How to make corporate wellness programs less overwhelming
Remember to sleep, move, eat well, be mindful… the list goes on. With so many diverse corporate wellness initiatives, how can companies protect employees from getting overwhelmed?
Castlight Health President Derek Newell on what it takes to succeed in corporate wellness (Q&A)
Newell shared insights from his experience at Jiff and subsequent aquisition by Castlight Health in the runup to the MedCity ENGAGE conference where he will be part of a panel discussion on investing in corporate wellness and patient engagement businesses.
Beyond Analytics: How Sellers Dorsey is Hard-Coding Value into Medicaid Policy [Video]
How to turn analytics into actual policy outcomes.
How to get ahead in corporate wellness insurance
More digital health disruption needs to occur in the corporate wellness market including the use of wearables, says an expert from Accenture.
Are ‘voluntary’ corporate wellness programs a form of coercion?
At the center of a lawsuit over corporate wellness programs is a question: What does voluntary mean?
MedCity invites patient engagement, corporate wellness startups to participate in ENGAGE Pitch Perfect contest
MedCity News is inviting patient engagement and corporate wellness startups to apply and compete in the first ENGAGE Pitch Perfect startup contest during its ENGAGE conference in San Diego in the Fall.
Fitbit is banking on corporate wellness program, digital health partnerships for company growth
Although Fitbit's smart watch asset acquisitions activity has captured a lot of interest, CEO James Park made clear on a conference call with analysts that its group health and digital health business partnerships will be the biggest growth drivers for the future of the business.
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Survey on the Healthcare Financial Landscape Offers a Roadmap for Stakeholders
Zelis highlights how employers, payers, and consumers are integrating digital tools to manage healthcare costs.
Fitbit’s to do list for 2017: More integrations with employer health plans, disease management
Fitbit Group Health General Manager Amy McDonough offered a glimpse of the company's 2017 plans at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week.
Fitbit shows impressive wellness data, but more peer-reviewed studies needed
These studies are fine, but what seems to be missing is a lot of peer-reviewed data on wearables.
Wellness software maker Mindbody files for $100M IPO
Mindbody, maker of software for wellness centers, gyms and personal trainers, this week registered for a $100 million IPO after seeing revenue soar 44 percent last year to $70 million, then experiencing similar growth in the 2015 first quarter.
“And you can’t make me!” Honeywell lawsuit may change the course of corporate wellness
Honeywell is not the first employer to be sued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission due to a wellness program, but it is the biggest. The EEOC filed its third suit Monday against the company, in part because employees can be fined up to $4,000 if they don’t participate in the wellness program. Employees and […]
The Mechanics of a More Connected Healthcare Ecosystem [Video]
Arbiter’s Anjali Jameson on hospital and payer alignment.
Corporate wellness entrepreneurs: Carrot and the stick is the wrong model
As I said at the close of the first day of ENGAGE, I heard this phrase much more often than I expected to: We have to meet people where they are. I am surprised at how fast this “how do we get employees to be healthy?” conversation has shifted, even since ENGAGE 2013. The focus […]
What makes a wellness program succeed or fail? Behavior, motivation, and personality
David Mould, PhD, also contributed to this article. Intuition and recent studies have proven that wellness programs, which actively leverage activity trackers, are great but one size definitely doesn’t fit all. This piece explores the history of activity trackers, how they play out in wellness program and an analysis of one global company’s wellness program […]
Reach and influence: Why corporate wellness programs really do work
Our government wields both reach and influence. It has a strong voice in the national health conversation, writing healthcare policies that impact the nation. But the government has a weak connection to the community it serves. While the information it provides is important, it often feels disconnected from our day-to-day lives. Our medical institutions also […]
Missed opportunity: Digital health startup should have snagged Weird Al’s “Inactive”
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve seen at least one of Weird Al Yankovic’s new videos. His latest album, “Mandatory Fun,” debuted at #1 on the Billboard album chart. His marketing plan was genius. He released 8 videos in 8 days and partnered with a different website for each one, ranging from Nerdist […]