Source: JAMA What is this about? The document in this edition of Connections is a comprehensive 22-page article from JAMA that provides a great deal of health care cost summary information for the period 1996 to 2016 and a great look at condition-specific average cost information and patterns that can be linked back to targeted wellness program interventions. … Continue Reading ›
What is this about? The document in this edition of Connections is a recent article from the British Medical Journal that uses 2 major American long-term epidemiological studies (The Nurses’ Health Study – N= 73,196 and the Health Professions Follow-up Study – N= 33, 366). These 2 landmark prospective cohort studies are used in this study… Continue Reading ›
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) and New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) What is this about? The 4-month-old COVID-19 Pandemic has directly affected virtually everyone in the world. The absence of science-based, consensus-mediated, clinical guidelines for its treatment has been a sore point with front line practitioners. Now we have two major candidates for that definitive treatment… Continue Reading ›
What is this about? I know we are all pretty sick of the word “Coronavirus”, but this edition’s document was too good to pass up. The Wall Street Journal did an excellent 8-page special section on Navigating the Coronavirus that everybody needs to read. The practical and thoughtful advice presented here is extremely useful. Why is… Continue Reading ›
What is this about? In this time of unprecedented global quarantine, everyone is rapidly becoming an expert on Coronavirus and this COVID-19 pandemic. New insights on the virus fill our media daily from all kinds of sources: some authoritative and many not so authoritative. The compendium document in this edition of the Connections newsletter puts… Continue Reading ›
What is this about? Even with the dominating reality of the Coronavirus epidemic in all of our lives right now, this just-released 50-page trend report highlights a global view of the wellness field. Representing a more holistic, somewhat edgy, and positive human experience-centric approach to wellness and well-being (Read spas, energy management, personal retreats, circadian… Continue Reading ›
Source: JAMA What is this about? This just-published 2-page opinion piece from JAMA identifies in a pithy and no-nonsense way the basic lifestyle characteristics that are associated with long (and seemingly worthwhile) lifestyles for the 21st Century. This piece reflects an interesting view of relevant literature and studies and identifies the “sweet spot” for employee… Continue Reading ›
Source: Wellable What is this about? This just-released 53-page summary report based on a national sample of 92 health insurance brokerage professionals surveyed in 2019 focuses on their perceptions about important trends affecting employer investment in employee wellness programs along with key decision issues. Conducted by Wellable, a leading wellness program vendor, the report provides… Continue Reading ›
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 ›