Susquehanna Health Investment in Employee Health, Wellness Increases Value
As an organization that values individual wellness, investing in the long-term, overall health of its caregivers makes perfect sense to
Partnerships
SH embarked on a journey toward workforce wellness in 2010 with a corporate health risk assessment. Time invested by individual employees who provided health details was reinvested by SH to analyze the data and assist employees in understanding their personal health status, identifying health risks and accessing helpful programs and resources.
SH's wellness program is a partnership between human resources/employee benefits and employee health. A partnership between employee benefits and
"This coordinated effort between our benefits and wellness teams has led to the engagement of our service partners in healthy behaviors and lower healthcare costs than found in state or federal trends," said Vice President of Human Resources
Programs
Based on data gathered, SH developed a guided care program to assist employees with disease prevention and management for diabetes, asthma and weight management. Recognizing a need for someone to partner with employees and serve as support staff, SH invested in two full-time health and wellness educators charged with developing wellness initiatives and providing free health coaching for all employees.
In addition to coaching responsibilities, Health and Wellness Educators Jerrod Ferrence and
To help employees sustain their weight loss, the team developed a Maintain Campaign that will be rolled out before
Other ongoing wellness offerings that contribute to workforce wellness include: Stairways to Health (using stairs instead of the elevator), free fitness classes held at the local
Progress
According to Ferrence, a healthcare savings of
Growth in the wellness program, expanded to include Soldiers +
SH was recently recognized for its healthy workforce efforts with the Continuing Excellence Award by
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