Personal Wellness Profile™ (PWP) ADVANTAGE EDITION

Personal Wellness Profile™ (PWP)
ADVANTAGE EDITION
A Health Risk Assessment (HRA) determines the
success of your wellness program. Choose the best.
Quality HRAs do more than simply
identify persons at risk for common
diseases such as diabetes, coronary
heart disease, and cancer.
The best HRAs:
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Deliver a More Powerful HRA
PWP Advantage is the first in a series of new Wellsource® assessments that are
highly customizable to meet the specific needs of your wellness program. PWP
Advantage is a powerful assessment designed with these state-of-the-art features:
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New questions based on current research in the areas of occupational
health, mental/emotional health, productivity, key factors linked to
excess health costs, work/life satisfaction, and more.
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Efficient data sharing between internal and external databases
or between vendors, including the ability to import and export
participant data. This saves time and reduces data entry errors.
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Anytime access to reports. Access the exact information you
want, when you need it.
Straightforward data organization. Easily arrange data into groups
and subgroups, so you can compare or segregate departments,
worksites, or client groups.
Naturally, you want the best HRA available.
The Wellsource® Personal Wellness Profile™ –
Advantage Edition gives you the freedom to
make your wellness program your own.
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Reduce healthcare costs by
decreasing the number of medical
claims for preventable injuries
and illness
Increase productivity by combating
presenteeism and absenteeism
Provide a baseline to track health
improvements and demonstrate
cost savings
Identify current health risks within
your organization, so you can offer
tailored and effective interventions
Attract top talent and retain key
employees by fostering a healthy
corporate culture
Scientific Foundation
A team of health promotion specialists
including doctors, health educators, mental
health professionals, nutritionists, and public
health professionals has developed the
Wellsource® Personal Wellness Profile™.
Recommendations for risk education
and health enhancement are drawn
from established guidelines of the U.S.
and Canadian governments and leading
health organizations around the world.
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Personal Wellness Profile™ - ADVANTAGE EDITION
Make It Your Own
Save Time and Resources
Why use a static HRA when you can buy a configurable
one to match your specific needs? PWP Advantage is
unsurpassed in its ability to reflect the unique needs of your
organization.
Ideally, participants should meet with a health counselor
in a post-assessment follow-up session to discuss their
PWP results. For organizations that don’t have the time or
the resources for one-on-one counseling, Wellsource has
developed a companion to the PWP Advantage Individual
Report – the Healthy Living Guidelines DVD.
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Personalize messaging and branding on Participant
Reports through counselor notes, corporate logos and
taglines, and optional web resource links.
Collect responses on up to 15 optional questions specific
to your organization.
Select your preferred health measurements such a
standard or metric clinical data, choose different scoring
methods for certain risk factors such as Metabolic
Syndrome, and select whether weight risk is based on
BMI, percent body fat or waist circumference.
This 90-minute DVD walks participants through each
section of the Individual Report, explaining their score
and educating them on how to achieve optimal health.
The Healthy Living Guidelines™ DVD can
be viewed online chapter by chapter,
in a group setting, or distributed
to individuals for viewing on their
own at home or work.
Choose which health risks you want to emphasize
by printing specific pages of the Individual Report and
“hiding” the rest. Or provide participants all 14 pages
and recommendations for key health risks.
PWP Advantage Reports
Individual Report
Administrative Reports
Participants receive a report highlighting what they are doing
well first, and then identifying risk areas and opportunities for
improvement. The 14-page personalized report includes:
PWP Advantage offers valuable reporting options:
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Overall wellness score
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Health age (versus chronological age)
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Risk ratings for major health factors
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Graphical comparison wellness scores
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Recommendations for health improvement
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Web links to additional information
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Next Steps outlines a person’s leading health
hazards based on their age and gender, and
lists available resources for making lifestyle
changes
Medical Follow-up Report, which
summarizes the individual’s health screening
results for easy reference and prioritizes
items to discuss with their medical provider
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Productivity & Economic Benefit Report™ - Estimates
a company’s potential cost savings in the areas of excess
healthcare claims, absenteeism, and productivity losses.
Group Report – Provides blinded group data
for nearly every risk factor, allowing you to easily
view the overall health of your population and
fine-tune your wellness efforts.
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PWP Advantage
measures:
3 Overall wellness
3 Heart health
3 Cancer risk
3 Diabetes score
3 Osteoporosis risk
3 Nutrition
3 Physical fitness
3 Mental health
3 Safety practices
3 Weight-related risks
Trend Report – Shows individual improvements in health, providing a detailed picture
of the impact of your wellness efforts from one
health assessment period to the next.
