May 12, 2010 at 1:00 pm
National Wellness Institute Webinar Series
“Wellness” is an amorphous, dangerous, and distracting term. The word “wellness,” when used as an antonym for sickness, loses punch and significance because it’s not measurable. How does “wellness” translate into dollars? It's a well understood truth that “sickness” means missing work, incurring medical expenses and running up pharmacy costs. But, what are the savings - or, absence of cost - that come with being "well"? It’s too slippery to measure, so anything called “wellness” is often the first to feel the blade of fiscal cutback.
In this presentation, Michael H. Samuelson, President and CEO, will explain that wellness is an umbrella descriptor for programs, policies, and initiatives that promote health, prevent certain diseases, and compress morbidity (shorten length of illness). Participants in this Webinar will learn how to:
- Establish wellness as a bottom-line business objective, not an ancillary benefit or a simple "perk" at their organization
- Recognize the measurable link between health and human capital costs ranging from medical claims to productivity
- Understand the true meaning and value of "wellness"; that it's more than just an absence of sickness
To learn more about this Webinar Series, or to register, please visit the National Wellness Institute online.
