Can wellness programs be difficult to understand? That was one question taken up recently by a panel of experts hosted by the St. Louis Business Journal for their Health Care Discussion. Said Debbie Johnston, regional market leader at Interactive Health who has...
As part of its "Heart Health" program, the CDC Foundation ran a very useful Business Pulse interview with Dr. Barbara Bowman, Director, Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Among the interview...
Cathy Kenworthy, CEO of Interactive Health, was on HealthCare Consumerism Radio to discuss worksite wellness solutions designed to engage employees in the management of their health. It's a fascinating conversation. Listen here:
The importance for any business of establishing ROI around health and wellness costs can hardly be overstated. As the Affordable Care Act brings changes -- and as employees bring new benefits expectations -- business leaders need to stay on top of their math. Mark...
Harvard Business Review continues its discussion of how impactful wellness programs can be with a post that states: "Not only are wellness programs valuable for the organizations and their employees, as his data states, they are our biggest hope for fixing a national...
Jim Clifton, Chairman and CEO of Gallup, posts a piece on LinkedIn that shows how businesses can learn from our healthiest cities. According to Clifton, people who live in the Top 10 cities for well-being are "better connected to their community, have better financial...
Much of the discussion around the effectiveness of wellness plans centers health care cost savings: Healthy employees should mean lower spend on health care. But Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the nation’s largest...
We all know that eating right is an important part of wellness and good health. But we also all know that eating right can sometimes be a challenge at the office. To better understand the ways in which affordable care and wellness are impacting businesses as it...
A panel at the Bloomberg Link Longevity Economy Conference held an interesting discussion about wellness programs in the workplace on October 11, 2013. Panelists included Henry Albrecht, chief executive officer of Limeade, Christie Hefner, executive chairman of Canyon...