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Counselor Summary Report – Summarizes
the Individual Report results for health counselors and medical providers, comparing prior
assessment results to the individual’s current
scores.
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Health Activity
Tracker
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The Wellsource® Health Activity Tracker™ (HAT) is so customizable
that with it, you can easily track even your company’s most specific
wellness goals.
The Health Activity Tracker™:
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Engages employees in the health goals of your program
Helps maximize productivity by improving employee health
Increases each person’s responsibility for his or her own health
Encourages participation in effective interventions and activities
Decreases healthcare costs for you and your employees
Rewards participants with incentives
Personal Reports
With HAT, participants simply:
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Access their program online
Log changes in their biometric data (weight, blood pressure, etc.)
Record their health activities and aerobic miles
Track progress toward their priority health goals
Log their participation in health classes and events
Generate personal reports that summarize their progress
Earn monthly wellness points for completing health activities
– to be used with the Rewards Program
With HAT, Wellness Administrators easily:
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Improve employee participation in wellness programs by
awarding points for performance
Inform participants of personal accomplishments through
monthly activity reports
Learn if participation is increasing or decreasing by viewing:
l The number of participants meeting their goals
l Identify which events are most popular
Administrative Reports
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Participation Report – Records the number of participants and calculates participation percentages for
each health activity
Detail Report – Totals monthly credits for each participant in each health activity category
Section Detail Report – An expansion of the Detail Report, showing which activities in a particular
section have been completed
Detailed Participant Activity Listings - Provides information about who completed which activity at
what time
Activity Listing Report – Lists detailed participant activity completed within a specific activity category
Monthly Biometric Report – Shows biometric data for each participant and compares it to the
original data
Drill-Down Report – Lists all participants and their demographics
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Health
Activity Tracker
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Participant Rewards Programs
HAT participants earn points for their completed activities, and can track their
progress toward personal health goals.
Administrators can require their employees to complete certain activities to
be eligible for a particular reward. Administrators may also use reward points
based on the different Reward Programs described below.
Preset Rewards
By opting for the Preset Rewards, the administrator automatically grants
rewards to participants who earn enough points within a set time period.
Preset rewards can be:
l Cumulative, where participants are eligible to earn more rewards as they
accumulate more points, or
l Non-cumulative, where participants earn one reward after they reach a
certain number of points.
My Choice Rewards
Through the My Choice Rewards program, participants submit requests to
redeem the rewards that they choose. The two kinds of My Choice Rewards
are:
l End-of-Year Rewards, where participants save their points for a more
valuable reward at the end of the program year, or
l Time-Sensitive Rewards, where participants’ points expire and must be
used by a date set by the administrator.
Customization - At a Glance
Scientific Foundation
A team of health promotion
specialists including doctors,
health educators, mental health
professionals, nutritionists, and
public health professionals are
involved in developing Wellsource®
products. Recommendations
for risk reduction and health
enhancement are drawn from
established guidelines of
leading health organizations and
government agencies.
Content Management
The Health Activity Tracker™ is fully customizable to support your company’s
wellness goals and program structure. Easy-to-follow on-screen instructions
walk you through:
l Changing headings and content
l Adding or deleting questions
l Assigning reward point values based on answers
l Setting the “exit link” URL
l Customizing many additional items specific to your wellness program
Multiple Administrators
You can even assign additional administrators and counselors – with different
permission levels. A messaging feature, counselors to communicate direction
with individual employees.
Managing Multiple Groups
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HAT allows you to create unique websites for multiple customers and groups,
all under a single administrative license. By using the Value Added Reseller
(VAR) edition of the Health Activity Tracker™, you can:
l Customize the banner and logo that appear on each HAT website, and
l Add or remove HAT content based on the specific needs of each
company or group.
Whether your business has many branch locations - each requiring its own
HAT website - or your business offers wellness services to multiple companies,
the VAR version of Health Activity Tracker™ is your best option.
Health Activity Tracker™ - Easy to use,
economical, and effective.
Online
WELLNESS
CENTER
TM
by Wellsource, Inc.
Encourage healthy lifestyle choices.
The Wellsource® Online Wellness Center™ is your one-stop
source for health, wellness, and disease prevention
information – delivered straight into employees’ homes or
offices via your corporate website or intranet.
