Health and wellness experts have proclaimed that companies need to focus on improving employee health to see a real impact on the bottom line.And now it appears that chief financial officers are slowly recognizing the link between employee health and workforce productivity. Recently released results of a survey show that a full 69 percent either [...]

The cloud possesses several key characteristics that make it a huge boon to wellness programs: It’s everywhere, it’s always on and it’s secure and reliable.The optimal wellness platform will assess patient health risks, offer targeted lifestyle modification programs for those patients, and leverage the cloud to connect patients to resources like mobile apps and videos that help them make those life changes.

Weight loss programs focus on the wrong thing by exhorting people to cut down on all calories. And that may be a big reason why people regain what they lost in just a few years.That is the guiding philosophy of a new Minnesota mobile health startup that has created a weight loss app on the [...]

Health and wellness necessarily imply a proactive approach and not a reactive one.Eager to reflect that focus, Allina Hospitals and Clinics, one of Minnesota’s top health systems, is undergoing a name makeover, reports the Star Tribune. From now on the health system will be known as Allina Health.The name change is part of an overall [...]

Imagine a new kind of wellness gift card that employees get as a reward for participating in corporate health screenings and other activities. But, as a bonus to companies, the employers can make sure their wellness rewards are being spent on something healthy.That concept is about two months away. A New Jersey company called United [...]

Current medical news and unique business news for anyone who cares about the healthcare industryAll hail the new weight loss solution? Tackling the obesity epidemic may have gotten a little bit easier with what could be a weight loss without exercise regimen. Researchers at Harvard Medical School have identified a new hormone called irisinthat imitates [...]

Above Stress makes a healthcare mobile app that provides a straight forward way to outline an individual’s stress levels, and hopes their product will win over wellness programs, insurance companies and other organizations looking for ways to increase preventive care.

Mayo Clinic dipped its toes into healthcare retail in August when it opened a health and wellness store at the Mall of America. So what are Mayo’s plans for retail’s biggest day?“We will not open at midnight on Friday with the rest of the mall,” said spokesman Bryan Anderson. “Instead, we will open at 6 [...]

Akron General Health System has formed a joint venture aimed at commercializing its outpatient health and wellness services to health systems, universities and municipalities.The move comes as hospitals across the nation, staring down the specter of declining reimbursements and more patients receiving less lucrative outpatient care, seek creative ways of securing new revenue streams.Akron General [...]

Don’t tell Blake Squires his startup is only selling pedometers.Squires is one of several Cleveland-area investors behind a new company and product called MOVband, a wearable digital-watch-like pedometer that uses an accelerometer to track a user’s daily steps. But MOVband is selling more than just the band itself.The key to MOVband’s value proposition is a [...]