programs. Yet many companies fail to put the programs through a reality check by measuring their return on investment.

  • News You Can Use: Smartphone technology may be wisest wellness approach

    January 26, 2010

    From booking flights to buying flowers, tax filing tips to TV favorites – there’s an app for that. Smartphone technology is quickly reaching a tipping point, now that users can get tunes, TV and text messages (simultaneously) on their cellphones.

  • Wii = wellness? Not always.

    January 1, 2010

    I keep hearing about how my colleagues are mandating the completion of health risk assessments as a condition for coverage in the employer's health plan.

  • Count cost-savings, not sheep

    January 1, 2010

    Most employers likely think that sleeping on the job is their only worry when it comes to workers' sleep habits. However, new research shows that if employees are sleepless at home, it's a concern for companies as well.

  • Cornstarch replacing hopscotch

    January 1, 2010

    Cornstarch has replaced hopscotch in many a child's daily life, with countless sedentary youths pigging out on fast food instead of burning off a square meal on the playground.

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