For Employers-Health and Wellness
At Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, we care about our employees. They are a reflection of our organization and keeping them focused, safe and healthy reflects our mission to provide exceptional health care services.
One of the most significant investments that a company has is its employees. We have resources necessary to help maintain healthy individuals and families. That ultimately leads to healthier workers and improved productivity. Our highly trained physicians and other clinical professionals use the most advanced equipment and technology and we offer services in many convenient locations. Our occupational health and rehabilitation experts provide a wide array of services specially designed for each company and its workers.
Our Mental Health and Addictions Care department offers the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). This program provides assessments for employees and their families related to work and or life stressors. In addition, EAP offers crisis debriefing to participating companies. This service is utilized when a crisis occurs at the work site (robbery, death, etc.). Our team of experts can be available as needed.
We have customized educational programs and services to help maintain a healthy workforce and ultimately help employers save health care costs.
Take Control of Your Company’s Health Care Costs
Wheaton Franciscan Healthy Connections is about an overall relationship between the employer and Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare.
Our goal is to work with you to create a comprehensive plan that will allow you to offer a customized wellness program for your employees and help you save in health care costs.
We can help you reduce your health care costs by using the following strategies:
- Administer Health Risk Assessments to your employees.
- Identify and proactively manage your employees’ main health concerns.
- Report Consultation
- On-Site Primary Care
- On-site Health Coach
- Chronic Disease Management
- On-site health and wellness educational sessions at your company
- Communication and Promotion Plan for employees
- Review of program success
- We also offer a Healthy Connections Executive Program.
On-Site Primary Care
Because your employees are valuable members of your organization, Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare is committed to helping them lead a healthier life because that is beneficial to their personal and work life. We can develop a customized wellness plan to help identify health risk factors, to provide education about positive health changes, and to offer convenient health services.
One important benefit that we include is an on-site Nurse Practitioner who can provide the following services:
- Diagnose and treat urgent and acute illnesses, such as sinus infections or strep throat
- Write prescriptions
- Administer flu vaccines and other immunizations
- Develop individualized wellness plans for employees
- Chronic Disease Management, such as diabetes
- Individual Wellness Consultation
- Collaborate with your primary care physician
- Treat injuries that occur at work
- Make referrals to network provider for medical appointments
- Conduct annual Health Risk Assessments
- Offer individual and group education sessions
On-Site Health Coaching
Because your employees are valuable members of your organization, Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare is committed to helping them lead a healthier life because that is beneficial to their personal and work life. We can develop a customized wellness plan to help identify health risk factors, to provide education about positive health changes, and to offer convenient health services.
One important benefit that we include is an on-site Registered Nurse who can provide services including:
- Blood pressure checks
- Wellness coaching
- Weight, body fat percentage and body mass index (BMI) checks
- Nutritional counseling
- Follow-up with identified health issues on an individual’s Health Risk Assessment, including blood pressure, cholesterol, etc.
- Address personal health questions
- Administer immunizations
- Discuss work related injury/illness questions
- Advise on preventative screening guidelines
- Smoking cessation education
- Assistance with obtaining a primary physician
On-site Health and Wellness Education
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare can work with employers to coordinate educational sessions at the workplace to bring health care education to all employees. Our clinical experts can share information about a variety of health education topics at times that are convenient to your work schedules. Our goal is make employees aware of the resources they have in our local health care system as well as the many health programs and services available to their families.
Please click here to view our Calendar of Topics (link to Healthier Connections Calendar info) that can be provided on-site for your workforce. These “Steps to a Healthier You” topics are ones that we know are of much interest and can have an impact on individuals’ lifestyles. At the same time, if you have another topic that best meets your organization’s specific needs, just let us know, and we’ll work with you to bring an expert to your workplace to provide helpful information on that topic as well.
Health Risk Assessments
Each year nearly 1.3 million people die prematurely in the United States from conditions which can be prevented or delayed. A Health Risk Assessment can help you to avoid becoming one of these statistics.
A Health Risk Assessment (HRA) can provide you and your employees with ideas for healthy living and for minimizing the risks of being sick. It consists of four components:
- 40 Personal Health and Lifestyle Habit Questions
- 10 Clinical Measurements: Blood Sugar, Cholesterol (Total, LDL & HDL), Body Fat, Weight, Height, Blood Pressure, Triglycerides, Heart Rate
- Individualized Personal Wellness Reports: Good Habits Score, Leading Health Risks, Recommended Preventative Services, Recommendations to Improve Health
- Group Summary Report about the status of your employees as a whole
Additionally, a health coach can meet individually with employees to review their HRA results and make recommendations on lifestyle changes and provide assistance with any preventative screenings. The wellness coaching, along with the HRA, can provide an effective personal wellness plan.
As the employer, you will receive a Group Summary Report which offers your company a snapshot of the overall health status of your employees and allows you to better plan your health and wellness programs.
Wellness is the process of being aware of and actively working towards better health. It includes Awareness, Education as well as Change in Behaviors. A HRA can be the first step towards you and your employees adding years to your life…and life to your years!
For more information on Wheaton Franciscan Healthy Connections and its Health and Wellness Services, please call (262) 687-2130 or contact Judy.Gavigan@wfhc.org.