[MCOH-EH] [External] Re: Wellness/Disease Management

[Octavia Williams-blake]

We implemented a voluntary "population health" program for our employees/spouses in 2014. It is based on care management of chronic conditions and not a wellness program. We incentivize employees with health insurance discounts, free medications and other value based incentives. We have 2 goals, improve health outcomes and reduce costs. It has been successful except for continued emergency room utilization for non-emergent reasons. My goal for the original  post is every 2 to 3 years, my organization likes to "go to market" to see if anyone is doing something more innovative or creative.

Octavia
Octavia Williams-Blake
Vice President
Workplace Health & Safety
McLeod Health
Office-843-777-5355
Rene' Springs 843-777-5689

From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces at mylist.net] On Behalf Of Sampson, Deborah
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 8:22 AM
To: MCOH/EH <mcoh-eh at mylist.net>
Subject: Re: [MCOH-EH] [External] Re: Wellness/Disease Management

I recently did a literature review on this topic and very little data exists to support this type of activity and I found nothing that demonstrated sustained levels of wellness. Our own (admittedly limited) program has not shown improvements in population health. Moreover, we found that since we can only offer the program 'voluntarily' often the people who volunteer to participate are already people with high levels of wellness indicators.

It could be very risky, given the need to keep programs voluntary in employment situations and keep medical information protected, to implement an intensive program with enough incentive to stimulate change.

I would be interested to know if anyone else has a more optimistic view!
Deb
Deborah A. Sampson, PhD, APRN, COHN-S, FAANP
Director
Employee Health and Wellness Services
Southern New Hampshire Health   P.O.Box 2014   8 Prospect Street   Nashua, NH 03060
p(603) 281-8583  f (603) 577-5665
deborah.sampson at snhhealth.org<mailto:deborah.sampson at snhhealth.org>

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From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces+deborah.sampson=snhhs.org at mylist.net] On Behalf Of Thrasher, Terri
Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2017 9:54 PM
To: MCOH/EH
Subject: [External] Re: [MCOH-EH] Wellness/Disease Management

I would be interested to hear about these programs as well.
Terri



Terri L. Thrasher RN MSN
Sr. Director HR Professional Services
Employee Health, Occupational Safety, Environmental Health, Employee Relations, HR Compliance/Policy, Workers Compensation, 803-SAFE, Injury Management, Non CCHMC Badging, Early Education and Childcare Center
3333 Burnet Ave
Cincinnati Ohio 45229  MLC 9006
513-636-6240




From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces+terri.thrasher=cchmc.org at mylist.net] On Behalf Of Octavia Williams-blake
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 1:11 PM
To: MCOH/EH <mcoh-eh at mylist.net<mailto:mcoh-eh at mylist.net>>
Subject: [MCOH-EH] Wellness/Disease Management

Has anyone had success with any population health/wellness/disease management programs specifically for your employee population? If so, would you be willing to talk offline about your program and/or share any vendors you are using. We are interested in care management programs for employees with chronic conditions (diabetes, hypertension etc.)


Octavia
Octavia Williams-Blake, JD
Vice President
Workplace Health & Safety
McLeod Health
Office-843-777-5355
Rene' Springs 843-777-5689

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