Increasing Employee Engagement in Wellness Using Population Research and Psychographics

One of the most important parts of any employee wellness program is an effective marketing and communications plan. Psychographics can boost engagement by delivering relevant messages. The best communications systems target different types of employees and speak directly to them, to increase and maintain employee engagement. But how do you get such a specific communications system […]

Self Leadership is Key Skill for Corporate Wellness Participants

Wellness pioneer Dee Edington’s Life Skills for Success program is a set of four science-based modules that helps individuals become motivated to take personal responsibility for their health. Help Employees toTake Responsibility Obviously nobody wants to be sick but no corporate wellness program can bestow well-being. People have to assume responsibility for their own health before any wellness […]

Lessons From a Community Health System Offering Wellness Solutions

MercyCare Business Health Solutions, the corporate wellness solution division of Mercy Health System, started offering services to local business since 1984 and learned some valuable lessons along the way. Workplace Wellness Pioneers for Corporate Health MercyCare Business Health Solutions (BHS) is one of Eastern Iowa’s leading wellness organizations. Starting in 1984 they were one of the first community […]

Avoid a Data Disaster With Your Wellness Software

If you are a corporate wellness provider managing programs for clients, then privacy and security of employee data is critical. Learn how to prevent a data disaster and rest easy. This is Part 1 of a 10-part Must Have blog series focussing on the security and compliance of your wellness technology. As a wellness provider, your […]

The Why for Wellness – Communicating Performance of Wellness Programs

Reporting the results of wellness programs are essential to influence the design of future programs and to gain leadership support. Do you know your leader’s ‘why’ for wellness? This post can help. Let’s face it, whether you measure programs by Return on Investment (ROI) or Value on Investment (Wellness VOI), or both, reporting the results of […]

Supporting Mental Health in the Workplace

Promoting and supporting employees and their mental health is vital for all workplaces! Recently CoreHealth became a finalist in the Mentally Healthy Workplace Awards, an event hosted by the Canadian Mental Health Association. Mental Wellbeing in the Workplace Valuing the overall mental health and wellbeing of employees begins with awareness, education and support programs. The […]

A Look Inside a Top Global Employee Wellness Program – with a Twist

Having a single employee wellness program for a worldwide company might seem impossible, but one corporation made global wellness work – and made it a charity benefit, too. Challenge Background In an effort to help its employees be healthier, more productive, and engaged, a large international company – we’ll call it Company X – started […]

How is a Wellness Technology Company Different from a Corporate Health Vendor?

The corporate wellness field is growing, and sub-fields like corporate wellness technology are emerging. Here we share how most corporate health vendors transitioned to wellness technology companies. It’s important to understand the differences between wellness vendors and wellness tech companies because one can be very different than another. A growing industry CoreHealth Technologies is unique in […]