Corporate health and wellness programs are more popular than ever. We say they fail when they fall short of accomplishing their goals and objectives. Failure can be defined in many different ways. For example, a corporate health and wellness program could…
The health and chronic disease prevention centers of America are now America's worksites. There's not a single group in America that does more to promote health and improve the health behaviors of our population than worksites. This presents a challenge…
To be effective, when you start health contingent wellness programs, you should do two things well. First, the program should help improve the health of all employees, especially those with elevated health risks. Second, the program should help the healthy…
Wearable devices have the potential to undo much of the good created by corporate health programs over the past few decades. It is a highly concerning trend. Every day our WellSteps sales experts are asked how employers can use wearable…
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…
It is becoming more and more apparent: small businesses may need to look into an employee wellness program. There is overwhelming evidence that doing wellness at a small company makes a difference in employees' lives and for the business. A…
During the past few months the WellSteps team has created the most comprehensive list of workplace wellness programs ever produced. This is the complete list of companies that offer comprehensive wellness solutions. Health coaching companies, biometric screening vendors, corporate fitness…
Brokers have been offering wellness to employers for decades. The most recent RAND Employer Survey reveals how roughly half of small and medium sized companies still do not offer any wellness services. But even these data overestimate the prevalence of wellness programs…
Wellness program incentives help employees adopt and maintain healthy behaviors for the rest of their lives. Chronic diseases, elevated health risks, and many employee-related expenses are driven by unhealthy behaviors. Ask yourself these questions: Why do I exercise regularly? Why…
