Businesses clearly see the value in offering health and wellness plans. In fact, 80 percent of employers already offer health and wellness plans[i]. This begs an interesting question: If so many busin...
Healthcare costs are on the rise. In the first quarter of 2014, healthcare spending rose 9.9 percent - the largest quarterly increase in more than 30 years, according to the U.S. Commerce Department's...
For over three decades, U.S. employers have made a significant investment in worksite wellness. Progressive CEOs have championed wellness as a foundational value of their corporate culture. Wellness p...
I had a dream last night that my wife gave me a wristwatch for my birthday. It's a combination, phone, television, music library, day planner, remote control for all my appliances and lights, a camera...
Of the many things healthcare experts tell us to avoid, the most common one is to cease living a sedentary existence: To get up and out of the den...
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Tan TranWith the rise of the BYOD (bring your own device) workplace and companies playing an increasingly active role in the health and wellness of its employees, utilizing mobile apps to encourage employees ...
The great challenge concerning corporate wellness is a matter of how, instead of why.That is, the question of the importance of this issue asks and answers itself; we know that a...
Finding a good doctor - or an appropriate and affordable medical procedure - isn't always easy in today's climate. The fede...
If you've ever accidentally touched a hot stove, you know all about inflammation. Your skin turns bright red, eventually blisters and the resulting pain lasts for what seems like eternity. Although it...
In the United States and most developed countries, the quality of medical care continues to grow in the treatment of acute disease, many cancers and genetic dis...
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RH OdellIn recent years, human resource offices across North America have made it a priority to elevate their levels of corporate health and wellness. Companies are clearly recognizing that employee wellness ...
Every day consciously and unconsciously humans, organizations and governments are trying to make sense of the world. How and why events occur and how these events are influenced by the decisions we ma...
Employers who seek to add a wellness program to their overall Employee Assistance Program (EAP) package will want to research programs with a focus on not only a healthy body, but also a healthy mind....
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Amy HaftStress is any strain or force on the body or mind; a power that deforms the shape of the body subjected to it. It is a dis-harmony or instability of a once-balanced state. Dr. Hans Selye, the most ren...
The title of this article seems like an oxymoron because we c
Have you ever noticed that you seem to get sick at the same time each year or after a challenging or stressful situation? It's a known fact that stress makes people sick.Chronic stress can cause ...
As healthcare reform shifts into high gear, a growing number of employers recognize the value of convenient, streamlined health information and access. Specifically, they are investing in mobile healt...
Digital fitness trackers are the latest to make inroads into the employee wellness segment. Studies indicate that over 13 million such wearable activity-tracking devices will be streamlined into emplo...
Now, more than ever, digital technology is playing a vital role in how we live our daily lives, including how we manage our health. According to the Pew Research Center, the use of mobile technology ...
In today's business environment, with increasing government regulation and marked uncertainty, wise employers want to do whatever they can to be in a position to manage their costs and to increase emp...
How would you react if someone suggested that you get to know your staff by taking one of them to lunch every day until you met with everyone in yo...
How do you guide personal awareness in today's world of constant streams of information coming to us in all forms? The Internet has given us the gift of searching through the abundance of information ...
In terms of wellness, small businesses may not have the financial resources, knowledge of wellness or how to offer it to the employees, but it doesn't mean it's not possible, it just means their offer...
As an HR professional, you have sifted through demographic data models, painstakingly crafting plan changes and offering incentives for employees to opt into...
American employers will be looking forward to another year of rising healthcare costs for their employees and dependents. Despite countless incremental solutions such as wellness programs, consumer dr...
The thought behind this article is rooted in a common idiom that goes something like, "you can't see the forest for the trees." A useful phrase, this idiom's aim is to communicate a short-circuit in a...
With insurance networks and reimbursements shrinking, physicians have been scrambling to find ways to avoid the insurance and managed care pitfalls. Simultaneously, employers who are self-funding the ...
Americans are on the job more than workers in many countries are. According to a 2013 study by the International Labor Organization, 85.8 percent of American men and 66.5 percent of American women wor...
Employers are getting in the business of keeping employees healthy. There are still those employers who will encourage employees to use the stairs instead of an elevator, position gym equipment in a h...
As a chiropractor with a commitment to healing, I recognize the challenges many patients face with regard to injuries, limited motion and the quest to regain full mobility.This point has added mea...
The concept of "�wellness' is one that has gained a huge amount of traction within healthcare in America over the past few decades.
Beginning in 2014, the Affordable Care Act allows employers to reduce the cost of employees' health insurance premiums when they participate in programs encouraging exercise
The big buzz in employee health care for the past two years has been, and continues to be, wellness.
The greatest source of work-related stress does not occur at the office. Before an employee reads and answers emails, returns calls and accepts summary requests from managers and bosses
I have been thinking for a while that the field of worksite wellness is currently experiencing a bubble "" a wellness bubble.
Employers from coast to coast are facing a troubling problem, how to get their employees to adopt healthier lifestyles and behaviors.
In the discussion involving healthcare reform, in this national debate about changes to insurance policies and premiums, there is an entire discipline of medicine worthy of greater attention
Studies abound confirming the emotional benefits of having a pet, from the increased sense of companionship and loyalty to improved mental and physical health.
Don't look now, but those devices clipped onto waistbands, wrapped around wrists or dropped in a pocket may be coming to a body part on you.
With the rise of the chronic diseases like obesity and heart disease, and the increasing cost of employer health insurance claims
Corporate wellness is a noble and necessary undertaking, which involves recognizing - and alleviating - the key sources of stress
Corporate wellness has many benefits and definitions, from promoting nutrition and exercise to creating an inviting workplace
A new survey reports high levels of familiarity and interest in exploring defined contribution health benefits and private healthcare exchanges
The theme of corporate wellness is both a practical necessity and a metaphor for executive leadership. This issue, which I addressed in a previous column concerning
In the face of the economic crisis and all the other gazillion problems at our doorstep workplace wellness may have taken a backseat for the time being
Corporate wellness has many definitions and just as many goals, from the wholesale revival of workplace culture
Corporate wellness and employee morale are inseparable. The two are responsible for everything from enhanced productivity
Strategies for using exercise therapy to improve outcomes in chronic low back pain reports there continues to be uncertainty about the most effective exercise approach in chronic low back pain.
In the midst of the debate over health insurance reform and the Affordable Care Act (ACA),
Making Nutritious and Delicious Food: The True Meaning of Wellness
