Wouldn’t it be great if we could say to our friends, family, coworkers, and employees: “Hey! It’s time to get healthy - let’s work on those bad habits”? But that would be seen as incredibly odd (not to mention downright rude in most cases), so we...
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Asking individuals to provide their health information on a health risk assessment (HRA) can cause a bit of tension. For many people, their health information is intensely personal and carefully guarded.
What really influences happiness? If you answered things like the people around you, the work you do, and the experiences you share, you’d be right - but there are also other factors that can have a surprising influence on your happiness.
Helping your population become as healthy as possible is a noble mission to undertake, but - as with most things in life - there are “right” and “wrong” ways to go about it. In many groups, it’s not uncommon to see health competitions set up that...
It’s no secret - or surprise - that just about everyone would be happy to save money. And if they’re able to save money on healthcare costs by doing things like improving their health or taking steps to proactively lessen their risk of being...
We get asked a lot of questions about Health Risk Assessments (HRAs), which makes sense. After all, Wellsource created the first computerized HRA. We’ve come a long way since 1972 when our founder, Dr. Don Hall, wrote the first algebraic equation...
A health risk assessment (HRA) is an excellent tool to provide your population because it helps direct your wellness offerings, such as health plan benefits like vision coverage or nutrition counseling, and office wellness perks such as...
This blog post was written by Brittany U. Carter, DHSc, MPH, Director of Health and Research at Wellsource
Workplace wellness programs are on the rise, with almost half of all employers offering some type of health promotion or wellness program...
After reviewing their Health Risk Assessment (HRA) results, it’s likely that members of your population will be interested in boosting their wellness. For some, the improvements they need to make may necessitate an overhaul of their diet, a...
Offering a Health Risk Assessment (HRA) to your population has a lot of benefits. However, knowing which demographic will benefit more from HRAs can be difficult to pinpoint.
Consider this. Only one in five individuals routinely get a yearly physical with their primary care provider.
As a health and wellness professional, you need to maintain a sense of where your population’s health lies in order to ensure you’re...
On June 16, 2019, Loma Linda University (LLU) named our founder, Dr. Don Hall, Alumnus of the Year as part of the Conferring of Degrees for the School of Public Health, and the Wellsource team couldn’t be prouder.
