Wellness

A new wellness tool from the National Business Coalition on Health provides simple, best-practices recommendations.

As 2013 comes to a close, we’re taking a look at some of the most popular stories on our website this year. Here are the top five blog items of 2013.

Improved health is the top New Year’s resolution among employees, as 82% say they pledge to lose weight, increase exercise or reduce stress in 2014, according to a survey from Keas.

Here are two employers using biometric screenings to drive the larger message of healthy living home to their employees.

The University of Alabama has made impressive wellness strides by promoting and integrating their screening initiative in an overarching well-being campaign. For this collegiate employer, what is even more important than the health numbers stemming from biometrics is the context for those numbers.

Used to assess and evaluate changes in employee health, biometric health screenings are a crucial component of a comprehensive worksite health program. As a result, biometric health screenings are increasing in popularity and are being implemented by more and more employers.

Wellness is not just about fitness or smoking cessation anymore.

Smoking cessation programs offer insight to the real issues affecting health contingent programs.

Tailoring health goals, as well as the resources and programs employees use to achieve them, is the key to creating long-lasting behavior change, says one expert.

The number of people who died in hospitals as a result of medical mistakes is approaching half a million, according to Patient Safety America. Medical mistakes not only cost lives and misery but billions of dollars in extra costs, most of which is paid by employers.

Statins will be recommended for almost 33 million Americans, about twice the number under previous guidelines. Heart disease is the No. 1 killer worldwide, accounting for 1 in 4 U.S. deaths.

Nearly one in five doesn't even know if their company has a wellness program. Are your workers entirely ignorant of your offerings?

“What I really believe is that no company in the corporate wellness space is truly taking advantage of the power of mobile technology to build mobile-first wellness programs for employees and corporations,” says Dr. Rajiv Kumar, ShapeUp’s founder and CEO.

If people with chronic conditions only spend about an hour a year with their physician, how can they stay adherent with medication and their disease education for the 8,759 hours they’re outside the doctor’s office? The most promising answer is through mobile devices.

The majority of employers questioned by the NEBGH cite “employees’ poor health habits” as one of their top three obstacles to maintaining affordable health coverage.

A good communications strategy can help your clients get the most from their benefits investment.

Brokers need to start communication earlier to implement a successful outcomes-based plan.

The AMA classification of obesity as a disease could open employers up to increased scrutiny.

Employers overlook wellness best practices, according to bswift research.

Company uses Teladoc and saves an estimated $200,000.