CINCINNATI – July 23, 2008 – Health informatics firm Allostatix LLC will host a webinar titled “Predicting Future Wellness: Improving Employee Health and Cost Savings,” on Wednesday, July 30 at 1-2 p.m. Eastern time.
A healthy workforce benefits employers with decreased absenteeism; happier, more productive employees; and better control over rising healthcare benefits costs. Yet most existing health risk assessments miss a critical segment of the employee population – those without visible indicators of illness who are on a negative health trajectory by their reaction to accumulating stress.
Gordon Horwitz, founder and chief executive officer of Cincinnati startup Allostatix, LLC, will discuss how this accumulated stress – a person’s allostatic load – is a reliable predictor of health problems in the near future.
“The common assumption is that employees with normal test levels and negative medical history are therefore “healthy” and “low-risk,” said Horwitz. “However, testing for the allostatic load provides a picture of “whole body health” – a much more accurate approach than self-reported health behaviors or isolated tests that do not provide a comprehensive picture of health.”
This webinar examines how the daily stresses of life can build up over time and lead to expensive medical problems, and how a new test can actually predict future health status with over 80 percent accuracy. Participants will learn:
• The concept and background of allostasis
• How stress affects overall health
• What most health risk assessments miss
• How predicting wellness can save an organization money
To sign up for the complementary webinar, visit
http://www.hr.com/stories/1215803933168
About Allostatix, LLC.
Allostatix LLC is the creator of the Allostatix Load Test(TM), a scientific tool that measures the cumulative impact of daily life stresses on an individual’s whole body health. The company’s predictive measurement is conducted through a blood and biometric analysis and is based on 25 years of longitudinal medical research. Allostatix’s Scientific Advisory Board consists of industry-leading research MDs and PhDs from UCLA, Rockefeller University, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Cincinnati.
More information is available at
http://www.allostatix.com or via e-mail at getanswers[at]allostatix.com.
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