Archive for December, 2008
Proven Employer Health and Wellness Program Strategies – Part 1
Evaluation of successful Employee Wellness Programs has revealed several key Employer Health and Wellness Program strategies to increase Employer Health and Wellness Program effectiveness and impact overall Soldier health.
Strategy #1: Communication with leadership is critical
• Assess leadership priorities.
• Report Employer Health and Wellness Program outcomes back to leadership in a timely manner.
Strategy #2: Employer Health [...]
Tools for Achieving behavior Change
Changing health-related behaviors is a difficult challenge. Incorporate the tools below into your Wellness initiatives to assist participants in successfully changing health behaviors.
Tool #1: Set effective goals
• Focus on areas that can impact the overall goal.
• By way of example, if the overall goal is to lose weight, the most productive areas to focus on [...]
Setting Employer Health and Wellness Program Priorities
Most companies do not have the Employer Health and Wellness Program resources to address all of their health needs at once. Priorities must be set to determine the most pressing health needs. Use the steps below to prioritize company Wellness needs.
Assess the health needs of the population.
Collect data about the health needs in the community. [...]
Bottom Line Up Front Employee Wellness Programs
Keeping the bottom line up front Bottom Line Up Front in Employer Health and Wellness Program will help you get and sustain Upper Management support. A Bottom Line Up Front approach will also help you more realistically measure the impact of your Employee Wellness Program.
The bottom line in Employee Wellness Programs answer two key questions:
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Adapting to Health Information Technology
Health Information Technology can make the entire health care system more effective and efficient by enhancing:
• Documentation (lab and test results, clinic notes, consult recommendations)
• Communication (provider to patient, provider to provider)
• Information input (templates to facilitate data entry)
• Delivery of care (documenting all patient-provider interactions in a single system)
• Chronic disease risk identification (evaluation [...]
Managing Employer Health and Wellness Program resources
To effectively manage your Employer Health and Wellness Program resources, first determine the resources you need and the resources you have. Then develop a plan to fill the resource gaps.
What Employer Health and Wellness Program resources do you need?
• Create a list of individuals, materials, equipment, space, and logistical support.
• Be as specific as possible.
• [...]
Paving the way for organization process change
Company processes are structured activities that achieve a specific result. By way of example, scheduling appointments is a organization process that results in an orderly work flow and timely patient care.
Employer Health and Wellness Program implementation often requires changes to established organization processes. These changes may be simple, such as adding prescreening appointments to the [...]