Online solutions designed to educate employees and help them make better life choices may be moving from the "maybe they work" zone to the "they do work!" zone.

That would be good news for benefits managers, who often wonder how many employees complete and get any benefit from the online surveys and training programs they are asked to participate in.

The latest indication that such self-guided systems are becoming more mainstream comes from a company that sells such systems. SelfHelpWorks released results of a survey of 250,000 health plan subscribers who engaged in online courses that were aimed at getting them to modify or eliminate adverse health behaviors, such as smoking, drinking and taking drugs.

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