Colorado State of Wellness Webinar - Good Health is Good Business with Eric Aakko
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Transcript of Colorado State of Wellness Webinar - Good Health is Good Business with Eric Aakko
The State of Wellness:
Good Health is
Good Business WebinarFebruary 24, 2011
Eric Aakko, MS MCHES
How did we get here?
Behaviors EnvironmentChronic Disease
Increased Health Care
Costs
Benefits of Worksite Wellness
Health Insurance Premiums
131%
38%
28%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
140%
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Health InsurancePremiumsWorkers' Earnings
Overall Inflation
Source: Kaiser/HRET Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits, 1999-2009. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, U.S. City Average of
Annual Inflation (April to April), 1999-2009; Bureau of Labor Statistics, Seasonally Adjusted Data from the Current Employment Statistics Survey, 1999-2009
(April to April).
Background
• We listened and we heard from employers: need the “how” for wellness
• We know the “why”
• Still exploring the “what”
Shift to “systems thinking” and the creation of a Wellness Framework
Colorado’s Worksite Wellness Framework
Build a Foundation of Wellness
Assess How to Have
a Data Driven
Program
Purposeful Planning
and Programming
Meaningful Measurement
and Evaluation
Implement by Putting
the Plan into Action
• Gain senior leadership and employee support
• Create a brand
• Lesson learned: Executive Walks at the Department of Public Health
Step 1: Build a foundation
• Is your workplace supportive or restrictive towards wellness?
• Do you know the basic health needs of your employees?
• Lesson learned: Need for modification to flex policy
Step 2: Use data to assess needs and provide direction
• Develop action plan, goals, objectives
• Use claims data and info from Step 2 in program design
• Incentives can work, if used properly
• Lesson learned: Incentivizing health premiums
Step 3: Plan for success
• How to avoid the STP problem
• Develop physical activity, nutrition, lactation, tobacco policies
• Lesson learned: Change the environment through policy
Step 4: Put the plan in action
• Basic to advanced evaluation
• Bottom line: are you making a difference?
• Lesson learned: Changing the environment does work, e.g. Stair Challenge
Step 5: Evaluate
• Engage all employees and leadership
• Be consistent and professional
• Lesson learned: Creating a brand that has appeal and is recognized
Communication and Marketing: Permeates all Steps 1-5
• Desire to unite worksite wellness activities and efforts in Colorado
• Collaborate with non-profit partner, LiveWell Colorado, on the development of a Worksite Wellness Leadership Council
Other Efforts in Colorado: Worksite Wellness Collaborative
Thank-you - Questions?
Eric Aakko – 303.692-2606; [email protected]
http://cohealthsource.org/media/172683/worksitewellnesstoolkit%20final.pdf