As a smart business practice, we know that companies should survey their workplace regularly to obtain valuable input and reveal issues affecting the workforce. What if we were to apply that same approach to the American population? Would knowing the well-being of U.S. adults be helpful to our communities, governments, employers and health plans? What [...]
Every now and then it’s good to get a reality check and hear from the people who are actually delivering programs in the worksite wellness environment. For example, just because an organization offers its workforce wellness programs, that doesn’t mean employees will come and participate. There are many more factors involved to foster engagement and to make [...]
Al Lewis, Founder and President, of the Disease Management Purchasing Consortium (www.dismgmt.com) joined the show to share his thoughts on how the consulting and health care industries are doing when it comes to measuring disease management and wellness outcomes. Not very well, he declares. Mr. Lewis points out that even though there is a simple [...]
The growing teen and childhood obesity rates do not bode well for organizations that will be hiring over the next decade. Besides being an important risk factor for a variety of illnesses & diseases, obesity also impacts the ability of a person to do their job safely and adequately. Employers will then face the double [...]
Southeastern Ohio has some of the highest rates of chronic diseases in the country. In forming the “Live Healthy Appalachia” initiative (LHA – www.livehealthyappalachia.org ), community leaders in and around the city of Athens, OH are committed to begin an assault on the deadly conditions of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and cancer. LHA is a [...]
