Archive for August, 2010

The Employee Wellness Network and CoHealth merge

On August 18, the Employee Wellness Network and CoHealth, another employee wellness community, joined forces.

CoHealth is a social network that offers a monthly Tweetchat and, formerly, a Ning network. The Tweetchats are facilitated by Fran Melmed and Greg Matthews, two current tEWN members. The chats are held every third Wednesday from noon to 1 p.m. (EST). They cover one or two topics each chat, with the community bringing questions, ideas and perspectives based on their experience. Past topics have included privacy, happiness in the workplace, and expanding wellness to the family. Upcoming topics include behavior change, developing an effective communication strategy, and using health gadgets and other shiny objects.

CoHealth will be closing up shop on its Ning network and using our social network to share information about upcoming chats, host episode transcripts, and join our online discussions. Take some time to familiarize yourself with CoHealth.

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Biometric Health Screenings: More is Not Better

Annual biometric health screenings should not be considered an indispensable component of employee wellness programs. Despite being dubbed the “backbone” of wellness by some organizations, we should shake loose their status as sacred cow.

Most established wellness programs include annual biometric health screenings — either a lipid panel (including cholesterol and triglycerides, with glucose often thrown in) or a full panel of lab tests that’s likely to include several liver and kidney function measurements. Some screening vendors go so far as to push Read the rest of this entry »

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