The Wellness Center™ informs and motivates your
employees to make choices that can improve all aspects of
their lives. More than simply relaying information, the Online
Wellness Center™ teaches people how to stay well – before
expensive health problems occur. It also teaches how
simple life choices can make a tremendous and positive
impact on a person’s health. When employees are healthy,
everyone wins – individuals, families, coworkers, employers,
even the community at large.
Choose or disable articles
Comprehensive
Hundreds of relevant, easy-to-understand articles are
conveniently organized into 32 health centers – covering
topics as diverse as smoking cessation, nutrition, parenting,
infectious diseases, heart disease, and complementary
health. Users can search for articles on a specific topic by
entering a word or a phrase.
Reliable
Up-to-date
All information comes from recognized sources,
including government agencies and peer-reviewed
journals, and is rigorously and regularly reviewed. Its
attractive design, relevant topics, and interactive nature
promote rapid learning. The Online Wellness Center™
accepts no endorsements or advertisements of any kind, so
articles are always balanced and straightforward.
Each month, the website changes to include new feature
articles, health updates, and the ever-changing Did You
Know? health facts – enticements that bring employees
back to the site often. When new features are displayed,
we send you an eNewsletter which you can personalize
and send on to your employees – with your own added
messaging.
Flexible
Interactive
The site can be adapted as a community marketing tool or
a value-added resource to promote your organization’s own
services. You can easily brand and customize the Online
Wellness Center™ to integrate with your existing website by:
The easy-to-navigate home page offers quick access to
interactive quizzes, health calculators, and the Ask a
Health Professional service. A link to this service is found
at the end of each article page. One click sends an email
directly to Online Wellness Center™ health professionals,
who quickly answer your employees’ health-related
questions.
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Displaying your organization’s banner in the top
header
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Selecting from unlimited color choices for menus
and headers
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Adding links and messages in the footer area
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Disabling any center or article you choose
HEALTHY employees are
PRODUCTIVE employees.
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Branding
Use the top header
area for your organization’s
logo and message.
Search engine
Use key words or phrases to
search through hundreds of articles
using advanced search features.
Tools
Find quizzes, health calculators, and other
interactive health and fitness tools.
Menu color
Customize with an
unlimited color palette.
Articles of interest
Keeps users interested with updated articles
and rotating new health facts.
Branding
Use footer area for
additional branding, banners, links
or special promotions.
Health Centers
Wellness
Scientific Foundation
A team of health promotion specialists
including doctors, health educators,
mental health professionals, and
nutritionists are involved in developing
Wellsource® products.
Recommendations for risk reduction and
health enhancement are drawn from
established guidelines of leading health
organizations and government agencies.
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WellNotes™
WellNotes™ is a monthly employee newsletter that provides
current health headlines, health tips, and recommendations
for living a healthy lifestyle.
Each and every month, WellNotes™ will keep your employees informed of
the latest, up-to-date health and medical
information and recommendations for improving health in a brief,
easy-to-read, attractive format. In addition, your employees will have access
to our monthly Health Challenges, an opportunity to learn and practice
good health habits for 30 days. A “starter kit” for each Wellness Challenge
can be
downloaded by recipients of the WellNotes™ newsletter and includes
instructions, educational information, and a monthly calendar to track
individual progress.
Read WellNotes™ online, forward it to others, or print it out for distribution
to your employees.
INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW FOR KEEPING HEALTHY
ellNotes
MARCH 2008
How to Avoid Spine Problems
Americans spend more
money for treatment for
back and neck pain than on
just about any other condition. Even after adjusting for
inflation, expenditures have
risen 65% in the last decade.
But with all those diagnostic
tests and resultant medications, injections, and surgeries, people don’t seem to be
getting better. In fact, a
new study found that there
was no improvement in
self-assessed health status,
functional disability, work
limitations, or social functioning among respondents
with spine problems. People
with spine problems report feeling depressed by their physical
limitations.
A wide variety of factors can increase
your risk of spine problems: getting
older; being out of shape or over-
weight; having a job that requires
lifting, pushing or pulling while
twisting your spine; having poor
posture; smoking; and having a
disease or condition that causes back
pain (e.g., arthritis, kidney stones,
infections, stress). Race can also be
a risk factor. For example, African
American women are 2-3 times more
likely than white women to have part
of the lower spine slip out of place.
