Human Resources: Reduce Stress, Metabolic Syndrome and Health Costs: A New e-Learning Intervention

Annual health care costs in the US now exceed $2.3 trillion, or $7681 per person. Preventing disease has become a critical business issue as employers struggle with health costs. One critical cost-savings target is stress—which is widely known to increase the risk of disease and lost productivity. As workers strain against job insecurity and increased workload in the downsized economy, employers are seeing stress rise to the number one concern on employee surveys. Learn more about a cost-effective and innovative system for increasing your employee’s health and productivity while lowering health care costs.

According to The American Institute of Stress, 75-90 percent of all primary care visits are related to stress. Stress is the driving force in many of the costliest chronic conditions, as well as an expensive factor in sickness, absenteeism, and medication usage. The impact of stress on health and the bottom line is gaining increasing attention by major U.S. health providers as well as corporate benefits directors and the C-suite.

Many companies have a fundamental gap in how they manage employee benefit plans, focusing exclusively on managing current health claims and individuals with existing chronic conditions such as diabetes and heart disease. This webinar will concentrate on measurably slowing the production of new disease before a catastrophic event occurs, as well as working with companies to design, implement and evaluate clinical intervention program with employees.

Several case studies will be cited that substantiate the effectiveness of HeartMath’s innovative science-based stress management system in a wide range of industries. Those benefits include rapid and sustained improvement in lowering stress, improving health, well-being, performance and vitality. In one study an independent actuarial analysis compared the utilization of medical and pharmacy benefits of two cohort groups—individuals who participated fully in the HeartMath program versus those who did not. Employees who participated in the program saved their employer an average of $585. each in health care costs. The ROI is predicted to double in year two of the program.

This webcast has been approved for 1.0 General credits through HRCI

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