Latest Health promotion Stories

Industry-first offering encourages and rewards healthy living and smart shopping behaviors using innovative, integrated web and mobile platform MINNEAPOLIS and SAN FRANCISCO, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- RedBrick Health, a fast-growing leader in consumer health engagement and behavior change technology, and ClearCost Health, an innovator in health care price transparency, today announced a collaboration to create the first integrated offering designed to address two of the biggest...

HealthSignia’s Health and Wellness Plans will seek to provide consumers, patients and their providers an intuitive, engaging, and low-cost solution to manage their health, wellness, and preventive care needs. Washington, DC (PRWEB) June 18, 2013 With increasing healthcare and insurance prices, health and wellness programs are swiftly moving from a “luxury” to absolutely necessary. Washington, DC-based company HealthSignia, a Health and Wellness firm, today announced its plans to...

Now available for health promotion professionals, a team wellness challenge checklist outlining techniques for team health promotions at work. Midland, MI (PRWEB) June 15, 2013 With the release of its online publication, Team Wellness Challenges: 10 Keys to Success, Health Enhancement Systems now offers corporate wellness professionals a free guideline focusing on the dos and don’ts of workplace team wellness campaigns. This publication is part of a series of 1-page Need to Know...

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is becoming law in 2014, meaning that employers of all sizes are scrambling to decode the regulations and determine how to conform to the new guidelines. Wellness initiatives are an important part in cost-containment strategies for employer groups, but it is important to understand various incentive programs and how to track their successes. Seattle, WA (PRWEB) June 14, 2013 Healthcare reform is set to take affect on January 1st, 2014 and while most insurance...

Funding and technical assistance from the Center for Prevention will help 13 organizations fight health disparities related to tobacco use, limited access to healthy food and lack of physical activity. EAGAN, Minn., June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- While Minnesota is often recognized as one of the healthiest states in the nation, its low-income and minority populations suffer disproportionately from poorer health. In an effort to change this, the Center for Prevention at Blue...

CCA joins forces with many organizations to promote the value of an engaged and healthy workforce. Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) June 12, 2013 The Care Continuum Alliance, the voice of population health and wellness, announced today its support for the fifth annual National Employee Wellness Month. This month-long initiative helps business leaders learn from best practices how to successfully engage employees in healthy lifestyles. “We are particularly proud of the work and programs many of...

RED BANK, N.J., June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- HealthyWomen, the nation's leading health information resource for women, today announced a strategic partnership with Men's Health Network, the national nonprofit that educates men on preventive health measures. Under this new partnership, both organizations will collaborate to develop health education and awareness campaigns designed to empower consumers and health care professionals (HCPs) to take a proactive role in their...

NEW YORK, June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Jed Foundation, a leading organization working to promote emotional health and prevent suicide among college students, today unveiled its JedCampus program--a nationwide initiative designed to help colleges and universities assess and enhance mental health promotion and suicide prevention programming on campus. "College is a time of increased pressure when many students experience symptoms of emotional health issues like depression, eating...

WeComply, Inc., a leader in online ethics and compliance training, has announced a new "Affordable Care Act for Employees" training course. This course provides a preliminary “report card” on those aspects of the Affordable Care Act that are now in effect, as well as a quick look at important provisions that will become effective in the near future. Mahwah, NJ (PRWEB) June 10, 2013 WeComply, Inc., a leader in online ethics and compliance training, has announced a new...

Care Continuum Alliance opened registration for its annual conference, which takes place in Scottsdale, Arizona, October 23-25. Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) June 10, 2013 The Care Continuum Alliance, the voice of the population health, opened the registration for its annual conference, CCA Forum 2013, to be held October 23-25, in Scottsdale, Arizona, with the theme, The Value of Population Health: Implementation Matters. “This year´s CCA Forum 2013 covers a very wide range of the most...