Employee Biometric Testing.

Medical screenings are important programs to identify chronic illness in their early stages. Once identified, wellness intervention programs can help prevent a disease from progressing.

Working with local hospitals and other organizations, you can obtain information on providing screening and intervention programs that could improve your employees’ health and save your company money in absenteeism, treatment for disease complications, and reduced productivity.

Below are some ideas to help get you began.

Based on your Worker Needs and Interest Survey and the demographics of your workplace, consider offering periodic screenings to find specific health risks such as -

• Blood Pressure Checks to identify staff members with pre-hypertension or hypertension (high blood pressure),

• Cholesterol Screenings for total, HDL (good cholesterol), LDL (bad cholesterol) and/or Triglycerides

• Blood Sugar Screenings fasting or non-fasting to screen for possible diabetes,

• Body composition, such as Body Mass Index  or body fat measures

• Bone density for potential risk of osteoporosis,

• Cancer screenings such as, skin evaluations, mammograms, or PSA screenings,

• Vision checks for glaucoma, or visual acuity

• Other screenings depending on your worker population and needs

Your local hospital, business doctor practice, or health department my provide assistance. Notwithstanding, when you have a young workforce you may want to concentrate on programs that’ll keep them healthful rather than screening for early identification of chronic condition.

The focus of your wellness program might  be healthy lifestyle practices to reduce risk and prevent disease.

In addition to the biometric screenings, consider offering a Health Risk (Assessment|Appraisal} to all staff members. the Health Risk (Assessment|Appraisal} will help to identify factors that may lead to additional risks, like tobacco use history, stress levels, perception of health, family history, job satisfaction, support systems, and mental health.

Often the screening results are included on the Health Risk (Assessment|Appraisal}, which provides a more comprehensive snap shot of health risks. the summary results provide the important information to plan appropriate interventions.

Wellness Program Interventions

The key to the success of screenings and Health Risk (Assessment|Appraisal}s / Health Risk (Assessment|Appraisal}s is the interventions or follow-up programs. the information from the screenings increases awareness and often motivates employees to consider making healthier changes.

It’s the follow up interventions that provide the essential support and assistance needed for workers to actually make and maintain those changes.

The interventions can include individual follow-up and ongoing counseling, individual or group health coaching on the risk factors, behavior change programs, and/or organizational support. Examples include -

• Strategies to lower blood pressure

• Managing diabetes

• Taking care of your heart

• Healthy eating

• Weight loss strategies

• Increasing exercise

• Smoking Cessation

Of course, this is for individual information only. Any follow-up interventions planned by the business would be based on interest expressed by the employee.

Based on the results and your Wellness Committee goals you are able to plan the best strategies for your company and staff members. Consider the community resources available to provide services, like health associations, hospitals, health care providers, and/or public health agencies.

The Quick Wellness Program Ideas provides Quick program idea tips for your consideration. Additionally refer to Prevention Strategies to determine the best approach for your corporation based on the wellness budget to reach the desired outcomes and objectives established.