why
wellness?
A well designed strategic company wellness plan is a powerful organizational tool for hiring and retaining top intellectual capita. It secures a competitive edge.
There is solid justification for corporate wellness and what it can do for your organization. Did you know that?
Leading causes of death: cardiovascular, cancer and iatrogenic diseases and disorders.
Job related injuries cost $127 billion exceeding corporate profits of all wholesales and retail trades business.
Low back injuries cost $551 million in annual losses, and account for as much as 18% of work comp claims.
Costs of stress on productivity, health care costs and absenteeism is a $200 billion loss.
The cost of sleeplessness (resulting in lower productivity, accidents, etc.) to employers is estimated to be $18 billion.
Leading experts now estimate that 70% of all illnesses are preventable!

Progressive employers know the positive economic
benefits of wellness programs:
Starkey Labs, utilizing a chiropractic approach to onsite wellness, employees are able to immediately correct ergonomic workstation problems to prevent injury;
Plato Woodwork, also through chiropractic approaches to onsite health care, experienced a 10% decrease in work comp premiums;
Steelcase, high-risk employees (with 2-4 health risks as smoking, etc.) participated in wellness programs to improve health; they became low-risk and cut average medical costs by half;
Union Pacific Railroad implemented a wellness initiative to 28,000 employees at $50 per capita/year investment and reaped a net savings of $1.26 million; (Employees were in 19 western and southern states.)
Superior Coffee and Foods showed 22% fewer hospital admissions; when hospitalization was needed, stays were shorter with expenses per admission being over 40% lower;
Providence Everett Medical Center had a 52% of its 2,700 employees participating in a wellness plan, resulting in a 3:1 return on investment over a nine year period.
(Sources for stats are available via downloadable PDF file. Adobe® Acrobat Reader® required.)
 
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