A successful wellness program aims to enhance employees’ holistic health and well-being, whether physically or mentally. On the physical side, this involves health screenings to monitor key health metrics such as weight, blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and sleep patterns. In the past, this process was tedious and manual. However, technology now allows providers to record Read more…
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What are Health Screenings and Why are They So Important?
Early disease detection and treatment is why more people live much longer. Each year, around 1.7 million people die of complications from chronic illnesses, like blood pressure and cancer, that doctors can successfully treat with early diagnosis. Chronic diseases account for approximately 90% of the $4.1 trillion annual healthcare costs in the United States, impacting Read more…
Workplace Wellness
Population Health Strategies Your Organization Should Consider and How To Measure Their Impact
For decades, the American healthcare system has focused on the clinical needs of sick people, the cure of illnesses, and the medical intervention of at-risk groups. However, these approaches have a limited effect on disease prevention while consistently disregarding prevailing inequalities affecting a population group’s access to medical services and healthcare quality. Recent years have Read more…
Workplace Wellness
What are Today’s Biggest Population Health Issues and How Can Organizations Help Mitigate Them?
Historically, the healthcare system in the US has been all about numbers. Simply put, the more services provided to patients (visits, procedures, hospital admissions, prescriptions), the more healthcare providers get paid. However, we’ve recently seen a marked shift from fee-for-service models to value-based care as more organizations look to tackle population health issues on a Read more…
Workplace Wellness
How to Keep your Humana Wellness Program Alive
Employees may lose access to vital health tools, incentives, and support if a wellness programme, such as Humana Go365, is discontinued. Wellness programmes, like as health screenings, exercise challenges, and counselling services, frequently provide tools and resources to assist employees maintain their physical and mental health. Furthermore, employees may lose the incentive and accountability that Read more…
