News, research and best practices relating to employee wellness and well-being, which encompasses physical health as well as behavioral and emotional health and financial health. Focus includes how to create a culture of wellness and elements of an impactful wellness program. Guidance is offered on regulatory issues relating to HIPAA, GINA, ADA and other potentially grey areas of employee privacy. ROI on wellness programs is a discussion, as is reduction of health care spend via management of chronic conditions.
Poor health habits are strong predictors of future health care costs. Your organization can do something about this--starting with identifying 5 metabolic risk factors employees might have and then working to create a culture of health.
