Workplace Health Programs Increase Productivity
Workplace health programs can increase productivity In general, healthier employees are more productive. Healthier employees are less likely to call in sick or use vacation time due to illness...
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What Triggers Behavior Change?
BJ Fogg founder of the Persuasive Technology Lab at Stanford University designed a behavior model to serve as a guide to identify what stops people from performing desirable behaviors. The Fogg...
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Coronary Heart Disease – 10-year risk
Since it’s beginning in 1948, the Framingham Heart Study, under the direction of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), has been committed to identifying the common factors or...
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Pertussis Whooping Cough – What You Need To Know
Pertussis whooping cough is very contagious and can cause serious illness―especially in infants too young to be fully vaccinated. Pertussis vaccines are recommended for children, teens, and adults,...
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Protecting Your Eyes at Work
Eye injuries in the workplace are very common. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) reports about 2,000 U.S. workers sustain job-related eye injuries that require medical...
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Safety and Health Add Value
Addressing safety and health issues in the workplace saves the employer money and adds value to the business. Recent estimates place the business costs associated with occupational injuries at close to...
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What Are The Benefits Of A Health Risk Assessment?
Conducting a health risk assessment has several potential benefits including identifying health risk factors, controlling health care costs, predicting employee absenteeism, encouraging individuals to...
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The Affordable Care Act and Wellness Programs
Implementing and expanding employer wellness programs may offer our nation the opportunity to not only improve the health of Americans, but also help control health care spending. The Affordable Care...
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Aging Workers
What physical changes occur, in general, as a person ages… and how can this affect their work? Our bodies change as we age. People reach full physical maturity or development at around the age of 25...
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Five Steps to Safer Health Care
Patient safety is one of the Nation’s most pressing health care challenges. A 1999 report by the Institute of Medicine estimates that as many as 44,000 to 98,000 people die in U.S. hospitals each year...
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