Skyrocket Revenue: Go Beyond the Ordinary Wellness Programs

In this blog, we highlight some unique products or services in the marketplace. These could be a perfect complement to traditional wellness programs.

Offering wellness programs that are not as common can give you your competitive advantage. Especially in an industry that is constantly changing and evolving. Since traditional wellness programs typically only focus on employee’s physical well-being, many providers may be missing out on opportunities to grow.

This is part 3 of the blog series: 4 Ways to Skyrocket Revenue in your Wellness Company.

Go Beyond Traditional Wellness Programs

When it comes to happy and healthy employees, a full-scale approach is the best solution. A program supports all facets of health and well-being can provide several benefits. Such as increased productivity, decreased absenteeism and decreased health care costs. And it doesn’t stop there. Other positive effects can be a higher perception of the workplace and better retention levels of employees. Some popular examples are outlined in more detail below.

1. Telehealth Services

Telehealth services offer employees the convenience of having their health questions answered from the comfort of their home. With the convenience of telehealth companies like eDocAmerica, people and companies save money significantly. They can avoid unnecessary doctor visits, catching problems earlier, and reduce absenteeism. Not to mention peace of mind for those upsetting but non-critical issues.

2. Mental & Emotional Health Programs

The good news about mental health is there continues to be an increase in awareness. This is leading to a decrease in stigmas associated with mental health conditions. However, many employers think that by offering counselling services via their employee assistance program they have all their bases covered. When, in fact, there are many other additional mental health resources available like these:

• SelfHelp Works by Avidon Health
• Healbright
• Textcoach
• Pro-Change
• Freedom365

3. Financial Wellness Programs

Financial wellness programs are gaining in popularity and traction with employees. There is often so much focus on physical well-being that organizations tend to overlook financial stress. Financial stress could overwhelm an employee and negatively impact their health. Employees could be increasingly stressed due to student loan debt and putting their kids through college. Or even when they’ll be able to retire. If you aren’t offering financial wellness programs already, it may be time to seek assistance. Especially one of an expert in providing financial wellness programs such as:

• KOFE (Knowledge of Financial Education)
• Pro-Change
• Pro Financial Health

4. Nutrition Programs

Employees are what they eat! The importance of integrating a healthy diet into our everyday lives is vital to controlling health epidemics such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease. Hectic lifestyles and affordability however, can make adopting healthy eating habits challenging. By incorporating nutrition into wellness programs, employers can help employees lower their risk factors. Unique nutrition programs are leveraging technology and finding new ways to make changing what employees eat much more manageable and convenient.

Programs such as Nature’s Food Solutions provide assistance by linking healthy foods online to the convenience and affordability of home delivery. Edamam, a central online database for nutrition analysis and diet-driven meal recommendations uses technology to make accessing healthy food simple. Instant access to recipes for a balanced diet can be viewed through their app.

5. Health Content

While health content is not unique, vendors such as Health Feed use algorithms to pull existing health and wellness content from search engines that are tailored to each employee’s needs.

6. Expand Services Geographically

If you currently offer corporate wellness services to organizations in your local city or region only, you could broaden your horizons and offer services beyond your neighborhood without incurring the costs of a bricks and mortar building. With so many online tools and technologies available, you could easily offer online or telephonic services and programs that won’t break the bank to do it.

Companies of all sizes are looking for wellness providers that can conveniently and efficiently reach their remote employees. Improve your competitive edge by offering flexible services that can cater to these types of companies. The right technology partner can make all the difference to easily accommodate multiple tools, locations, countries and languages.