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According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 6 in 10 Americans live with at least one chronic disease. And, nearly 90% of the nation’s $3.8 trillion in annual healthcare expenditures goes toward treating chronic...
We’re focusing on the workplace well-being trends that are hot right now, and how you can incorporate these benefits into your employee well-being programs. Well-being trends we’re seeing in the workplace. While these are currently...
Age, life stage, gender, health status, occupation, even where we live—these all have a significant effect on what each of us needs from a well-being program. That’s why a personalized approach to well-being truly gets...
Our blogs this month have focused on mental health in the workplace and how companies can better support their employees’ emotional wellness. This week we’ll discuss how leaders and managers can look after their own...
World Mental Health Day takes place each year on October 10th. The theme for this year’s event is mental health in an unequal world—recognizing the global inequalities that contribute to poor mental health and the unique...
Employees are people first, and it’s important to acknowledge their lives outside of the workplace. Organizations who support the interests and passions of their workforce see increased engagement, better employee health, and a more positive...
Employers are busy getting physical workspaces ready to welcome back employees after almost a year and a half of working remotely. Amidst all the preparation, don’t forget the emotional element—how your employees will feel re-entering...
Do well-being programs work? For many years, the answer to that question has focused on whether health promotion can save employers money on healthcare costs. Now, new bodies of research show that the value of...
Next up in our continuing series on well-being program engagement: the difference between “participation” and “engagement.” We’ll explore how WebMD Health Services defines the two, and why both play an important role in getting people...
Most employers now acknowledge that their workforce’s health is directly related to engagement, productivity, and the bottom line. As a result, many are turning to well-being programs to help employees achieve better health. In this...
Communication is key to a successful well-being program. But these days, we can’t rely on the communication tactics that worked so well when everyone was onsite. Sustaining employees’ well-being engagement during this challenging time is...
In March, our onsite WebMD Health Coaches quickly pivoted from delivering well-being solutions in person to a 100 percent virtual environment. Now seven months into virtual programming, Coaches report that participants are just as, if...
Last February, our WebMD whitepaper How Well-Being Programs Are Failing Women and Millennials discussed the lack of a universal parental leave policy and other family-friendly benefits in the U.S. and its effect on employee well-being....
The Business Group on Health recently released two studies that shed light on how employers intend to shape their well-being programs, as well as what employees would like to see in their workplace well-being offerings....
Although states are lifting stay-at-home orders, many employers say they’ll continue to require employees to work from home through the summer. For some, that’s welcome news. For others struggling to be productive at home, it...
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