Source: Chapman Institute What is this about? Another major challenge facing all U.S. employers involves estimating the current organizational cost associated with employees who are at work but have an underlying health problem that impairs their productivity.  Whether it is the effects of cannabis addiction, poor sleep patterns, excessive screen time, a bout of mild depression… Continue Reading ›

Source: Chapman Institute What is this about? A major challenge facing all U.S. employers is measuring the current status of their Health and Productivity Management (HPM) and the effects of their employee wellness/well-being intervention efforts over time. Without believable Return-on-Investment (ROI) evidence for their wellness efforts limited investment and priority will likely result.  These resulting “tactical”… Continue Reading ›

Source: Chapman Institute What is this about? A major challenge for all U.S. employers is implementing employee wellness programs without triggering any regulatory compliance problems.  Historically, the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has been the main federal agency concerned about the potential for U.S. employers to use their wellness incentive features to discriminate unfairly against… Continue Reading ›

Source: American Journal of Health Promotion What is this about? A major challenge for all employers is understanding how other employers are approaching employee wellness. National data on employer wellness efforts has been spotty at best. This documents reports on the fifth national randomized, stratified sample of employer wellness efforts that was conducted primarily in… Continue Reading ›

Source: Chapman Institute What is this about? A major challenge for all employers is how to align their health plan design so that it supports wise personal health care choices and wellness behaviors.  Historically health plan design has been either agnostic with regard to wellness or in the worst situations, actively in conflict.  We know… Continue Reading ›

Source: Chapman Institute What is this about? A major challenge for worksite wellness program managers is finding the many useful free websites on the Internet that can help with some aspect of the design or operation of an employee wellness program. This edition of the Connections newsletter contains the Solution Set that identifies many of these… Continue Reading ›

Source: Chapman Institute What is this about? The vast majority of U.S. employer wellness programs suffer from the major challenge of relatively low levels of employee participation.  Typically, less than 50% of eligible employees and/or spouses participate in their employer’s wellness program.  Usually, this is because employers are not utilizing well-designed incentives or not using… Continue Reading ›

Source: Chapman Institute What is this about? The vast majority of U.S. employer wellness programs suffer from the major challenge of relatively low levels of employee participation.  Typically, below 60% of eligible employees and/or spouses participate in their organization’s wellness program.  Usually, this is because employers are not utilizing well-designed incentives with strong enough pay… Continue Reading ›

Source: Chapman Institute What is this about? Author:  Larry Chapman. One of the toughest challenges wellness professionals face is planning an evaluation of their wellness program. It’s a hard thing to do because evaluation can be both difficult and time-consuming for wellness staff.  It is also difficult to keep evaluation projects from creeping beyond their… Continue Reading ›

Source: National Center for Health Statistics, CDC Author:  Larry Chapman What is this about? This annual government report of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) provides the most recent and complete summary information on the major health trends affecting all Americans.  It is a handy guide for those of us who periodically want to provide… Continue Reading ›