Archive for January, 2009

Corporate Health Promotion Programs are an excellent investment, at least according to Lincoln industries in Nebraska. CNN reported on this 565 employee business their committed investment in their employee’s wellness.
Corporate Health Promotion Programs are part of business Culture
The Corporate Health Promotion Programs, according the story, has been in place for 16 years at Lincoln, [...]

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Corporate Health Promotion Programs Are Becoming Increasingly Popular
Corporate Health Promotion Programs are Are Becoming Increasingly popular outside the workplace, showing the ever-increasing importance of disease prevention and health risk management. Private insurance corporations, as well as state Medicaid and Medicare offices are working on ways to enhance the health of the people they insure [...]

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Corporate Health Promotion Programs are proven to improve productivity and reduce healthcare costs. For a business, that makes a difference in the bottom-line. Today, more than 81% of America’s businesses with 50 or more employees have some form of Corporate Health Promotion Program with the most popular being exercise, tobaccos cessation classes, back care [...]

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Corporate Health Promotion Program Tends

Employers are no longer able to trim extra savings out of their health insurance programs, and most organizations have been cost shifting, asking employees to cover more of their healthcare costs. Health insurance costs continue to climb (10% or more per year) at 2-3 times the general inflation rate. With nowhere else to turn, organizations [...]

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Corporate Health Promotion Programs start and end with individual health. Individuals, after all, are able to make decisions about maintaining and / or improving their health and wellbeing. Employee Corporate Health Promotion Programs must therefore provide the tools and resources needed to assist and motivate individuals to actively participate in the program.
Individual health is [...]

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Studies suggest that for every $1 invested in Corporate Health Promotion Programs, a corporation saves $3 to $5 in health and safety costs. Employers that invest in Corporate Health Promotion Programs reap the financial incentives through savings on healthcare costs, disability pay, absenteeism, turnover and safety problems. 
workplaces have already proven to be a great place [...]

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Why Have a Corporate Health Promotion Program?

There are a number of reasons why a Corporate Health Promotion Program is beneficial.
1. Enhanced Morale – When the organizational culture begins to change as a result the Corporate Health Promotion Program, you and your employees may actually begin to see and feel a new level of energy within the company. Ultimately, one of [...]

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It is important to evaluate the effectiveness of all Corporate Health Promotion Programs. There are a number of very simple ways to evaluate Corporate Health Promotion Programs:
How many attended the corporate health and Corporate Health Promotion Program, and was there participation or a visible level of interest?
Use a short and simple pen and paper evaluation [...]

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Employee retention is a challenge. Corporate Health Promotion Programs can help. offering perks such as incentives to exercise, healthy food, and stress management and weight loss programs at work is a way to maintain your employees satisfied.
Attracting new employees are also a challenge, and anything you can do to “stand out” from other employees is [...]

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Sometimes, Corporate Health Promotion Programs can take advantage of “special situations” that occur and which offer an excellent opportunity for employee education and support, at little or no expense to the employer. Not only do these situations help employees personally, but also they are an opportunity for the employer to be seen in a positive [...]

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