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.
An initiative run by the American College Health Association, Healthy Campus 2020, which promotes health on college campuses recently unveiled a new wellness initiative at Oakwood University in Alabama, a historically black college affiliated with the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
