Benefits Pro attended last week's Society for Human Resource Management's annual conference, and one stop was at a presentation by Interactive Health EVP Charlie Estey on 10 reasons why and how workplaces should implement wellness programs. Writes Benefits Pro: "Still...
Today we continue with SHRM's recent 2015 Employee Benefits report: "An Overview of Employee Benefits Offerings in the U.S." Our focus: Preventive Health and Wellness Resources, Other Benefits, & Trends. We know that Preventable and Chronic Conditions are an...
The Society for Human Resource Management -- known to all as SHRM -- released its 2015 Employee Benefits report: "An Overview of Employee Benefits Offerings in the U.S." And not surprisingly, workplace wellness programs feature prominently. The report states: "One of...
"Healthcare consumers, providers and payers are embracing the transformational power of technology, and it’s paying off in unprecedented efficiency and effectiveness across the care ecosystem," Accenture reports. Indeed, in their new survey of doctors, consumers and...
US News & World Report writes that "More than two-thirds of Americans are now overweight or obese, according to new findings published in JAMA Internal Medicine, up from previously reported estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention." The JAMA...
Willis offers a terrific write up connecting workplace wellness programs to injury prevention: "This interest in workforce wellness pays dividends. The more we mitigate weight gain in aging workers the greater the rewards—particularly in injury prevention." The...
Winter lasted too long. Now it's summer, and you're thinking to jump start your tan with a quick stop at the tanning salon? Think again. A recent study from the University of Michigan School of Public Health is titled "The Growing Public Health Challenges of Exposure...
"Thanks to healthier employees, the town of Chapel Hill will be paying less in health care premiums next year," according to the Daily Tarheel. "In August, when the next fiscal year begins, an 8.5 percent decrease in medical insurance cost will come into effect. This...
The Apple Watch "may be the undisputed king of smartwatches, but that doesn’t mean it’s perfect — a particularly big annoyance we encountered in our review were third-party app slowdowns and crashes," according to Digital Trends. "Thankfully, 9to5Mac reports that a...