Healthways, Inc. announces the publication of Integrating Wellness Into Your Disease Management Programs, by John H. Harris III, M.Ed., FAWHP , and Dexter W. Shurney, MD, MBA, MPH. The book offers case studies, strategies and practical solutions that focus on best practices for the implementation of successful wellness and disease management initiatives. More than 75 percent of U.S. companies currently offer wellness programs to employees1, because no other approach in combination with disease management has shown as much promise in abating the decline in health and increased health-related costs of Americans.
In recent years, healthcare costs in the United States have soared to a record $2 trillion2. As these expenses continue to escalate, companies are searching for ways to slow medical cost increases, keep their employees healthy and maintain a productive and competitive workforce. This has resulted in a paradigm shift for employers who are now focusing on prevention and disease management resulting in a total population approach in which the health and well-being of their entire workforce is considered.
“The future of health improvement is irrevocably tied not only to the management of chronic disease but the prevention of the behaviors that lead to them,” said Ben Leedle, Jr., President and CEO, Healthways. “Wellness programs, particularly those implemented within a comprehensive total population solution can have true positive business impact, but only if they satisfy the needs of employees, their dependents and employers.”
Integrating Wellness Into Your Disease Management Programs provides employers with new strategies on how to:
* Craft wellness and disease management programs
* Gain senior executive support
* Tailor the right program for all employees
* Use new technology and tools available for maximum impact
* Implement programs for greatest success
Integrating Wellness Into Your Disease Management Programs also highlights the most effective ways to fund and evaluate health management programs in order to gain the most support while effectively utilizing program investments. The book is available online at www.hcmarketplace.com or at www.amazon.com.
About Healthways
Healthways is the leading provider of specialized, comprehensive Health and Care SupportSM solutions to help millions of people maintain or improve their health and, as a result, reduce overall healthcare costs. Healthways' solutions are designed to help healthy individuals stay healthy, mitigate and slow the progression of disease associated with family or lifestyle risk factors and promote the best possible health for those already affected by disease. Our proven, evidence-based programs provide highly specific and personalized interventions for each individual in a population, irrespective of age or health status, and are delivered to consumers by phone, mail, internet and face-to-face interactions, both domestically and internationally. Healthways also provides a national, fully accredited complementary and alternative Health Provider Network, offering convenient access to individuals who seek health services outside of, and in conjunction with, the traditional healthcare system. For more information, please visit www.healthways.com.
1 Erisa Industry Committee Employee Health Productivity Management Programs survey, conducted Spring, 2008
2 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, National Health Statistics Group, 2006 National Health Care Expenditures Data, January 2008.
Contact:
Healthways, Inc.
Bruce Middlebrooks, 615-614-4463
bruce.middlebrooks@healthways.com
Source: Healthways, Inc.
In recent years, healthcare costs in the United States have soared to a record $2 trillion2. As these expenses continue to escalate, companies are searching for ways to slow medical cost increases, keep their employees healthy and maintain a productive and competitive workforce. This has resulted in a paradigm shift for employers who are now focusing on prevention and disease management resulting in a total population approach in which the health and well-being of their entire workforce is considered.
“The future of health improvement is irrevocably tied not only to the management of chronic disease but the prevention of the behaviors that lead to them,” said Ben Leedle, Jr., President and CEO, Healthways. “Wellness programs, particularly those implemented within a comprehensive total population solution can have true positive business impact, but only if they satisfy the needs of employees, their dependents and employers.”
Integrating Wellness Into Your Disease Management Programs provides employers with new strategies on how to:
* Craft wellness and disease management programs
* Gain senior executive support
* Tailor the right program for all employees
* Use new technology and tools available for maximum impact
* Implement programs for greatest success
Integrating Wellness Into Your Disease Management Programs also highlights the most effective ways to fund and evaluate health management programs in order to gain the most support while effectively utilizing program investments. The book is available online at www.hcmarketplace.com or at www.amazon.com.
About Healthways
Healthways is the leading provider of specialized, comprehensive Health and Care SupportSM solutions to help millions of people maintain or improve their health and, as a result, reduce overall healthcare costs. Healthways' solutions are designed to help healthy individuals stay healthy, mitigate and slow the progression of disease associated with family or lifestyle risk factors and promote the best possible health for those already affected by disease. Our proven, evidence-based programs provide highly specific and personalized interventions for each individual in a population, irrespective of age or health status, and are delivered to consumers by phone, mail, internet and face-to-face interactions, both domestically and internationally. Healthways also provides a national, fully accredited complementary and alternative Health Provider Network, offering convenient access to individuals who seek health services outside of, and in conjunction with, the traditional healthcare system. For more information, please visit www.healthways.com.
1 Erisa Industry Committee Employee Health Productivity Management Programs survey, conducted Spring, 2008
2 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, National Health Statistics Group, 2006 National Health Care Expenditures Data, January 2008.
Contact:
Healthways, Inc.
Bruce Middlebrooks, 615-614-4463
bruce.middlebrooks@healthways.com
Source: Healthways, Inc.
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