What's the Value Proposition?

National business leaders are increasingly recognising that ‘healthier people means better business’ for both the employees and employers.  Reap the rewards from our range of health assessments and wellbeing plans like our other clients.

The benefits of participating in workplace corporate health programs include:

For employees, improved:

For employers, improved:

• productivity
• attendance levels
• levels of creativity and innovation
• employee engagement
• employee relations
• staff morale
• corporate image
• employee retention
• and importantly, reduced:
• sickness-related absenteeism
• presenteeism (health-related work impairment)
• workplace injury and workers compensation costs

Studies indicate that:

• organisations that don’t promote health and wellness are four times more likely to lose talent in the next 12 months¹
• workplace health programs have a positive impact on sick leave absenteeism, workers compensation costs and disability management costs¹
• workplace health programs provide a solid return on investment¹
• in organisations where workplace health is managed well, financial performance increased by more than 2.5 times²
• an engaged employee who is not physically or psychologically healthy will have reduced productivity³
• each year in Australia, undiagnosed depression in the workplace costs AU $4.3 billion in lost productivity and accounts for more than 12 million days of reduced productivity each year⁴

What other clients have found:

Health Assessments:

The following statistics are from companies who have implemented ongoing health assessments and interventions over time with Ford Health. When comparing health risks over time between the first and latest assessment significant improvements are noted:

• total cholesterol decreased from 54.5% to 46.4%
• LDL ('bad') cholesterol decreased from 61.2% to 49.2%
• proportion of overweight males decreased from 48% to 41%
• proportion of smokers decreased from 5.6% to 3%
• improved sleep decreased from 46.2% at risk to 33.2%
• overall stress decreased from 28% to 17%
• proportion affected by musculoskeletal pain affecting their daily ability dropped from 30.1% to 23.6%
  
  

Healthy Change Program:

When contacted as part of the Healthy Change program two weeks after completing their Health Assessment, a workgroup of 1000 were shown to have taken action to improve 60% of the health risks identified.

Actions taken included:

• visiting their GP to act on raised blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose levels or further health screens
• registering for quit smoking programs 
• increasing their exercise regime
• managing stress levels
• improving diet and nutrition
• moderating alcohol intake

All participants were counselled to assist their progress toward change and were provided with appropriate resources.

Following the completion of the Healthy Change program:

• 45% had maintained the changes
• 50% had made further improvements
  
  

Exercise Challenge:

As part of Ford Health’s evaluation of mychallenge – 10 week exercise challenge, over 18, 000 participants who completed the challenge reported on the following as a result of the challenge:

• participants exercising on four or more days a week increased from 51% (before starting the challenge) to 85% (after the challenge)
• participants who rated their health “above average” increased from 46% (before the challenge) to 80% (after the challenge)
• 65% of participants who wanted to lose weight, lost over 2kgs or 2.5cm off their waist
• more than 50% indentified increased team interaction, staff morale and enjoyment in the workplace

Read our case studies and testimonials which provide evidence of the positive impact that Ford Health can bring to your organisation.

 

_References: 

_{1. Chapman, L.S. (2007) Proof Positive. An Analysis of the Cost Effectiveness of Worksite Wellness. Seattle, WA: Chapman Institute.}

_{2. Right Management (2009) Wellness and Productivity [online] Available: http://www.rightmanagement.com.au/assets/x/50990}

_{3. World Economic Forum, Working Towards Wellness: The Business Rationale, 2008, Switzerland.} 

_{4. Right Management (2009) Wellness & Productivity Management: a new approach to increasing performance. Business & Talent. Aligned.}