Trends and Innovation

This series will cover emerging topics in well-being and wellness, as well as important changes in the regulatory, benefits, HR, and technology environments. Note: Login to see these courses using the link in the upper right called "sign in." Anyone can have access just by registering for our website using the same link. It's free!

  • Using Self-Service Technology for Wellness

    This CE module is focused on self-service technology in wellness which constitutes user adopted and controlled use of smart phone, web, email and WI-FI technology to support personal wellness.  These services tend to be low cost but often require specific strategies to overcome user resistance to get high levels of adoption.  The specific types of self-service technology include:  wearables, commitment…

  • New Ideas on Engagement and Employee Communication

    This CE module provides an overview of the marketing and communications ideas for wellness program managers.  The content of this module includes: the primary challenges, core communication planning, importance of branding, ideas to get your juices flowing, and newer engagement strategies.  The primary implication of this CE module is that there are a number of key communication strategies that are…

  • Creating a Wellness-Oriented Culture

    This CE module explores the important perspective and process necessary to create a “culture of wellness.” The role of culture in organizational life is examined along with a version of desired end points for a culture of wellness and well-being.  Next the requirements for creating a culture of wellness are explored and specifically the leadership, environmental aspects, policy and benefits…

  • Integrating Well-Being into Your Program

    This CE module addresses how to integrate well-being into your employee wellness program while examining the newer constructs of well-being along with some key definitions, well-being content options, where well-being can be addressed in your wellness program, a recommended perspective on well-being, strategies for incorporating useful related well-being concepts, important questions to ask senior management to get clear direction and…

  • Selected Prevention Aspects of the ACA

    A detailed look at the prevention components of the ACA. This CE module provides an in-depth overview of the Affordable Care Act prevention aspects. Beginning with a look at the legislative history of this landmark piece of partisan social legislation along with a summary of the various prevention-oriented legislative initiatives. Length: 48 minutes

  • Growing Importance of Wellness to Employers

    This module highlights the underlying trends that are making Worksite Wellness more important to employers and explores some of the implications of these trends for the employer community.

  • Trends in Employer Wellness Programming

    This module covers the results of several major surveys of employer activity around Wellness and then characterizes each major employer sector by size.

  • Trends in Health Plan Wellness Offerings

    This module examines national patterns of Wellness activity for major health plan customer sectors and projects some major trends that are likely to affect the health plan marketplace.

  • Big Trends in Wellness

    This module provides a detailed scenario of the likely future trends and characteristics of the Worksite Wellness field.