Wellness Programs Work
The Health Initiative Project designs and implements comprehensive, systematic, and engaging wellness programs that improve employee health, wellness, and productivity to help reduce the ever-increasing health care costs that can negatively affect a businesses bottom line.
For years progressive companies like General Mills, Coors Brewing Company, Motorola, and Pfizer have been providing employees with wellness programs that have been shown to improve employee health, increase productivity, and yield a significant return on investment.
A 2003 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Report found a significant return on investment for these programs, with a median benefit-to-cost ratio of $3.14 for every dollar spent. They went on to state:
"Increasingly, there is clear evidence that the major chronic conditions that account for so much of the morbidity and mortality in the U.S., and the enormous direct and indirect costs associated with them, in large part are preventable-and that to a considerable degree they stem from, and are exacerbated by, individual behaviors."
Excerpts from the 2003 US Department of Health and Human Services Report Prevention Makes Cents
Wellness Program Success Stories
The Health Initiative Project provides you with a wellness program that responds to your employees' need for information and action to improve their lives.
Our Objectives:
1. Create a healthful, vibrant, and energetic work environment that encourages proper lifestyle choices and discourages unhealthy/destructive lifestyle choices.
2. Improve employee health - physically, mentally and emotionally - and move them to a lower health risk category.
3. Improve employee morale and productivity.
4. Reduce health care costs.
