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It’s important that your employees ask for information that will help them understand all decisions made about their care, including medical tests. Doctors order blood tests, x-rays, and other tests to help diagnose medical problems, but perhaps an employee does not know why they need a particular test or they don’t understand how it will help them. Help your employees be better medical consumers.
Do you know what Sorbitan Monostearate is? If you’re not sure, chances are your employees won’t have a clue either! The truth is that processed foods with complicated ingredients like this now comprise a significant portion of the American diet. While processed foods offer much in terms of convenience, they offer very little in the way of healthy nutrition. Expose the hazards of nutritionally-inept processed foods by turning their confusing ingredient lists into a fun quiz for your employees.
Take this quiz and test your knowledge!
Patient safety is one of the nation’s most pressing health care challenges. A 1999 report by the Institute of Medicine estimates that as many as 44,000 to 98,000 people die in U.S. hospitals each year as the result of lapses in patient safety, and more recent studies have determined that this number has grown drastically. Help your employees get the safest care possible by letting them know how they can be proactive during a health care visit.
Prepared by Dr. Steven G. Aldana, author of The Culprit and the Cure, this series of 14 presentations will enable you to “teach” the content of this excellent book to your employees. Each presentation contains PowerPoint slides that illustrate the content of the book. Using your copy of the book as a guide, you can tailor this valuable information for your employees in an interactive learning experience. This educational program will help your employees learn essential knowledge that will enable them to lead healthier lifestyles.
According to exercise physiologist and behavioral coach, Sean Foy, the most effective way to ensure your employees will have long-term success with any fitness endeavor is to have them identify what they enjoy doing. If employees can identify the activities that fit with their unique interests, personalities and goals, they are much more likely to attempt and continue an exercise plan.
Download this comprehensive fitness personality quiz from WELCOA. Then distribute the quiz to help your employees find their fitness personality profiles.
Helping your employees understand why exercise is important, how much they need, and how they can stay motivated just got a little easier with WELCOA’s Tool-Kit on Physical Activity for a Healthy Weight. Specifically, this WELCOA Tool-Kit consists of a high-quality presentation on physical activity, handout masters for distribution, and an in-depth fact sheet to help you prepare.
Getting quality health care can help you stay healthy and recover faster when you become sick. However, we know that often, people do not get high quality care. A 2004 study of 12 large U.S. communities found that just over half (54.9 percent) of people were receiving the care they needed.
You can help your employees get the best results from their health care visits by encouraging them to be active members of their “health care team.” Communicate to your employees what a health care team is: the patient receiving care, the doctor, any nurses or physician’s staff who coordinate care or prescribe medicine, and the pharmacist who fills prescriptions and can answer questions about those medicines.
In addition to being part of a health care team, often your employees will need to speak openly with their doctors. This is not always a comfortable situation or an easy undertaking, as your employees may be intimidated or nervous about speaking up. Research has shown that patients who have good relationships with their doctors tend to be more satisfied with their care—and have better results.
Most operations are not emergencies and are considered elective surgery. This means that you have time to learn about your operation beforehand to be sure it is the best treatment for you. When a doctor recommends surgery as a treatment option, patients will need to understand all the risks and benefits, and know all options available to them. Armed with the right information, your employees can get the safest care possible and avoid complications or medical errors.
