NBGH study showed wellness initiatives for chronic disease management had the greatest impact on improving employee engagement. How do we contain healthcare costs and improve employee engagement? Diabetes, heart disease, cancer, mental health issues - the strain on health and cost. Motivating employees with interactive health programs to get engaged, reduce presenteeism....implementing health solutions, digging deeper.

1. Chronic illness in the Workplace…..
The Impact on Employee Engagement
Employee Survey: Chronic Illness programs Greatest Impact on Engagement
The Cost of Non Adherence
The Root of All Chronic Illness
Diabetes Obesity Heart Disease Metabolic Syndrome Cancer
Taking Control Saving Lives Cutting Healthcare costs
Benefits of Interactive Learning for real Impact
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2. National Business Group on Health
Consumer Engagement Study 2017
Employers Provide Wellness Programs:
1. Health & Wellness, Cost Management
2. Improving Employee Engagement
The opportunity to participate in employer-sponsored well-being programs significantly impacts
key markers of engagement in addition to business value outcomes like employer loyalty and job
performance.
Emotional affinity
Personal well-being
Social connections
Supportive culture
Job performance
Employer loyalty

3. ➪
RESULTS:
The top 3 program categories with the greatest impact on employee engagement
Chronic condition management
Physical work environment that supports healthy decisions….what we call the
Corporate Health Culture.
Programs that help people get the most value out of their prescription drug plan.
Programs to help manage chronic conditions have the greatest impact on
Employee Engagement

4. CDC: Workplace Health Promotion Using the Workplace to Improve the
Nation’s Health. 2015
Four of the 10 most expensive health conditions for US employers—high blood
pressure, heart attack, diabetes, and chest pain—are related to heart disease and stroke.
✔ preventable
Work-related stress is the leading workplace health problem and a major occupational
health risk, ranking above physical inactivity and obesity.
✔ preventable
Productivity losses linked to employees who miss work cost employers $225.8 billion,
or $1,685 per employee, each year.
✔ preventable
Full-time workers who are overweight or obese and have other chronic health
problems miss about 450 million more days of work each year than healthy workers. The result is
an estimated cost of more than $153 billion in lost productivity each year.
✔ preventable
A 1% reduction in excess weight and high blood pressure, glucose, and cholesterol
levels has been shown to save $83 to $103 annually in medical costs per person.
✔ We Can Do This

5. Costliest Chronic Conditions
CDC 2016
1. Heart Disease $193 Billion
2. Diabetes $176 Billion
3. Dementia $159 Billion
4. Cancer $157 Billion
5. Obesity $147 Billion
6. COPD/Asthma $80 Billion
7. Arthritis $74 Billion
8. Mental Disorders $57 Billion
9. Kidney Disease $38 Billion
10.Hyperlipidemia $35 Billion
11.HIV/AIDS $24 Billion

6. A Reminder from the World Health Organization
80% of Chronic Illness is Preventable
through Modifiable Lifestyle Habits
Our challenge is, knowing what needs to be modified, and how to modify

7. The Cost of Treatment Non Adherence..
Engagement as a Remedy……..
• Non-adherence also leads to $4 billion in costs to the country’s healthcare system, 5% of
hospital admissions and 5% of physician visits
• Leads to increased benefit costs, lost productivity, temporary disability and increased
absenteeism
• Solving for non-adherence can mean deciphering complex patient motivators and tailoring
strategies specifically for that person
• Some groups are more at risk than others… Ex. clinically depressed patients—or those with
another underlying condition that impacts mental health—are more likely to be non-adherent
• Conditions with no symptoms, or those that have symptom-free periods, are more likely to
lead to non-adherence
• “Increasing engagement and education surrounding adherence will
result in a reduction of many additional costs that your benefits plan
and employees may be absorbing, as well as fewer hospital visits
and slower disease progression”
Sun Life 2014 “Non Adherence Costs Employers”

8. Heart Disease Metabolic Syndrome
CDC on Cardio Vascular Disease:
Annually, 1/6 U.S. healthcare dollars is spent on cardiovascular disease. By
2030, annual direct medical costs associated with cardiovascular diseases
are projected to rise to more than $818 billion, while lost productivity costs
could exceed $275 billion
Heart Disease And Stroke Cost America Nearly $1 Billion A Day In Medical
Costs, Lost Productivity
2016 Baptist Health South Florida Employee Study: Healthcare costs for the
healthiest employees of nonprofit Baptist Health South Florida averaged $4,300,
less than half of the $10,000 incurred by those in poor health. Moderately healthy
employees averaged $5,800…Optimizing the cardiovascular health of employees
may translate into millions of dollars in healthcare savings for employers
CDC: 80 % of deaths from coronary artery disease can be attributed to preventable factors like obesity, poor
physical activity, heavy drinking, eating unhealthy foods and not keeping your blood pressure and cholesterol
under control

9. Diabetes Diabesity
An estimated 30.3 million people of all ages—or 9.4% of the U.S. population
—had diabetes in 2015
30.2 million adults aged 18 + (12.2% of U.S. adults),
7.2 million (23.8%) were not aware of or did not report having diabetes
Diabetes increases with age, reaching a high of 25.2% among those aged
65 years or older
Type II Diabetes accounts for 90-95% of diagnosed diabetes. Studies show
diabetes is 85-90% preventable with lifestyle choices.

