Archive for December, 2008
Developing a Corporate Health Promotion Program business Plan, part 2
Corporate Health Promotion Program business plan review (from Key #19)
• A Corporate Health Promotion Program business plan is a roadmap for success.
• Your Corporate Health Promotion Program business plan should convincingly demonstrate that your Corporate Health Promotion Program will help the organization to achieve its goals.
More smart Corporate Health Promotion Program business planning strategies
Planning the [...]
Developing a Corporate Health Promotion Program Employer Plan, part 1
A business plan is a roadmap for success. Use the guidelines below to develop a realistic business plan and budget for your Corporate Health Promotion Programs.
What is a business plan?
• A plan for success
• A document that convincingly demonstrates that your Corporate Health Promotion Program will help the organization to achieve its goals.
Questions to ask [...]
Corporate Health Promotion Program Timing
As they say: “timing is everything.” Use the guidelines below to guide the timing of Corporate Health Promotion Program activities and data collection.
Timing: Corporate Health Promotion Program Start-up
• Consider the optimal time to start a new Corporate Health Promotion Program. Take into account preferences of the target population and other factors that could affect enrollment [...]
Effective Corporate Health Promotion Program communication
Corporate Health Promotion Program communication is important to all aspects of Wellness and preventive medicine and is relevant to:
• Healthcare provider-patient relationships
• An individual’s exposure to, search for, and use of Corporate Health Promotion Program information
• Effective counseling and patient education for behavior change
• Content of public health messages and community campaigns
Effective health communication should [...]
Effective Corporate Health Promotion Program Strategies – Part 2
Evaluation of successful Corporate Health Promotion Programs has revealed several key Corporate Health Promotion Program strategies to increase Corporate Health Promotion Program effectiveness and impact overall Soldier health.
Strategy #5: Using a small number of targeted priorities maintains Corporate Health Promotion Program focus.
• Needs assessment data can be used to identify leading health needs and also [...]
Effective Corporate Health Promotion Program Strategies – Part 1
Evaluation of successful Corporate Health Promotion Programs has revealed several key Corporate Health Promotion Program strategies to increase Corporate Health Promotion Program effectiveness and impact overall Soldier health.
Strategy #1: Communication with leadership is essential
• Assess leadership priorities.
• Report Corporate Health Promotion Program outcomes back to leadership in a timely manner.
• Equal investments of support from [...]
Tools for Achieving health behavior Change
Changing health-related behaviors is a difficult challenge. Incorporate the tools below into your Wellness initiatives to assist members in successfully changing health behaviors.
Tool #1: Set effective goals
• Focus on areas that can impact the overall goal.
• For example, if the overall goal is to lose weight, the most productive areas to focus on are the [...]
Setting Corporate Health Promotion Program Priorities
Most businesses do not have the Corporate Health Promotion Program resources to address all of their health needs at once. Priorities must be set to determine the most pressing health needs. Use the steps below to prioritize installation Wellness needs.
Assess the health needs of the population.
Collect information about the health needs in the community. How?
• [...]
Bottom Line Up Front Corporate Health Promotion Programs
Keeping the bottom line up front Bottom Line Up Front in Corporate Health Promotion Program will help you get and sustain Upper Management support. A Bottom Line Up Front approach will also help you more realistically measure the impact of your Corporate Health Promotion Program.
The bottom line in Corporate Health Promotion Programs answer two key [...]
Adapting to Health Information Technology
Health Information Technology can make the entire healthcare system more effective and efficient by enhancing:
• Documentation (lab and test results, clinic notes, consult recommendations)
• Communication (provider to patient, provider to provider)
• Information input (templates to facilitate data entry)
• Delivery of care (documenting all patient-provider interactions in a single system)
• Chronic disease risk identification (evaluation of [...]