You can help prevent spine problems
by standing up straight, learning
to lift properly, quitting smoking,
getting more sleep, improving your
diet, losing weight (if overweight),
and exercising regularly. Walking and
swimming are easier on your spine
than running.
If you do experience spine pain, try
lower-tech treatments first. They are
less expensive and – in most cases – work.
Journal of the American Medical
Association. Feb. 13, 2008.
National Institutes of Health. 2007.
Do You Know the Signs of Stroke? Part I
A stroke occurs when blood flow to
the brain is interrupted. Brain cells
in the immediate area begin to die
because they stop getting the oxygen
and nutrients they need to function.
Stroke victims have the best chance
of survival if someone around them
recognizes the symptoms and acts
quickly.
Symptoms of a stroke vary depending
on the amount of blood involved, the
location of the stroke in the brain,
and gender. Stroke symptoms common to men and women include:
L Sudden
numbness or weakness
of the face, arm, or leg – especially
on one side of the body
L Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding
Signs to See a Doctor for Back
or Neck Pain
L Throbbing pain, numbness, or
tingling down your shoulder, arms,
or legs
L Severe pain that
doesn’t improve
with rest
L Pain after a fall
or an injury
L Spine pain accompanied by weight
loss when you’re not on a diet
L Pain plus any of these problems:
– Trouble urinating
– Numbness in your legs
– Weakness
– Fever
American Academy of Family Physicians
and National Institutes of Health.
Read
What You Need to
Know About Neck Pain:
A Physical Therapists Perspective:
www.apta.org/AM/Images/APTAIMAGES/
ContentImages/ptandbody/neck/
NeckPain.pdf
L Sudden
trouble seeing in one or
Women sometimes display
nontraditional stroke symptoms:
L Sudden
trouble walking, dizziness,
L Loss of consciousness or fainting
L Sudden pain in the face, chest,
both eyes
loss of balance or coordination
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Sudden, severe headache with no
known cause or an unusual headache which may be accompanied
by a stiff neck, facial pain, pain
between the eyes, or vomiting
Other danger signs that may occur
include blurred or double vision,
drowsiness, and nausea or vomiting.
Even if the symptoms pass quickly,
they could be an important warning
that requires prompt medical attention. If you believe someone is having
a stroke, call 9-1-1 immediately.
American Stroke Association. 2008.
arms, or legs
L Sudden tiredness or general
weakness
L Sudden pounding or racing
heartbeat (palpitations)
L Seizure
L Falls or accidents
L Sudden
hiccups
L Sudden
nausea
L Shortness
of breath
International
Council of
Nurses. 2008.
Health News in a Nutshell
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Monthly Health Challenges - step-by-step health habit practice plans
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Twelve monthly issues each containing the latest health and wellness
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Information acquired from leading public and private health
organizations
For further information about WellNotes™ or other
Wellsource® products, visit our website at www.wellsource.
com, call us at 503-656-7446, or email well@wellsource.com.
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Monthly Health Challenge™
Kick the Sugar Habit
CHALLENGE
Replace soft
drinks & sweets
with water
& fruit.
Requirements to Complete this
HEALTH CHALLENGE™
1. Read “It’s hiding,” “Too much of a good thing,” and
“Less is better.”
2. To complete the Challenge, you must drink water in
place of soft drinks and serve fruit in place of traditional
desserts on at least 22 days this month. Use your
monthly Health Challenge Calendar to keep track.
3. Keep records of your completed Challenge in case your
organization requires documentation.
It’s hiding
In the days of the American pioneers, table sugar was
used sparingly. Refined sugar wasn’t readily available or
wasn’t affordable. In those 19th century days, an average
American consumed an estimated 12 pounds of sugar
each year. Today, that amount has climbed to 103 pounds
a year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA).
You’re probably reviewing the last 12 months and thinking, “There’s no way I ate that much sugar!” Possibly. But
the 103-pound figure includes more than table sugar.
Sugar has many names: sucrose (white sugar), fructose
(fruit sugar), lactose (milk sugar), dextrose (corn sugar),
maltose (malt sugar), invert sugar (a mix of glucose and
fructose), brown sugar, corn syrup, honey, maple sugar,
and raw sugar. These are all common forms of sugar and
have similar effects on your body and your health.
You expect candy bars to be made with sugar. But there’s
also sugar in ketchup, canned vegetables, fruit snacks,
juice, fat-free foods, and more. Read food labels. When
you see any of these sugars listed as the first or second
ingredient, you know that food is high in sugar. Some
ready-to-eat breakfast cereals have sugar listed first on the
ingredient list. This means there are more calories from
sugar than there are from grains.
