How to choose a wellness program –
1. Go to a specialist – A well established digital preventive healthcare platform would offer a range of services and products to minimize health risks of employees. If they are already offering similar programs in other corporates, then get them on your call list right away.
2. Check the facilities the platform can offer – A good healthcare platform like UCare offers a Fitbit, an ECG machine, a 24×7 ambulance emergency number, priority doctor appointments, health insurance plans for family, digital health vault for patient records and a mobile app for healthcare that makes the preventive healthcare plan comprehensive and useful for the employees and their families.
3. Is the program affordable – The bottom line for every corporate is the cost involved in introducing the corporate wellness program for its employees. Budget the program before putting it into action. That way you will know how much money to allot to the provider and at what intervals, basis the components included and reporting on the health of the employees. The employee wellness program needs regular monitoring for its cost effectiveness.
4. Is the program aligned to the employee’s requirement – The wellness program should be practical and designed as per the working conditions of the employees. Whether your employees are spending long hours standing on their feet or sitting on desks or all day at the factory floor, a program needs to address preventive healthcare to suit the individual work circumstances. Also, the program has to integrate both, healthcare at office and healthcare at home for it to be accepted more willingly and widely by the employees.
5. Are the employees involved – The company must involve the key employees from planning stage to feedback stage to encourage full participation. If the majority of the employees are not interested in the plan, why introduce it at all?
6. What is the timeline of the plan – A good wellness plan will be a mix of long-term health strategies (e.g. providing Fitbit band and Holter monitor) along with short-term events (e.g. yoga session).
Conclusion – The level of engagement and the health and happiness of your employees is the measure of a successful Corporate Wellness Plan. In developed countries like America, 92 percent of companies with 200 or more employees have a Corporate or Workplace wellness plan. In recent years, Indian corporates like TCS, Wipro, Accenture are also providing corporate wellness programs. Take a lead today to build your happy and healthy workforce of the future!
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