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Small Business and Prevention/Wellness Programs

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Fred Goldstein

With all of the interest in prevention and companies around the United States and even the world looking to prevention or wellness (I use the term wellness here, although as explained in an earlier column it is problematic, but that … Continue reading →

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Selecting a Company for Your Prevention Program – Be Careful when Looking at Data (Column 7)

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Fred Goldstein

While I’ve been focusing on outcomes from prevention/wellness programs. I took an opportunity to search the web and get a feel for some of the data being posted. As discussed in column 5, one should be careful when looking at … Continue reading →

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Selecting a Company for Your Prevention Program – Outcomes from The Prevention Plan (Column 6)

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Fred Goldstein

In the last post, I discussed some of the outcomes one should look for when selecting a prevention program for your employees.  Drs. Ron Loeppke, Dee Edington and Sami Beg recently published a study titled Impact of The Prevention Plan … Continue reading →

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Selecting a Company for Your Prevention Program – Looking for Outcomes (Column 5)

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Fred Goldstein

Ultimately any company looking to invest in the health and well being of their employees through a prevention program will want to know if the program achieved worthwhile results. There are many different ways companies in this field report their … Continue reading →

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Selecting a Company for your Prevention Program – Zero Trends: Health as a Serious Economic Strategy (Column 4)

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Fred Goldstein

This series has been discussing what a company should look for when selecting a program to improve the health and productivity of their employees. We have explored wellness, preventive medicine, and the accreditation.  This column will briefly discuss some of … Continue reading →

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Selecting a Company for Your Prevention Program – Accreditation (Column 3)

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Fred Goldstein

Now that you are looking for a company that bases its approach on the science of Preventive Medicine, what else should you be looking for?  Well just as in medicine where physicians can become Board Certified, which demonstrates that they … Continue reading →

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Selecting a Company for Your Wellness Program – Has the Nomenclature Led us Astray? (Column 1)

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Fred Goldstein

Introduction Wellness has become one of the hottest health care topics for employers. Companies are looking to what appears to be a logical solution–keeping employees healthy–as a way to reduce the unsustainable cost increases related to health care benefits. So … Continue reading →

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