In order to effectively constrain exploding employee health costs businesses need to create a strategic health management program that targets health care cost problem areas from a variety of directions. Equally important, employees need to experience a demonstrated, supportive environment. This is necessary for lasting behavior changes as employees move into healthier habits and an enhanced care configuration.

Continuity of the program is vital for success! Hit and miss initiatives devalue the importance of employee health and the effect it has on the individual and on company performance.

Hidden Benefit
A company’s “human capital” — its employees — is one of the few remaining places to find hidden productivity and added profitability.

A natural by-product of the kinds of strategic health management programs discussed here are 1) improved employee morale leading to improved productivity and 2) improved employee attitude(s) toward their employer. While evidence of these factors is largely anecdotal — a result of little or no attention given to or study of these matters — they are often recognized as no-cost, added benefits employers cannot afford to overlook.