Humana, Validic partner to boost wellness, use of wearable for members
Humana is entering a partnership with platform and health data solutions provider Validic that will boost connectivity between members’ tech devices and the health plan.
Wearable technology
Benefits Think Digital at work: Wearables in workers’ comp
Research points to automation, robotics and advances in safety as contributing factors to a decrease in claims frequency. However, severity is up — and wearables could help.
Laura Kersey
NCCI
Benefits Think Digital at work: Wearables in workers’ comp
Research points to automation, robotics and advances in safety as contributing factors to a decrease in claims frequency. However, severity is up — and wearables could help.
Laura Kersey
NCCI
Are employees lying about their daily step count? This tech can help clients tell
FIX Health’s new tool aims to weed out cheaters in its zombie-themed walking challenge, the Outbreak.
Are your employees lying about their daily step count? This tech can tell
FIX Health’s new tool aims to weed out cheaters in its zombie-themed walking challenge, the Outbreak.
Inside AIG’s wearables pilot
Company executives discussed deployment of Kinetic wearable device at Dig | In.
Benefits Think Digitization: Reducing costs, improving health
The potential solutions will require employees to share a large amount of personal data. As a result, trust and safety concerns are inevitable.
Chris Bruce
Thomsons Online Benefits
Fitbit offers new wearables to UnitedHealthcare participants
Employees in the insurer's fitness program can earn more than $1,000 per year by meeting daily walking goals.
The HR tech disconnect: Are there too many digital tools?
The majority of human resources departments use more than five platforms to perform basic tasks at work, new survey data finds.
The HR tech disconnect: Are there too many digital tools?
The majority of human resources departments use more than five platforms to perform basic tasks at work, new survey data finds.
Fitbit expands offerings to new employers, health plans
The company expanded a partnership with Solera Health, and says Adobe and Domino’s Pizza are now offering its business devices to employees.
Blue Cross Blue Shield offers Fitbits, gym memberships to plan participants
The insurer’s Blue365 program aims to motivate its 60 million members with the fitness tracker/smartwatch.
Blue Cross Blue Shield offers Fitbits, gym memberships to plan participants
The insurer’s Blue365 program aims to motivate its 60 million members with the fitness tracker/smartwatch.
Fitbit unveils health-focused smartwatch to revive demand
Fitbit unveiled its first smartwatch on Monday, hoping that the health-focused features of the device will reverse the hardware maker’s declining influence in the wearables market.
Benefits Think How BP found success with wearables
Employees who participated in the company’s “Million Step Challenge” improved their overall health risk status by more than 6% and their physical activity risk by 17%.
Jessica Grossmeier
HERO
Benefits Think How BP found success with wearables
Employees who participated in the company’s “Million Step Challenge” improved their overall health risk status by more than 6% and their physical activity risk by 17%.
Jessica Grossmeier
HERO
Benefits Think How Emory University launched a successful wearable initiative
The school found deploying the right technology, and tapping employees’ competitive nature, generated a lot of excitement around the program.
Jessica Grossmeier
HERO
Benefits Think How Emory University launched it successful wearable wellness initiative
The school found deploying the right technology, and tapping employees’ competitive nature, generated a lot of excitement around the program.
Jessica Grossmeier
HERO
Moving the meter on benefits utilization
Hodges-Mace president and CTO Kevin Andrews says mobile apps could redefine how employers communicate with workers.
This app tells you when you’re depressed. Who else does it tell?
Clinicians and privacy experts are welcoming these inventions with one hand while holding up warning signs with the other. Technology might be a powerful tool to improve treatment, but an emotional problem, if it becomes known, can affect insurance coverage.
