employee health program wellness

Mercy Medical Center -- Sioux City has launched a major new workforce health initiative that will better align the medical center's services and programs with the specific health-related needs of Siouxland area employers and their employees.Mercy Business Health Services will coordinate the proactive new effort that will involve and represent nearly every department and service at Mercy Medical Center."We are pleased to announce a comprehensive employer-oriented wellness initiative," said Lana Bleil, manager of Mercy Business Health Services. "Employers taking part in this program will realize such benefits as increased productivity, reduced absenteeism and lowered healthcare costs by improving the overall health of their workforces."Matt Robins, who was previously Mercy's own wellness coordinator, has been named the employer relations specialist who will serve as Mercy's liaison to area business, industrial and government entities that choose to take advantage of the new services Mercy will make available to them.In implementing the new initiative, Mercy will make use of a variety of tools including employer-based health information centers, on-site screenings, educational events, personal health profiles, personal health reports and other features designed to address a business owner's individual workplace needs."Employers receive detailed information that allows them to make a correlation between the cost of employee benefits, lost productivity and workers' compensation premiums with profitability if problems are left untreated," Robins explained.

CDM receives Well Workplace Silver Award

The Wellness Councils of America recently awarded CDM a Silver Well Workplace Awardrecognizing the firm "among the elite group of America's Healthiest Companies." Be Well, CDM's employee health and wellness program, was evaluated during an in-depth application process by a panel of reviewers who, through designation of the Well Workplace Award, acknowledged CDM's commitment to improving the health and well-being of its employees.

The mission of Be Well is to serve as a comprehensive program that provides the information and tools to help CDM employees and their families lead healthy lives. It is the firm's hope that through proactive efforts to prevent illness and injury, detect and treat health problems early, and promote fitness and health, CDM will not only see a reduction in health care costs, but also promote positive morale and productivity, thus attracting and retaining the best and brightest professionals to CDM.

ValleyCare, Jamba Juice recognized under health program

ValleyCare Health System and Jamba Juice are the first East Bay organizations to be recognized as "fit friendly," under the American Heart Association's new Start program.

Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You To Know About

Kevin Trudeau blows the lid off a nest of deception and double standards concerning general and individual health in this new book, "Natural Cures 'They' Don't Want You To Know About." Kevin has risked government prosecution to bring you the full story of an intricate conspiracy. From the retail supermarket outlets of huge, publicly traded corporations comes processed, manipulated, engineered "food products" – produced by other wings of the same corporation. These artificial, toxic treats are then sold with the blessings of the Federal Trade Commission and Food and Drug Administration – government organizations charged with safeguarding the public good – laying the foundations for future disease and chronic ill-health for the consumer, and a guaranteed source of revenue for the medical and pharmaceutical sectors.