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Business Group SitesLightenUP: A Worksite Approach to Promoting Healthy Weight ManagementThe LightenUP project funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute was to identify whether certain changes to the food and physical activity environment improve employee health. The Dow Chemical Company employees were provided greater access to healthy foods, health education materials, leadership training, physical activity and weight-management programs, health assessments and individual consultations, and online behavioral change programs. This website gives innovative and evidence-based interventions that can be implemented at your worksite and includes a customizable communication toolkit, ten tips for implementing wellness interventions and how to develop a health strategy and culture of health. Wellness Impact Scorecard a new online tool that allows employers to objectively and quantitatively assess the value of their wellness programs and initiatives. The Scorecard helps members identify appropriate metrics to determine the impact of wellness efforts, allows an employer to quantify the impact their programs are having and follow trends over time, improve program features and performance, and provides a process for employers to benchmark against peer companies. Tobacco: The Business of Quitting – An Employers Website for Tobacco Cessation — According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), each employee who smokes costs their employer $1,623 in excess medical expenditures. This website features practical solutions to reducing health care costs related to smoking and comprehensive step-by-step guidance to employers to help reduce employee tobacco use and workplace smoking. Whether your company is just getting started or is ready to evaluate the effectiveness of your program, this site includes resources for you, including employer case studies, treatment options and data to help make the business case for the implementation of a successful program. 24th National Conference on Health, Productivity, and Human Capital — At the 24th National Conference, attendees will learn about new research and evidence-based solutions benefiting employers. Specifically, the conference will highlight employer best practices focused upon managing health and productivity in a challenging economy, absence management and effective program design, health and productivity's role in the global marketplace, governmental changes in healthcare legislation and reform, and proven ROI analysis. This site will provide access to the agenda, conference brochure, exhibitor and sponsorship opportunities, hotel information, registration, and more. The 24th National Conference on Health, Productivity, and Human Capital will take place September 14-16, 2010 in Washington, DC. Business Health Agenda 2010 — At Business Health Agenda, attendees will learn the latest on implications of health reform for employer plans, employer successes in redesigning health care delivery, employee wellness in an era of health reform, high-performing health systems: employer results, highlights of the annual National Business Group on Health/Towers Watson Employer Survey of Health Benefit Trends, and the latest best practices and leading edge benefit trends and much more! From start to finish, the conference promises to be solutions-focused and business-driven. This site provides access to the agenda, conference brochure, employers' summit, hotel information, things to do in Washington D.C. and more. Business Health Agenda 2010 will take place March 10-12 at The JW Marriott in Washington D.C. We look forward to seeing you there! EMPAQ® — EMPAQ®, Employer Measures of Productivity, Absence and Quality, was designed and implemented by the National Business Group on Health's Council on Employee Health and Productivity (CEHP), in collaboration with — and support from — numerous sponsors, partners, Fortune 500 employers and their suppliers. This site provides all information about EMPAQ®, including, registration, training, pricing, data submission and benchmarking, and reports. Global Health Benefits Institute — This site provides information for members of the Business Group's Global Health Benefits Institute, a group of multinational employers that have come together to collaborate for approaches to common health and productivity challenges in countries around the world. This site enables members to access their online workroom, country location database, and obtain information developed through its strategic workgroup initiatives. |
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