10. The Global Attitude of Patients and Physicians Survey found that more
than one-quarter of type 2 diabetics are not taking insulin as prescribed
by their physician.
• More than 25% of patients surveyed said they had missed, mistimed
(> 2 hours) and reduced doses
• 26% said they had done so five or more times in a 30-day period
• 20% of respondents said they deliberately did not take their insulin as
prescribed
• 1/7 allowed blood glucose levels go higher to reduce their risk of
nocturnal self-treated minor nocturnal hypoglycemia.
Diabetic Non Adherence

11. Cancer
Research suggests that only 5% of cancers are hereditary.
the non-inherited causes of cancer — the lifestyle choices we make, the foods
we eat, and our physical activity levels — have a direct impact on our overall
cancer risk.

12. Oxidative Stress & Inflammation….The Root of Chronic Illness
By understanding our
health from our cellular
function & responses, we
have much greater power
to prevent & manage
chronic illness.
understand how and
why we make certain
lifestyle choices
Learn to identify external
factors that can be
unknowingly compromising
our health

13. Gut Health
NIH: Gut microbiota is associated with metabolic
disorders such as obesity, diabetes mellitus and
neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia,
autistic disorders, anxiety disorders and major
depressive disorders
A healthy gut microbiome greatly
improves our immune system, often
considered the first step of our
immune system. Helps control our
hormonal levels, helping us maintain
healthy cortisol levels and improved
ability to handle stress.

14. 5 Webinar Series Chronic Illness:
1 Diabetes Diabesity & Obesity
2 Oxidative Stress…The Root of all Chronic Illness
3 Metabolic Syndrome Heart Disease & Stroke
4 Cancer
5 Gut & Immune Health for Chronic Disease
Prevention & Management
More Webinar Topics: http://bestincorporatehealth.com/corporate-wellness-webinar-series
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15. Interactive learning in the workplace….
▪ 59% of executives agree that if both text and video are available on the same topic, they are
more likely to choose video
▪ 54% of senior executives share work related videos with colleagues weekly
▪ 4x as many customer would rather watch a video about a product than read about it
▪ YouTube has over a billion users, almost one-third of all people on the internet
▪ 48% of marketers plan to add YouTube to their content strategy in the next yea
▪ People spend on average 2.6x more time on pages with video than without
When people hear information, they’re likely to remember only 10% of that information three days later.
However, if a relevant image is paired with that same information, people retained 65% of the information
three days later.
Interactive Webinars Moving from Informative ➪ Informalive
National Academy of Sciences– Undergraduate students in classes with traditional stand-and-deliver lectures
are 1.5 times more likely to fail than students in classes that use more stimulating, so-called active learning
methods.
The meta-analysis concluded that teaching approaches that turned students into active participants rather than
passive listeners reduced failure rates and boosted scores on exams by almost one-half a standard deviation

16. All Webinars Are Live, Interactive
➪Led by highly specialized experts in their fields, researchers,
with excellent communication skills
➪ Employees are encouraged to participate, ask questions either
privately or as a group
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17. FU
N
Winston Churchill: “Personally I’m
always ready to learn, although I do
not always like being taught
Engagement Unleashed………..
• A study in the journal, College Teaching, found that students could recall a
statistics lecture more easily when the lecturer added jokes about relevant topics.
• In her book, Neurologist, Judy Willis showed how fun experiences increase levels
of dopamine, endorphins, and oxygen – all things that promote learning.
• In a study for the Journal of Vocational Behaviour, Michael Tews found that
employees are more likely to try new things if their work environment is fun

18. Best In Corporate Health, Shira Litwack
Corporate health programs…what a wonderful way to affordably make the
world a happier, healthier place.
Shira Litwack – The Corporate Happy Place medical fitness professional, Cancer
Exercise Specialist, BSc Chemistry, Medical Exercise Specialist, Holistic Nutritionist,
addiction recovery, Radio Host, and regularly interviewed for the science…..
Chief Health Enthusiast – Best In Corporate Health
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