More than sugar
Other foods that are rapidly absorbed and contribute
to high blood sugar and high insulin levels are: white
potatoes, white rice, white bread (and pancakes, waffles,
or pastry made from white flour), soft drinks and sugarsweetened drinks, snack foods (made largely from white
flour and sugar), and refined and sweetened breakfast
cereals. All of these foods are said to have a “high glycemic index.”
The Nurses’ Health Study showed that women who consumed diets with a high glycemic load had an increased
risk of coronary heart disease.7 All high-glycemic index
(GI) foods contribute to the risk of developing obesity
and diabetes. In the large Nurses’ Health Study, women
who had a high intake of high-glycemic foods developed
significantly higher rates of diabetes than those who ate
those foods sparingly. The foods most closely linked to
diabetes were white bread, soft drinks, white rice, and
French fried potatoes.4
The average American consumes 103 lbs.
of sugar annually. This table shows the
breakdown by percentage.
Soft drinks
33%
Sugars and candy
16%
Cakes, cookies, and pie
13%
Fruit drinks with added sugar
10%
Dairy products (e.g., ice cream,
sweetened yogurt)
9%
Sweet rolls and pastry
6%
High-fructose corn syrup is primarily consumed
in carbonated soft drinks, sweetened fruit drinks,
iced tea mixes, other drinks, and syrup and sweet
toppings. In all, 36.3% of sugar and corn sweeteners
are consumed in carbonated soft drinks, fruitades,
and other nonalcoholic drinks.
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Online Interventions
Innovative interventions that transform lives.
Real change starts in the mind, stirs the emotions, and then impacts behavior.
Permanent change occurs when the context that a person operates from is
transformed. That very seldom takes place by reading a book or by browsing a
website.
The Living Life™ Series of Lifestyle Intervention programs are transformational
multimedia trainings. They empower participants to achieve their health and
wellness goals in a way that makes them feel good about themselves and excited
about their future.
About the Living Life™ Series
The Living Life™ Series, like all Selfhelpworks programs, are evidence-based cognitive
behavioral trainings that help people change the way they think about themselves,
their lives, and their lifestyles. The programs teach simple, personal,
motivating principles that are practical and enlightening. Participants learn creative
and effective ways to “dance” with life choices rather than to “wrestle” or fight with
negative urges – the latter of which often leads to failure to withstand an urge and
giving in to its pull. Thousands of people worldwide have successfully improved the
quality of their lives by applying this approach to their daily activities.
How do they work?
The Selfhelpworks team believes “A video a week can change a life.” Participants
watch as little as one video per week at their leisure. (They may view them more
often if they choose and we will even remind them if they forget.) Between sessions,
they apply one power principle learned in the video that is designed to remove barriers, create possibility, and keep them focused on their vision.
The user-friendly “feature sets” of the Selfhelpworks programs were designed to recreate as closely as possible the experience that a person could have if they attended
our live trainer-led programs.
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Instructor – Each lesson is a multimedia coaching session led by a certified trainer.
The program trainer motivates and
educates the participant, and demonstrates to how to apply the simple but
powerful concepts to even the most difficult challenges in their lives. They lay the
foundation, process, and track for change.
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Support – Live programs usually contain a wide spectrum of support options.
Support from Selfhelpworks is unequaled in stand-alone on-line programs.
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MP3 Downloads – A series of 13 short motivational support talks are available
for the participant to listen to on their cell, iPod, or CD.
Wellsource Health Solutions
2124 Kohler Memorial Drive
Sheboygan, WI 53081
Phone: 920-457-3036
Toll Free: 888-267-5895
Email: info@totalwellsolutions.com
“At the end of the day, without life change it is all for naught.”
– former Surgeon General Tommy Thompson
Online Interventions
Innovative interventions that transform lives.
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PersonalCoach™ – The PersonalCoach™ is a sophisticated software program
that tracks the user experience longitudinally and provides experience-based
coaching appropriately. This is an integral part of the program’s unparalleled
interactive nature.
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Personalized Coaching – Participants complete short confidential surveys before
most sessions. Based on how they fill out the surveys they may receive coaching (audio and text) on how to deal with certain challenging situations. This
acknowledges their efforts and encourages them to stay on track. They may
even get email or PDA feedback if they choose.
