Each year the C. Everett Koop Health Project identifies the nation's most effective wellness program and presents it with the Koop Award. This year the Koop Award for the nations best wellness programs has been awarded to Boise School District and…
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Employee wellness programs can use a variety of strategies to help improve employee health. Here are 50 employee wellness program examples for physical activity, nutrition, and tobacco cessation that have been used by hundreds of worksites. Not every example may…
What is a Digital Wellness Platform? Wellness programs can use web-based tools to help organize and administer a wellness program. These web-based computer systems are called digital wellness platforms. Historically a corporate wellness program had been nothing more than a website…
In 2011, the first research paper that demonstrated how small business wellness can impact the health of employees was published. The wellness program offered at Lincoln Industries was evaluated for three years. During that time, employees were able to significantly reduce systolic blood…
Hospitals, clinics, and other health care providers are just like any other businesses - they need to manage large numbers of employees and control expenses, while delivering needed services. While some health care providers are worksites struggling to stay competitive,…
Wellness Incentive Ideas Unless motivated, most employees will have a hard time beginning and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Behavior change is one of the most difficult things that we do as humans. Every successful well-being program has implemented some form…
4 Ways the Best Employee Wellness Programs Improve Employee Health Behavior change is the key to having a successful wellness program. The best employee wellness programs keep the focus on the need to help employees adopt and maintain healthy behaviors.…
When you design an employee wellness plan there are two basic options: use an outside vendor or develop your program internally. Regardless of the option you choose, there are several steps you need to take to have a successful program.…
How Do You Choose the Right Biometric Screening Companies? WellSteps does comprehensive wellness programming but we do not conduct biometric screenings. For the several years we have helped our clients find and work with companies that do conduct screenings. This…
At the core of every effective worksite wellness program are wellness activities that help employees adopt and maintain healthy behaviors. These activities are also known as wellness challenges or wellness campaigns. Behavior change campaigns usually last between two and six…
