Mark Bertolini was no ordinary patient. After breaking his neck in five places during a ski accident in 2004, the chairman, chief executive officer and president at Aetna turned his back on conventi...
Get a look at that wrist. Those stylish bracelets worn around the office are making a fashion statement of their own and enabling employers to redefine the meaning of business attire.Clung to arm...
We all certainly want to enjoy healthier lives. Rising healthcare costs, struggling medical systems, and overwhelming stress associated with modern-day living has only given us added vitality toward b...
IBM, a multinational technology and innovation company, relies on a steadfast commitment for senior leadership and a strategic, integrated approach to address more than 400,000 employees from some 100...
By: Erin MorrowDetermining the return on investment (ROI) of a wellness program can be difficult. Looking beyond the immediate healthcare costs and utilization will help any organization understan...
Welcome to the inaugural print edition of Corporate Wellness Magazine.For six years now, Corporate Wellness Magazine has been the signature online publication for the Corporate Health & Wellne...
Wellness, as we know it, is at a crossroads.For those of us who have been in the industry a while - a long while - we are seeing opportunity and change. We are seeing employers from all industries...
As wearable fitness trackers gain increasing mainstream popularity and their manufacturers develop new devices to support consumer fascination with these products, employers will be hard-challenged to...
Although a great deal of research has been published that celebrates the return on investment that can be attained by implementing a wellness program that truly saves money and produces a happier, hea...
In 2010, Chipotle, a restaurant provider of "food with integrity," wanted to develop a wellness program to change company culture. The wellness program chosen through the company's healthcare provider...
Companies in the United States first introduced workplace wellness programs to reduce healthcare costs. As those programs matured, companies learned that nurturing employee health and wellness had ben...
Don't worry about those flight delays or fret lost luggage or disruptions to routines. At the end of the day, before it starts - and sometimes in between -the hospitality industry is taking care of bu...
I have been fortunate to observe and learn from someone who fished with a net. This very interesting and intricate process to capture as many fish as possible is not as simple as it seems. The net is ...
Good friends and family, a successful career, plenty of money, prestige, or a great physique -- depending on whom is asked ask - can make life worthwhile. But, when measuring life's satisfaction, ther...
Companies throughout the world are investing in corporate wellness programs and initiatives to help provide healthy and balanced lifestyles to their employees. One such company is Dubai-based AW Rosta...
Human resources and, more specifically, benefits departments, have traditionally been viewed as organizational centers responsible for managing benefits costs. Now, there is increasing recognition tha...
The 2014 "Global Survey on Health Promotion, Workplace Wellness and Productivity Strategies'' by Buck Consultants underlines the daunting challenges to implementing a global corporate wellness progra...
America, as well as many other countries in the world, is at an important crossroad. While many large companies are reporting near record profits, employees are ...
Because many of its 344 employees are constantly on the road, working on projects across the Southeast, arol Swanson thought their health was imperative. So, the human resources manager at Winter Cons...
"According to a survey by Fidelity Investments� and the National Business Group on Health, employers plan to spend an average of $594 per employee <...
Employee health is the greatest asset a company has to ensure.But, all too regularly among companies, employee health stops at healthcare. Too often in the United States, "health" is used synonymo...
Scripps Health, a self-insured, tax-exempt healthcare organization with five hospital campuses and 22 clinics, 13,700 employees and 2,600 affiliated physicians across greater San Diego, launched a cor...
Employers - particularly large corporations - have widely adopted wellness programs to reduce healthcare costs and improve employee productivity, morale and retention. However, studies have cast doubt...
Let's face it. Even in the best companies with the best practices, when things happen slowly enough, they can go quietly unnoticed.Whether positive or negative, small changes can slip by unobserve...
Personalization drives success across nearly every industry - from smart phone apps to luxury travel. The more products and services can be customized to personal habits, goals or desires, the more su...
Since her diagnosis in 2000, every doctor told her Parkinson's disease was progressive and her health status would never improve. Reluctantly settling for a bleak future, Diane's condition deteriorate...
We need to change our assumptions about technology and health care, eschewing the notion that the former depersonalizes the latter; reducing men and women – patients and children – into mere numbers, to be proc
As a longtime proponent of corporate wellness, I believe we need the perspective and analysis of many experts concerning this issue.
Much earlier in my health promotion career, I helped an employer create a "biggest loser" style weight-loss contest at work. Back then, I didn't know nearly as much as I do now about the complexities ...
Measuring the return on investment (ROI) has been an extremely controversial topic among wellness professionals for quite some time. I am not convinced that there is any real industry standard formula...
Over the past year, I have watched in amazement as benefit consultants and their employer clients are immersed in meeting the requirements of the Affordable Care Act. My amazement was not because of t...
Data breach and identity theft risks continue to plague businesses and consumers alike. Large-scale exposures-hitting organizations from nationwide retail and restaurant chains to multi-state hospital...
"If you stop smoking today, you will lower your risk of heart disease,
Blockbuster vs Netflix. Flip phones vs smartphones. Paper maps vs GPS. Traditional banking vs online banking.We are surrounded by products and services that help us get the things we need and want...
Modern Healthcare published an article by the Associated Press discussing the new heights reached by FDA approvals last ye...
Reducing health risks, improving quality of life, enhancing personal effectiveness, and benefits to your organization's bottom line: These are the reasons you implement corporate wellness programs. Bu...
You knew it might affect some people but had no idea the problem was this pervasive. You are treating the symptoms but the problem keeps persisting with no end in sight. Some are estimating that nearl...
While wellness programs have increased in popularity, according to the 2014 UBA Health Plan Survey, actual wellness program adoption has been in a holding pattern. As one might expect, the highest per...
If you are like me, an HR Director, my email in box gets filled on a daily basis with newsletters and legal alerts notifying me of all the mandates, clarifications of the mandates and changes to the m...
Presentations under the heading of corporate wellness often address stress management, smoking cessation, nutrition and exercise. Great topics all, but at best, they're subsets of wellness. Related, s...
"When it comes to healthcare, preventive measures are just as important, if not more so, than curative ones," said HEXL CEO
"John D. Rockefeller Sr.'s obsession with work and worry while building his business led to stress, strain and very serious health problems by the time he was fifty years old. Had Mr. Rockefeller not ...
Healthcare in general has been an issue that has been widely discussed in recent years. When Obamacare, or the Affordable Care Act (ACA), took effect there were many people looking in different direct...
"Sitting Disease" is becoming more and more of an issue in our society. This new health issue has arisen as sedentary behavior-sitting at work, watching TV, commuting-now eats up the vast majority of ...
A survey provides employees the opportunity to voice their opinions and strengthens overall engagement and corporate wellness. As employees see their ideas implemented, they feel integral to the team'...
By Dr. Rahul Razdan
Corporate wellness and technology are increasingly inseparable: The latter enhances the former by elevating a doctor's presence online
Valentine's Day is almost here, and romantics throughout the nation have hearts and flowers on their minds. Perhaps it's only appropriate that February is also National Heart Health Month and a great ...
Which is to say, the rapidity of change within the health care industry makes knowledge a priority and awareness
Hospitals are many things, including centers of scientific research, healing, breakthrough discoveries, community leadership and employers throughout a given city, county or state.
Addiction is not only a personal danger, with ruinous results for friends and families alike, as they endure an