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Internet-based RealTalkRadio™ – Once a week we hold a live on-line support group
hosted by the instructor or a guest. Users can call, email, or fax in questions,
problems, and challenges if they want to get verbal feedback (as if they were in
a live group session)… or they can just listen. Selfhelpworks promotes the sessions weekly to all participants unless they opt out of the reminder.
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Emails – Users receive up to 50 reminders – motivational or educational emails
– each year.
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Program Manual – At the end of each lesson, reading material, which mirrors the
delivered message, is available to print and refer to as desired.
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Program Exercises – Each session contains actualization exercises (incorporated
within the reading materials) designed to bring that lesson to life.
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Additional Tools – The programs contain a variety of program-specific tools designed
to keep the participant’s experience interesting and valuable.
What’s the difference?
Simply said: experience, approach, and success rate(?). We have been helping people
reach their goals since 1979. Our process is evidence based, clinically tested, and peer
reviewed. The programs are result-oriented and focus on providing the tools and
resources necessary to help guide a broad demographic and psychosocial base of
participants through these life-altering initiatives.
Selfhelpworks, Inc. In a Nutshell
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2124 Kohler Memorial Drive
Sheboygan, WI 53081
Phone: 920-457-3036
Toll Free: 888-267-5895
Email: info@totalwellsolutions.com
Effective
Engaging
Cost Effective
“Real Time” Reporting of (compliance,
self-efficacy, outcomes)
Incentive Plan Milestones
Data Driven Coaching
Online Interventions
Innovative interventions that transform lives.
livinglean
TM
Weight Loss. Real weight loss starts in the mind, goes to the emotions, and ends up
with the choices you make. Most choices about eating are based on the way you feel
about what or how you are eating. When you think about eating “for your health” do
you get all warm and fuzzy? Most likely not. In LivingLean™ you will discover why
that is. You will start seeing and feeling differently about food, your health, and the
possibilities that are available to you through living lean, healthy, and free.
livingfree
TM
Smoke Free. You will discover new ways of thinking about the process of smoking
cessation. These techniques are very different from any program you’ve tried before.
LivingFree™ treats the root physical and emotional causes of smoking and
eliminates the psychological barriers that have kept you from succeeding initially
and long-term in the past. Your emotional desire for tobacco will dissolve, allowing
you to make rational rather than emotional decisions about
smoking, helping assure you succeed.
livingsmart
TM
Alcohol Free. LivingSmart™ teaches you how to become an ex-drinker without
feeling deprived and without missing it. You’ll learn how to master your mind and
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Productivity &
Economic Benefits Report
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How much are productivity losses, excess health
claims, and absenteeism costing your company?
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Economic Impact
Excess Health Claims*
Research shows that poor
health practices and existing
health risks of employees have
a significant impact on an
organization’s bottom line,
resulting in:
• Increased health claims
• Decreased productivity
• Increased absenteeism
• Increased employee
turnover rates
The graph below illustrates the relationship between risk factors and
healthcare costs as shown in a study of 205,216 employees by the
University of Michigan. As the number of risks go up so do healthcare costs.
For example, health claims double for employees with 3 risk factors, and
increase by 3-4 times for those with 5 or more risks. The prevalence of
health risks in your organization and their estimated economic impact due
to increased health claims is shown in the table below.
This Productivity and Economic
Benefits Report summarizes
the prevalence of health risks
in your organization linked to
increased costs and shows
potential savings that may be
realized by improving the
health status of your
employees.
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Number of Health Risks and
Excess Healthcare Claims Cost
University of Michigan Study
5
Health Claims (RR)
Wellsource has developed a new administrative report
in conjunction with its Personal Wellness Profile to
help organizations accurately estimate the impact of
employee health on their company’s bottom line. The new
Wellsource Productivity and Economic Benefits Report
(PEB Report) calculates the preventable costs linked to
poor health in any organization.
The Wellsource PEB Report is based on research*
that confirms a measurable link between absenteeism,
excess healthcare costs, and productivity losses,
and the number of health risk factors present among
employees. Using the research findings, Wellsource
developed software that projects an organization’s
annual savings if the health risk factors of its employees
are reduced. The results are presented in a 4-page
graphically enhanced report.
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1.5
1.0
2
0.0
Health Risks Linked to
Increased Costs
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
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Smoking
Physical inactivity (no exercise)
Seat belt use (<90%)
High alcohol use (>14drinks/wk)
Relaxation/sleep medications
Life dissatisfaction
Poor physical health
Job dissatisfaction
High stress
High blood pressure (140/90)
High cholesterol (240+ mg/dL)
Low HDL (<40 mg/dL)
Obesity (BMI 30+)
High sick days (6+/year)
Chronic health problem(s)
*Reference
Based on research from the University
of Michigan, Health Management
Research Center, Cost/Benefit
Research Report, 2006.
