Tag Archives: wellness program participation

Are Your Employee Health Initiatives Getting Social in 2012?

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Virgin HealthMiles

Consider your 2012 employee health and wellness initiatives for a moment. Do they include opportunities for social interaction? Ways to foster healthy social communities? They should, according to a sampling of employees across the country.  We conducted a survey of … Continue reading →

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Weekly Article Roundup | 10.7.11

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Virgin HealthMiles

All the news you need from this past week. Corporate wellness begins with the CEO, expert says MLive.com (Michigan)/Business Review Getting employees to adopt healthy lifestyles begins with the CEO setting the example, says Bob Van Eck, vice president of … Continue reading →

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Virgin HealthMiles Client OhioHealth: Prevention-Based Employee Wellness Contributes To Multi-Million Dollar Healthcare Cost Savings

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Virgin HealthMiles

BOSTON, Mass., October 3, 2011 – OhioHealth, a network of five hospitals in Central Ohio with more than 15,000 employees, is applying innovative, prevention-based strategies to combat a widespread business threat: rising healthcare costs.   In line with industry data showing … Continue reading →

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Kaiser poll: Employees are willing to participate in your wellness programs. But how do you keep them engaged?

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Virgin HealthMiles

Yesterday, Kaiser Health News released a new poll about employees’ willingness to make some trade-offs when it comes to their health insurance in order to get lower premiums in return.  Employees were asked whether they’d be more willing to participate … Continue reading →

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Webinar Recap—Engagement Tips to Improve Program Participation

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Virgin HealthMiles

Last week, Virgin HealthMiles hosted the third of our 4-part Hot Days, Cool Info Summer Webinar Series. Ed Dougherty, Vice President of Client and Member Services at Virgin HealthMiles, shared Engagement Tips to Improve Program Participation. During the webinar, Ed discussed: … Continue reading →

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How Do HealthMiles Members Step It Up?

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Virgin HealthMiles

We love getting stories from HealthMiles members across the country.  It’s great to hear all about the many ways they get their steps in, how they’re forming activity groups with friends at work, and how they’re fitting activity into their … Continue reading →

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Best Practices: Designing Effective Integrated Incentives Programs for Employee Health and Wellness [PART 1]

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Ed Dougherty

Part 1: Key Factors to Consider There’s no shortage of programs and tools to help improve employee health.  Prevention-focused programs, intervention programs, assessments and diagnostics… you want to offer a variety of them, but you’re a little overwhelmed – and … Continue reading →

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Webinar Recap: Reaping the Rewards – An Integrated Approach to Employee Health Incentives

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Tom Abshire

Last week was Workforce Management’s 2011 Online Benefits Conference.  As part of the conference, Paul Hebert, managing director and lead consultant for Incentive Intelligence, and I presented the webinar, “Reaping the Rewards: An Integrated Approach to Employee Health Incentives.”  The … Continue reading →

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Secret of Employee Wellness Success Is Long-Term Engagement

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Virgin HealthMiles

More and more U.S. businesses are offering incentives-based corporate wellness programs that claim to improve workforce health and help employers lower healthcare costs.  Yet average participation rates in such programs hover around 15 percent.  With such low participation rates, how … Continue reading →

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Weekly Article Roundup

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Virgin HealthMiles

All the news you need from this past week. Data on employee needs can help focus wellness programs Human Resource Executive Lowering health costs is important, but successful wellness programs also require companies to understand their employees’ health, habits and … Continue reading →

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