How to Jump-Start Your Wellness Program
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How to Jump-start Your Wellness Program3 STEPS TOWARDS A SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION
36% of U.S. employers plan to add wellness program components to their employee benefits this year.
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Wellness Programs
These programs have been shown to:• Contribute to corporate culture of health• Increase productivity • Have a positive impact on employee
satisfaction
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Wellness Programs In a wellness program, it is important to define your needs and create a customized program that aligns with your goals that would be most beneficial to your total population.
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What are factors that contribute to long-term success in a wellness
program?
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3 Steps to Jump-start your Wellness Program
1. A health risk assessment (HRA)2. Biometric screening 3. Individual consultation with a telephonic health
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3 Steps to Jump-start your Wellness Program
These steps help benchmark the current state of your population and start to identify areas for improvement.
• Health risk assessments and biometric screenings are strong first steps to building your data warehouse
• Outreach to members helps gauge the population engagement level in the program
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1. Health Risk Assessments (HRAs)
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HRAs evaluate members’ personal health and lifestyle information to gauge their risk for future conditions.
According to a study conducted by Employee Benefits News, 86% of employees who receive suggested steps based on their health risk assessment results take action.
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2. Biometric screeningsBiometric screenings collect purely objective data and can often uncover previously undiagnosed conditions.
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Data collected include:• BMI• Blood pressure • Cholesterol levels
2. Biometric screenings
The data gathered through the biometric screenings combined with personal history gathered through the HRA, provides a snapshot of your population’s health and can show where intervention can have the biggest impact.
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Studies have shown that just receiving health information inspires change.
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3. One-on-one intervention
After identifying members who could benefit from intervention, each member who completes the HRA and biometric screening is provided with at least a 30-minute individual health coaching consultation. © Healthgram, Inc. 2015
3. One-on-one interventionHealth coaches are able to address individual and family medical history, tobacco use patterns, lifestyle habits and more to start crafting a health plan with realistic goals.
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According to a 2014 RAND Study, participants enrolled in disease management programs generated savings of $136 PEPM, an ROI of $3.80 for every $1 invested.
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Jump Start Wellness
By jump-starting your wellness program, you'll be on your way to improved employee wellbeing, lower costs and a culture of health.
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