0.3
0.7
Base
Cost
0
1
2
4
5
6
7
Excess Health Claims in Your Organization
Number of Risks
No. of Employees (%)
Excess Claims*
No risks
408
14%
0
1 risk
617
22%
420,966
2 risks
663
23%
951,792
3 risks
498
18%
1,106,144
4 risks
311
11%
1,002.709
5 risks
173
6%
728,312
Return
on
6 risks
91
3%
493,5651
7 or more risks
77
3%
553,031
Investment
(ROI)
Total
2,838
100% that invest
$5,256,518
Companies
in wellness
P
P
generally see significant savings.
Excess health claims due to existingOne
risk recent
factorsreview
are $5,256,518
per
of 7 corporate
year for your organization, or $1,852/employee.
This isshowed
your potential
wellness programs
aversavings should all risk factors be eliminated.
A more
expectation
age savings
of realistic
$3.48 for
every $1 is
to reduce risks by 10-20% per year over
severalOther
yearscompanies
as shown below.
invested.
report
ROIs of 6:1 and higher on longProjected annual savings* by reducing health risks:
term comprehensive programs.
Health Risk Reduction Goal
Total Savings
Savings/Employee
20% reduction
1,051,304
370
While medical care plans
and
30% reduction
1,576,956
556
pharmaceuticals are expensive,
40% reduction
2,102,607
741
preventive healthcare provided
to
50% reduction
2,628,259
employees is essentially926
“free” due
Excess Cost Per Risk Factor2
P
• Current smokers
290
10%
454,850
• Physically inactive (no regular exercise) 1046
37%
1,602,194
• Seat belt use (<90%)
Setting Priorities
When planning interventions to
reduce costs, consider these
factors:
• Prevalence of the health
problem
• Economic impact of the health
problem
• Resources and staff for
providing the intervention
• Personal interest and
readiness to change
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The following list is a summary of estimated excess costs for healthcare,
productivity losses, and absenteeism broken down by individual risk factors
for your organization.
No. of Employees (%)
Excess Cost
Risk Factors
to savings
realized.
*Increased claims, above base costs, for persons
with no
risk factors. Projections
based on your average health claims of $3,745/year and 2838 employees.
141
5%
• Heavy alcohol use (>14 drinks/wk)
27
1%
23,224
• Use of relaxation/sleep medications
508,384
221,884
325
11%
• Life dissatisfaction
451
16%
717,505
• Poor physical health perception
232
8%
377,827
• Job dissatisfaction
529
19%
825,769
• High stress
116
4%
188,968
• High blood pressure (140/90+)
440
16%
680,570
• High cholesterol (240+ mg/dl)
427
15%
362,871
• Low HDL (<40 mg/dL)
383
13%
325,533
• Obesity (BMI 30+)
1183
42%
• High sick days (6+ days/year)
789
28%
• Chronic health problem (heart disease
307
11%
1,491,431
675,933
264,045
stroke, diabetes, asthma, or arthritis)
Total
$8,720,985
References
1. Steven Aldana, Financial Impact – Literature Review, American Journal of Health
Promotion, May/June, 2001;15:5
2. Wayne Burton, et al. The Association of Health Risks with On-the-Job Productivity,
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2005;47:769-777
Summary of Total Potential Health Savings in Your Organization per Year
Savings by Meeting Percentage of Risk Reduction Goals
100%
Now you can quantify the financial benefits that can
result from making wellness improvements in your
organization. The report:
● Helps management see the value of starting a
wellness program by demonstrating potential
savings in key areas
● Documents year-by-year savings resulting from
your wellness program, making it easy to maintain
management’s long-term support
● Helps set strategies and goals so your organization
will get the best return on its investment (ROI)
1. Health claims
2. Productivity
3. Absenteeism
Totals
Savings/employee
20%
30%
40%
1,051,304
2,996,677
599,335
467,802
93,560
140,341
187,121
233,901
$2,616,300
$3,488,399
$4,360,499
$922
$1,229
$1,536
$3,073
1,576,956
50%
5,256,518
$8,720,998 $1,744,200
2,102,607
899,003
$615
2,628,259
1,198,671
1,498,339
Additional Benefits
Other documented economic benefits from a worksite wellness program include:
• Lower employee turnover rates
• Lower accident rates and worker compensation claims
• Lower short-term and long-term disability
• Lower costs to replace employees who retire early due to poor health or burnout
• Improved employee moral and commitment to the organization
Report © 2006 Wellsource, Inc. All rights reserved.
