Have you ever wondered, “Can we really measure the improvement in health that comes from wellness programs?” Most companies are using biometric screenings as their key tool for measuring health, on the assumption that it accurately measures the kind of health that matters most. Think again.
When it comes to measuring health, there are many options from which an employer can choose. They range from measures of how often health fails (mortality rates, disability, absenteeism and hospital admission rates), to how expensively it fails (insurance premiums and claim severity statistics), to how likely it is to fail in future (health risk factors such as body mass index, cholesterol and blood pressure) and finally to how people feel about their own health (health risk assessments).
