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Wellness Programs steer Employees to Healthier Lifestyles
By admin | November 24, 2011
chamblee chiropractic spends a great deal of time collecting data and articles on health issues and health-related topics that are of interest to both men and women. Dr. Adam Rechtman, a chiropractor in chamblee, uses this information to educate patients at his Chiropractic clinic.
Workers who participate in wellness programs are less likely to experience on-the-job injuries than workers who are not involved in such programs. And, when injuries do occur, they are significantly less serious.
A four-year study examined on-the-job injuries among 3,338 workers at Xerox’s Rochester, New York, manufacturing complex from 1996 through 1999.
Participants in the study had been employed by Xerox since 1981 and were members of the Blue Choice Health Maintenance Organization. 72% of participants were male; the average age was 55.
Of the group, 943 employees had participated in the company’s health risk appraisal program in 1998, which evaluated the worker’s health risks (smoking, obesity, drug and alcohol abuse, high blood pressure, life and job dissatisfaction,) and was designed to steer them toward a healthier lifestyle.
Among those who participated in the health risk appraisal program, only 5.6% made worker’s compensation claims; whereas 8.9% of non-participants submitted claims.
Participants in the appraisal program had an average cost per injury of $6,506 compared to the $9,842 for non-participants.
On-the-job injuries cost the United States $125 billion annually, according to a 1999 estimate by the National Safety Council — including $62 billion in lost wages and productivity, $19.9 billion in medical costs, and $16.7 billion in other employee costs. Worker’s compensation insurance cost about $42.4 billion during that year, according to the council.
Programs such as the health risk appraisal typically cost 1-2% of the company’s health care expenses.
Employers should give serious consideration to implementing such programs. According to Xerox, over a 2-year period, they had a5-to-1 return on their investment.
For more information please contact Dr. Adam Rechtman who is chiropractor in chamblee can be reached at worldwidewellness@hotmail.com, or by calling 678-205-1219. He is currently practicing at 5251 peachtree industrial bvd.Chamblee,GA 30341 or www.healthclubchiropractic.com
SOURCE: St. PetersburgTimes, Sunday, July 22, 2001, p. 2f.
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