Issue 2

Features

Article25

Health Risk Assessments and Measurement: The Driver of EHM Success

Lloyd Herlong

A common characteristic of successful employee health management (EHM) programs is the effective measurement of population employee health risk.

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Article24

Revisiting Corporate Identity

Phil Lalli

As I sat watching the Tour De France (yes, I am one of the six Americans who find the Tour fascinating and inspiring!)

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Article21

An Ounce of Prevention

Maja Jurisic

Health and Wellness: The belief in wellness programs is that if employees are well, they will have fewer needs for medical intervention.

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Article19

Techniques for Combating Stress

Rachel Levine

Research has linked chronic stress with increased risk of high blood pressure, heart disease and other potentially serious conditions.

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News & Insights

Article38

Sibson Consulting Wellness Survey Announcement

Steve Cyboran

Most employers are focused on ways to control employment costs and improve employee engagement and commitment.

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Article37

Lowering Stress and Anxiety for Shift Workers (and for others too!)

Betsy Connolly

Stress and anxiety are normal parts of life. Sometimes we all need a little angst to keep us going – to make the best presentation, ace the test or get the job offer. But over time

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Article35

Food Heals

Nick Merolla

Food as a healing tool may sound odd on the surface, as we in America have been conditioned to believe that medicine heals. Hippocrates

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Article33

Onto Death as We Part: The Impact of Divorce on Employee Wellness

Jason Krausert and Donna Tosky

Divorce is one of the most stressful and distracting experiences life presents us.

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Article27

The Cost of Pharmaceutical Products used by Shift Workers (and Others Too!)

Betsy Connolly

President Obama has made the decision to tackle skyrocketing health costs and pass real health reform this year.

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Article20

Organizations Can Help Employers Face Tough Challenges by Enhancing Wellness Coaching

Dr. Charles Nagurka

More employers are discovering they can reduce health care costs by embracing wellness programs.

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Economics

Article22

It Takes More Than a Pill: Finding New Strategies for Disease Prevention in Relation to Work Performance and Longevity

Mira Gadzala

There is no magic pill that can make us healthier, increase our effectiveness at work

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Article30

Sustainable Awesomeness and the (Real) ROI of Wellness

Henry Albrecht

If your business success depends on people, then you ought to care about the health and wellness of those people. It's a little obvious.

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Article29

Getting To The Heart Of Health Care Spending: The Burden Of Cardiovascular Disease – What Employers Need To Know And Do

Vikram Khanna

Getting to the heart of health care spending: the burden of cardiovascular disease – what employers need to know and do

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Column

Article23

The Moment of Force, Four New Ways to Favorably Leverage Healthcare Costs

Scott Foster

The Greek scientist, mathematician, and inventor Archimedes once said,

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Article32

Get Online and Get Healthy: How to become an effective E-Patient

Dr. Charles Smith, MD

Get Online and Get Healthy: How to become an effective “E-Patient”

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Article34

Effective Wellness Programs Can Boost Your Bottom Line

Bart Sheeler

Wellness programs are the last great frontier in the drive to contain health care costs. Quite simply, unless we focus on prevention

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Selling & Marketing

Article36

The Tip of the Iceberg: How a Wellness Culture Can Prevent the Healthcare Crisis From Impacting your Company?

Jared Yellin

The concept of wellness is something that almost everyone would like to achieve in their lives but struggle when it comes to actually deciding what it will take to make it a reality.

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Article31

Solving the Corporate Healthcare Dilemma - Saving Lives and Saving Dollars

Don Doster

Solving the Corporate Healthcare Dilemma - Saving Lives and Saving Dollars

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Article26

The Price of Doing WELL

Miki Kobane

As I was lifted on the gurney and strapped in, emergency radio equipment exchanging my vital statistics and co-workers staring at me from doorways,

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Editorial

Article28

Healthcare Legislation Promotes Incentives and Corporate Wellness

Jonathan Edelheit

Healthcare Legislation Promotes Incentives and Corporate Wellness

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