In 2009, in partnership with Sun Life Financial Canada, the US$14.4-billion manufacturer of automotive safety systems began offering online health risk assessments (HRAs) and biometric screenings north of the 49th to its roughly 500 salaried and non-union hourly employees at the Midland, St. Catharines, Tillsonburg, Windsor and Woodstock, Ont., plants.
Tough economic headwinds, rising rates of chronic illness and spiralling healthcare costs make maintaining a healthy workforce more critical to business success now than ever before.
Your employees are spending more and more time on their mobile devices and social media websites. So can you make use of these tools in your employee wellness program?
The growing impact of high-cost specialty drugs, coupled with shifting roles for health practitioners, calls for stakeholders to work together to improve drug plan efficiencies. But how?
Moderator Suzanne Lepage, a Toronto-based private plan strategist, launched the discussion by asking panellists what principles they followed when making decisions about drugs.
More than three million Canadians are living with diabetes and yet, when it comes to managing their disease on a daily basis, more than one-in-four say they feel alone, according to a survey by Sanofi Canada and the Canadian Diabetes Association.
Canada gets a poor grade on its population health, according to research by the Conference Board of Canada.
If cancer is a journey, then a patient’s employer can be considered a vital member of the travel crew. That was one of the key messages delivered by several presenters at the 2012 Employers Cancer Care Summit.
One morning, at age 21, Jeff Aarssen found himself unable to get out of bed.
In addition to reducing costs, wellness programs can encourage a more productive and engaged employee population and help to attract and retain valued workers.