The question of how to integrate technology into a well-run workplace wellness plan is highly significant for any company or employer to consider. A study published by the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and titled "The Association of...
The Huffington Post runs a report that examines two studies that aim to address workplace stress and the impact it has on employees and, potentially, their health. The piece points out: "If people can’t return to baseline levels of calm and/or feelings of fulfillment,...
This post by Cathy Kenworthy, President and CEO of Interactive Health, was originally published in Benefits Pro here. Excerpts: "Smart businesses know that proactive effort, deliberately and consistently implemented, will lead to results. Recent wellness...
It's always compelling to hear professional discuss the influence workplace wellness can have on employees specifically and the workplace generally. One piece: Andy Campbell, Human Capital Management (HCM) strategy director at Oracle, has written on the role of...
According to the Mayo Clinic, an association exists between employees who attend workplace wellness centers and weight loss as well as health care savings. Science Daily reports on a recent Mayo Clinic study: "As employees and employers face higher health care costs,...
At the Fifth Annual Gibbons Employment & Labor Law Conference, Kelly Ann Bird, a Director in the Gibbons Employment & Labor Law Department, and Cathy Kenworthy, President & CEO of Interactive Health, presented a program titled “Wellness Programs for a...
We reported recently how the U.S. Surgeon General has called mental health a top U.S. priority -- and that the workplace is a key place to address these needs. Indeed, the Surgeon General maintains a page on Mental and Emotional Well-being that lists “What Can...
We recently reported (again) how a workplace wellness focus on obesity may help reduce health costs. Indeed, as Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health writes: "Obesity, with its links to many chronic conditions, is a huge drain on individual as well as corporate...
Earlier this week we reported that "a new NPR/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health poll finds that more than four in ten working adults (44%) say their current job has an impact on their overall health, and one in four (28%) say...