When the City of Milwaukee launched an intervention to curb smoking among its workforce, it was a major problem. An estimated 19 percent of city employees smoked, and that raised risk factors for certain types of cancer, heart disease, stroke, and other serious health problems.
Fortunately, the intervention strategy worked. The City of Milwaukee partnered with Wellsource client Froedtert Health, and in three years reduced the number of smokers on staff from 19 percent to 11 percent, saving an estimated $125 million in healthcare costs.
Interventions work. Take a look at any successful wellness program, and you'll find that interventions are a key ingredient used to promote health, prevent disease, increase productivity, and reduce healthcare costs. And that's why we've partnered with SelfHelpWorks to provide a series of Lifestyle Intervention Programs to complement the Wellsource® HRA.
Many of our clients use these online intervention programs to help their populations make lasting lifestyle changes and reduce the risk for chronic conditions like heart disease, diabetes, obesity and other problems. Our intervention partner, SelfHelpWorks, recently launched a "refresh" of their website and interventions to make them even more user-friendly and effective.
If you are already subscribed to these Lifestyle Intervention Programs, all of your participant data has been preserved with the SelfHelpWorks refresh. Any participant who has begun an intervention – but not completed it – can simply resume where they left off. And those ready to begin a new program will enjoy the new high-definition-quality videos and instruction.
If you're not currently using Lifestyle Intervention Programs through Wellsource, click here to see how we can help motivate and encourage your participants to take that next step toward healthy lifestyle choices and lasting changes.
