Health Assessments and Biometric Screenings
December 13th, 2019
As we enter 2020, many people will review their overall health status and make New Year’s resolutions on how to improve. To name a few, changes may be made in exercise routine, nutrition and stress reduction. A recent report, Wisconsin Workplace Wellness V4.0, published by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (Division of Public Health/Wisconsin Chronic Disease Program) is a thoughtful guide to assessing the needs of your employees, creating an engaging wellness program and then evaluating the effectiveness of your program. Here is a compelling excerpt taken from the report regarding health assessments/biometric screenings:
“Workplace health promotion programs in most settings conventionally ask individual participants to complete a brief questionnaire that summarizes key health information, which can then generate a statistical estimate of one’s overall health status at the beginning of program participation. These assessments (or surveys) are often referred to as “health assessments”. Health assessments (HA, also known as health risk assessments: HRAs) help identify health issues and should provide a feedback mechanism or follow-up plan to help employees to understand the results and what they should do with the information. Biometric Screenings, such as blood pressure readings or blood analysis, may be part of a health assessment or may be done separately. In either case, like HAs, there should be a follow-up plan to make good use of the results…”
Make VaxPro's Biometric Screening Service an integral part of your company’s wellness program for 2020. We provide an affordable way to rapidly assess an employee’s risk for heart disease and diabetes. Your customized program will be designed to fit your company's needs and could include blood pressure, height/weight (BMI), total cholesterol (blood or fingerstick), HDL, LDL, triglycerides, glucose, A1C and nicotine testing. The confidential test results are provided to your employee at the conclusion of the 15-minute assessment, along with a coaching session that could include referral to your employee’s primary care physician. While individual test results are confidential to your employee, aggregate clinic results may help to reduce your company’s insurance claim costs by gaining a better understanding of the health status and risks of your entire employee population.
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