We reported recently that "With New FDA Guidance on Wearables, Focus Turns to Connecting Tech to Core Wellness Program." Now Apple is getting into the game, and according to an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Director of Mobile App curriculum at Wake...
In our continuing focus on the positive role that technology -- when properly integrated -- can play in a well-run workplace wellness program, a new study demonstrates how such technology not only can increase individuals' awareness around wellness, but also their...
More evidence how -- when properly implemented and integrated -- a strategic approach to technology can help advance individual health and workplace wellness. The American Heart Association reports that "people are more likely to adopt heart-healthy behaviors when...
We've reported on the importance of a workplace wellness program being well run. A new UK study indicates: Even professional health care workers can use education to help them understand the important qualities of a well run wellness program. The study, "Workplace...
Could what you do for a living increase or decrease whether you're "likely to be depressed?" And if so, could workplace wellness programs have any effect on employee mental health? According to recent reports, the answer to both questions may be yes. Benefits Pro...
Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health reports that: "Worksite wellness programs that address food and fitness can help employees lose weight. Comprehensive and structured programs seem to have a bigger impact on weight than narrow or unstructured programs....
What's the cost of physical inactivity? That's one of the topics addressed in a recent episode of PodMed, a weekly podcast from Johns Hopkins Medicine. In the piece, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Rick Lange, MD,...
We don't mean to rain on your end of summer parade, but reports are popping up around that important autumn/winter favorite: Flu Vaccines. The CDC Foundation has reported that there is more than $87 billion in total economic burden because of flu viruses annually....
The CDC Foundation's Business Pulse reports that "high blood pressure is one of the 10 most expensive health conditions for U.S. employers. About 75 million U.S. adults have high blood pressure, a major contributor to heart disease and stroke." With such an impact on...