Wellness/Health Promotion

The most effective programs for controlling health care costs and improving health originate at work. As an employer, you can develop and nurture a corporate culture that encourages employees to make positive lifestyle changes.

St. Elizabeth Business Health can be your partner in providing wellness programs and services to support that culture. We rely on expert resources and years of experience working with employers of all sizes and from a variety of industries to design and implement proactive worksite wellness strategies. Whether you are looking for a one-time health fair or educational seminar or for a comprehensive and integrated corporate wellness program, St. Elizabeth can provide you with the right mix of program development and management to make your program successful.

Our Goals

• Increase employee awareness of personal health risk factors
• Improve employee health habits
• Reduce number of employees at high risk for chronic disease
• Improve employee productivity and attendance
• Educate employees on how to appropriately assess and manage medical problems, thereby reducing demand for medical care
• Reduce health care costs

Our Approach
St. Elizabeth will work with your organization to conduct a customized needs assessment. This is an important first step in developing a successful and cost effective health promotion strategy. Our Business Health Services staff will work with you in analyzing:

• Health Care Claims
• Workers' Compensation Claims
• Work Force Demographics
• Mental Health Benefit Utilization
• Health Risk Assessments
• Disability Claims
• Absenteeism

After analyzing this data, a health promotion strategy can be targeted to address high cost, high-risk health behaviors. The strategy will be adapted to fit your company's available resources and commitment to health promotion initiatives.

Our Staff
Advances in health promotion and wellness continue at a rapid pace. Through St. Elizabeth Business Services, a variety of disciplines are available to address issues specific to your work force. Such disciplines include wellness specialists, exercise physiologists, occupational health nurses, occupational medicine physicians, clinical nurse specialists, nutrition specialists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and mental health experts.

Features:

• Available at work site
• Planned approach to health promotion from needs assessment to program evaluation
• Customized onsite screenings, health education, and health risk reduction programs
• Access to hundreds of health professionals

Benefits:

• Increase employee self-responsibility for health
• Reduce employee health risks
• Improve employee health habits
• Reduce health benefit costs
• Enhance employer/employee relations
• Increase employee productivity

For information regarding any of the above services contact Mary Lynn Brunemann, Business Health Sales and Marketing, at 859-301-2574 or email mbrunema@stelizabeth.com