Workplace Wellness : Health Promotion Programs Reap the Benefits of Health.

The concern for employee wellness is an increasing trend for American corporation. Why? the link between employee wellness and the bottom line is clear and consistent.

Employers who integrate wellness in their overall objectives find they experience lowered absences, better morale, lowered health risks, and lowered healthcare costs.

The purpose of this guide to is to encourage and help you launch your own Health Promotion Program. If you already have a wellness program, but are not receiving the results you expected, perhaps some ideas and best practices in this toolkit will help you and your staff reap the benefits of a healthier workforce.

At least 50 percent of healthcare expenditures are lifestyle-related, and accordingly, potentially preventable. Yet despite the $5,000 an average business spends on healthcare per staff member each year, most businesss are spending less than 5 percent of that on biometric testings and prevention.

The most extensive meta-evaluation of Wellness Program studies shows something very exciting! It shows that Wellness Programs aren’t only effective at assisting to reverse the rising spiral of health care costs, but these wellness programs are also becoming more effective.  The average cost-benefit ratio has increased from 1 - 3 for earlier wellness programs to 1 - 6 today.

Simply put, the typical reduction in health care costs, sick leave, disability costs, and workers’ compensation is more than 25% for well designed health promotion programs.

Corporate wellness provides a long-term approach for helping keep staff members well.  The single most crucial thing you can do for your staff members is to start a Health Promotion Program now.