Number of Health Risks and
Excess Healthcare Claims Cost
Excess Health Claims
University of Michigan Study
Health Claims (RR)
5
4
The average employee has
2.2 health risks, nearly
doubling healthcare costs.
3
2.5
1.5
1.0
2
1
3.3
2.0
Excess
Cost
0.7
0.0
0.3
Base
Cost
0
0
n = 205,216
*Research conducted by the University of Michigan’s Health
Management Research Center, identifying the key health
practices and indicators linked to higher healthcare claims, loss
of productivity, and absenteeism, using actual claims data from
a large population of employees.
3
Number of Health Risks
Uses for this Report
Research shows that the more risk factors a person
has the more healthcare costs they will incur. Using
these research findings, average health claims for your
organization, and the number of risk factors in your organization, you can calculate excess health claims for your
organization as a whole and the average excess health
claims per employee. The PEB Report also calculates
potential savings based on a graduated estimate of risk
reduction in your company over several years.
Excess
Cost
0
n = 205,216
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2.5
2.0
3
1
3.3
The average employee has
2.2 health risks, nearly
doubling healthcare costs.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Number of Health Risks
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Presenteeism and Productivity
Number of Health Risks and Productivity Loss
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2005;47:769-77
Productivity Loss (%)
30
1
The average employee has
2.2 health risks, resulting in
productivity losses of about
$2,000/year.
25
20
Excess
Productivity
Loss
15
10
Base
Cost
5
0
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Presenteeism is the opposite of absenteeism. It refers to
the problem of employees going to work in spite of being
sick, stressed, or distracted, which can have negative
repercussions on business performance.
Number of Health Risks and Excess Work
Loss Days Due to Sickness or Injury
5
4
The average employee takes
3.5 sick days/year at an
excess cost (over persons
with no risks) of $272/year
2.8
Excess
Work
Loss
Days/
Year
2.5
1.9
3
2
3.4
2.2
1.2
0.0
0.6
Base
Work
Loss
Days/
Year
1
0
0
1
n = 5,142 employees
2
3
4
Absenteeism due to modifiable health risks is often a
greater cost to employers than excess costs from health
claims. As the number of employee health risks increases,
so do the number of days lost from work each year .
A portion of the PEB Report focuses on this issue. Excess
absenteeism costs are shown for your organization as
a whole, as well as the average cost per employee. In
addition, the estimated savings if work loss days were
decreased over several years as a result of reducing risks
in the organization are listed for ease of review. The PEB
Report estimate of excess absenteeism is based on the
average salary in your organization and the number of
health risks present.
Excess Cost Per Risk Factor
Source: Summary of 10 Mid-sized U.S. Corporations
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Absenteeism
2
Number of Health Risks
n = 28,375
Work Loss Days (number/year)
Productivity losses due to presenteeism cost companies
thousands of dollars each year, averaging about $2,000
per employee annually. Research links lower productivity
to the number of health risks an employee has. Based on
the number of risk factors in your organization and average
wages, the PEB Report calculates your productivity losses
due to modifiable health risks.
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6
7
Number of Health Risks
The PEB Report summarizes the financial impact for
specific risk factor present in your organization. This allows
you to quickly see where the majority of excess costs are
coming from and which risks are more common and most
costly in your organization.
It also allows you to develop prevention strategies and
implement interventions aimed at your highest cost risk
factors in order to get the best return on your investment.
Scientific Foundation
A team of health promotion specialists including doctors,
health educators, mental health professionals, nutritionists,
and public health professionals are involved in the
development of Wellsource products. Recommendations
for risk reduction and health enhancement are drawn from
established guidelines of leading health organizations and
government agencies.
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For more information or a sample of the
Wellsource Productivity and Economic Benefits
Report , contact us at 1-800-533-9355 or
visit our website at www.wellsource.com.
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1. The study involving more than 28,000 employees found that
10 of the 12 health risk factors studied were significantly associated
with self-reported productivity decreases. Reported in the August
2005 Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
2. Based on research conducted on more than 5,000 employees
from 10 mid-sized U.S. corporations.