Offering Preventative Services To Your Staff

It is estimated that for every dollar that your company spends on offering preventative services to your staff, you will recoup ten dollars.Preventing health problems is so much cheaper than treating them that there are very few doctors and hospitals and no pharmaceutical companies that want you to know that.Ben Franklin said that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure and he may have underestimated it.

Because there is no money in prevention and there is no way to really prove that someone was prevented from getting ill because of a single action, the United States continue to rely heavily on costly medical procedures that are proven to treat the symptoms if not cure the illness.Bypass surgery, which can cost more than $100,000, does not cure the heart disease; it just bypasses a diseased artery with a vein taken from the leg.Yet, people who eat a whole food plant based diet not only have a smaller chance of having a heart attack, they have actually been able to reverse heart disease damage.
When a company implements a program that is designed to educate people and change their behavior, the company can see an immediate reduction in health insurance costs.It can also see a reduction in sick days used and presenteeism - the practice of being at work while ill and getting little to nothing done.As the company's workforce begins to experience the health benefits of the program, not only will employees feel better, but that feeling will permeate the company.Better attitudes mean higher productivity.
While implementing a preventative services program, companies will need to be on board with the entire process.This means that vending machines should no longer offer unhealthy items.Chips and sodas should be gone from the premises.While a company can't regulate what a person brings in his or her own lunch, the company can control the types of foods that it offers on the premises.Switching everything to truly healthy options will get the point across - this company is concerned about your health and we are going to start with our own food system.
Endorsing a stop smoking program won't be enough if the CEO continues to smoke.When upper management starts practicing the behaviors that will prevent disease, then those who are employed will follow suit.Offering a reward for those who do not smoke and for those who are working on not smoking may be a helpful way to get people to quit.Heart disease is the number one killer in the United States.Smoking is a huge contributor not just to heart disease, but also to lung cancer, emphysema and a host of other life threatening conditions.
When choosing an insurance program, it is important to see what preventative services the insurance company covers and provides.Some insurance companies offer education programs that can be given once a quarter or more often.They may also cover yearly checkups, regular dental care and mental health services. All of these services have a function in the prevention of disease and in making the cost of treating diseases cheaper.
By offering preventative services to your staff, you will be contributing to a better quality of life for them.Even if they are resistant at first, when you truly get them involved in feeling better, they will be happier at work and more productive.Employees who are appreciated at their job tend to stay longer with the employer.That means less turnover and fewer expenses in training and opportunity costs.It also means less stress for everyone as changes will be focused on what and not who.