What is this about? This just-released 2-page summary infographic and 57-page full report based on a national sample of 10,000 U.S. employees surveyed in 2019 focuses on their perceptions of loneliness and social isolation. Conducted by the large market research firm Ipsos and funded by Cigna, this landmark report involves the use of the UCLA… Continue Reading ›
What is this about? These two articles capsulize recent major patterns in U.S. health care costs for 2018 and 2019. The two articles are full of data on patterns and trends in employer health costs and provide a very useful backdrop for examining national and employer health cost trends. Some of the major findings contained… Continue Reading ›
What is this about? The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) have issued a new set of guidelines for the primary prevention of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD). These recommendations provide an important background context for workplace wellness programming efforts to prevent heart disease among working Americans. These guideline recommendations represent the… Continue Reading ›
Source: Chapman Institute What is this about? Budget is usually a major challenge for most employee wellness programs. Since employee wellness and well-being programs are completely discretionary or “optional” in terms of management decision-making around resource allocation, it makes it very hard to adequately fund these kinds of programs. Employee wellness professionals usually must work… Continue Reading ›
Source: Chapman Institute What is this about? First, the good news… employer wellness programs have been proven to help people change their short-term wellness behaviors. Now, the bad news… those same wellness programs have been shown to be pretty poor at helping people change their long-term wellness behaviors. For our purposes, we will define “short-term”… Continue Reading ›
Source: Chapman Institute What is this about? Unfortunately, most employee wellness programs in the U.S. need to be redesigned for greater effectiveness, but few wellness coordinators know how to make a simple redesign proposal “pitch” to their senior management team. The proposal they put forward needs to be seen as feasible and logical for senior… Continue Reading ›