Employee Wellness and Health Promotion

Ben Franklin was right when he coined phrase “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure".  And you the employer as well as your employees know, see, and feel this more anyone else. Fortunately research findings, national initiatives, and media attention about the rising cost in healthcare have encouraged many employers to implement Employee Wellness programs. Why? Because they make sense, save the employer and employee money, improve employee work productivity, and create a stronger employer-employee bond.  

The Benefits of our Employee Wellness Program

• Today, ten and a half percent of the average payroll costs go toward health insurance (1). Most businesses are experiencing double-digit increases in their health insurance premiums.
• Employees are spending the majority of their waking hours at your workplace. As an employer, you have a unique opportunity to affect change in their behavior at the workplace through an employee wellness program.
• Healthy employees and healthy dependents are likely to incur lower medical costs, have lower rates of absenteeism and higher rates of productivity.
• Employee wellness programs are an investment in human capitol and will increase your employee’s productivity, morale and decrease absenteeism.
• An employee wellness program will enhance your corporate image and employee retention rates.  And it will help you recruit new talent into your business.

Fit Essentials Powerful Employee Wellness and Health Promotion Program

Fit Essentials Web-Based Employee Wellness and Health Promotion Progam is high interactive, effective, and offers a variety of health improvement programs for your employees:

• Health, Lifestyle and Productivity Health Risk Assessment
  • Starts with a series of ACSM-validated medical screening questions
  • Includes the brilliant new Health-Related Productivity Loss Questionnaire
  • Finishes with long-established lifestyle assessment questions:
    • Physical activity
    • Diet and Weight
    • Substance Use
    • Psychological and Social Health
  • Provides the participant with a detailed "plan for action" once completed.
• Fun and motivating online incentive programs
  • Participants track their progress right online
  • Points earned can be redeemed for prizes shown online
  • Earn points for:
    • Activities logged,
    • Pedometer steps,
    • Attendance,
    • Classes or special programs completed,
    • or any other lifestyle-related activity
• Team Challenge
  • Group weight loss competition/program
• Online class and activity calendar. 
• Wellness Plans with Weekly and Quarterly tracking
• Health Coach
  • Avaible by phone and email
  • Monitor activity and encourage health behaviors
  • Inform employee about upcoming employer events
  • Develop Fitness and Wellness Plans for employees

Participants can also:

• Log participant workouts and track progress
• Receive workouts (with Pictures & Descriptions) 
• Track Weight Over Time
• Enter Blood Pressure Values
• Use True Age, Nutrition Analysis, and Osteoporosis Risk tools
• View Calendar for events, programs, activities, and classes
• Enter data in participant-specific Logs (e.g. a glucose log for a diabetic)
• Watch online health, fitness and wellness education videos
• Listen to podcasts on health, fitness, and wellness topics
• Read Online Health and Fitness Articles

Watch Virtual Wellness Center Guided Tour!