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Designed to serve as a catalyst to advance workplace wellness among
the members of the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce, WellBiz is
an
exciting new partnership between the Hospital Council’s Lucas County
Healthy Communities Foundation, The Toledo Regional Chamber of
Commerce
and Harris HealthTrends.
What is
Workplace Wellness?
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Workplace
wellness is a focus on health promotion at the worksite.
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Helps
employees
improve their health and reduce their health risks through healthy
lifestyle changes.
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Successful workplace wellness programs reduce
health care costs, while improving individual health and
productivity.
A workplace
wellness program includes a promotional campaign, baseline health
assessment and targeted interventions via the Internet, phone, or in
person.
WellBiz is a
pilot project that will work with companies over a three year period
to initiate wellness in the workplace. Several Chamber member
companies applied and five companies were chosen. The
winners for participation in the three year demonstration program
are:
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Bollin Label Systems;
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Brooks Insurance Agency, Inc.;
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Fifth
Third Bank;
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Roemer Insurance and Benefits;
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Shumaker, Loop &
Kendrick, LLP.
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Participant at Roemer Insurance receives initial testing. |
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Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick held initial participant
screenings in October. |
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About our
Partners
Hospital Council of
Northwest Ohio’s Lucas County Healthy
Communities
Foundation
| Since 1999, Lucas
County members of the Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio—University
of Toledo Medical Center, Mercy Health Partners, and St. Luke’s
Hospital—have worked together through the Lucas County Healthy
Communities Foundation to further community health improvement with
a focus on measurable outcomes. Through the Foundation more than
half a million dollars has been committed to a variety of
community-based activities that have led to improved health and
quality of life in Lucas County. The Hospital Council of Northwest
Ohio is a member-driven organization that represents and advocates
on behalf of its member hospitals and provides collaborative
opportunities to enhance the health status of the citizens of
northwest Ohio through programs such as the Lucas County Healthy
Communities Foundation. |
Harris
HealthTrends
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Harris HealthTrends, a Healthways Company, is a
leading national provider of personalized health management
services. Harris HealthTrends works with participants to help them
improve their health and reduce their health risks by making healthy
lifestyle changes. Successful health improvement reduces health care
costs and absenteeism, while improving individual health and
productivity. In addition to personalized health management
services, Harris HealthTrends provides consulting services,
program/data integration and onsite fitness/rehabilitation center
management services for clients nationwide. |
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