Three Companies Recognized with C. Everett Koop National Health Award Honorable Mentions for their Efforts to Improve Employee Health and Achieve Business Results
To apply for the award, organizations submit data to a volunteer group of experts who form the review committee for
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The 2018 C. Everett Koop Award Honorable Mention designees are:
Founded in 1945,
In 2017, the focus on wellness shifted toward a more holistic approach of well-being by incorporating new areas of focus outside of physical and mental health, including financial, community, social and career wellness. The health and well-being programs and initiatives developed by Healthy Workforce have resulted in high employee engagement; for example, over 80 percent of the employees completed their biometric screenings. The results of the health impact evaluation found that
Since Healthy for Life began, participation rates have consistently reached 90 percent or higher. Safety is the number one priority at the company, and the recordable incident rate decreased from 1.29 in 2013 to 0.97 in 2017. In addition, the company has witnessed a meaningful drop in employee tobacco use coinciding with reductions in medical spending and increases in adult wellness visits.Ā Today, LG&E and KU employees are among the industry's top safety performers with many national awards attributable to low injury rates far below the national average.
MaineGeneral's health promotion and wellness program is branded "A Healthier You," with a mission to promote healthy living by providing an environment and organizational culture that supports good health. Since 2014, program participation rates increased from 46 percent to 84 percent, and employees' health risk profile improved with a 50 percent reduction in high-risk, and a 17 percent increase in low-risk individuals. With health care spending for those engaged in the wellness program trending in a positive direction and overall spending remaining flat, MaineGeneral has calculated potential savings in medical costs that exceed
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This year's application was expanded to accommodate the industry's trend towards a more holistic approach to workplace health. The application welcomed metrics that support Value-on-Investment (VOI) in addition to the more traditional Return-on-Investment (ROI) standard.
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However, like last year, the board determined that there was no winner of the Koop Award in 2018, even though many of the applicants offered robust programs with innovative components. Reviewers determined that outcomes data fell short of the rigorous evaluation requirements expected of a Koop Award winner. Nonetheless, all applicants received detailed feedback from the reviewers and were encouraged to re-apply next year.
Because of the rigorous standards required for documenting health improvementsĀ and cost savings, fewer than 65 organizations have been honored with this prestigious award since the organization was established, with Dr.Ā C.
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