Long story short: Are your healthcare benefits falling short?

By Alyssa Place, This is my expertise
Published 2 Min Read

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Employers and HR leaders spend the majority of their working hours ensuring their benefits are serving the greatest number of employees. But leaders may be missing a few critical gaps. 

In this week’s top stories, racial bias continues to impact Black and BIPOC health, and employee wellness overall. From birth outcomes to lung and kidney health, physicians are operating on outdated and biased assumptions that can harm a large demographic of patients, explains Dr. Jayne Morgan, cardiologist and clinical director of the COVID task force at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Along with an expiring provision that would end vaccine access at pharmacies across half of the U.S., more must be done to create equitable access to healthcare. 

Consumers love a good product bundle, but is it possible to bundle and personalize healthcare? In the increasingly intermingled worlds of health and wellness, personal product and treatment suggestions, coaching and tracking can drive engagement and give end users a chance to get in front of their health concerns. 

Giving a workforce access to a platform with a variety of resources — from simple medication reminders to more supportive and interactive options such as weight loss coaching — means a holistic approach that only requires employees to enter their health information in one place. Editor Lee Hafner spoke with Chris Michalak, CEO of digital health platform Virgin Pulse, to discuss his organization’s approach to helping employees maintain a healthy lifestyle, no matter their needs. 

Alyssa Place
Editor-in-chief

Alyssa Place is the editor-in-chief of Employee Benefit News and has been with the team since 2019. Her work covers mental health, DEI, women at work, financial wellness, retirement and workplace … Read full bio


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