Tag Archives: behavior change

• “Mint.com” for healthcare?

  Posted on June 20, 2011 by courtneyhughes in health behaviors, health data

  You can’t boil the ocean with personalized medical data- at least not yet. Companies like Keas have tried and failed (fortunately for them, Keas is finding success with a new gamification approach). They aren’t the only company whose attempted to be the “Mint.com” of health care – if I only had a dollar for each […]

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• Opportunity: Wellness Technologies for Self-insured Employers

  Posted on May 26, 2011 by courtneyhughes in health behaviors, health costs, workplace wellness

  Self-insured employers are motivated to reduce medical costs to achieve costs savings. A growing percentage of small employers are self-insured, increasing by 65% between 2008 and 2010 according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers report. (80% of employers with 1,000 or more employees are already self-insured). Why the trend? To cut healthcare costs, of course. Rather than pay […]

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• Policies drive home behavior change

  Posted on February 26, 2010 by courtneyhughes in health behaviors, health policy

  While individual behavior change strategies (e.g., establishing exercise regimens, nutritional ounseling, etc.) can be effective, implementing government policies that facilitate behavior change and nudge citizens toward healthier lifestyles is a key component toward improving population health. Both individual and community change should happen in tandem to really impact health outcomes and the overall wellness of […]

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• Worry may be a motivating factor for quitting smoking.

  Posted on March 3, 2009 by courtneyhughes in health behaviors, health communication

  A study published in the latest issue of the journal Annals of Behavioral Medicine shows that worry may be an important factor in motivating people to quit smoking. Lead author Renee Magnan and her coauthors found that sending smokers several messages (six to eight per day) creates worry that causes them to contemplate quitting. In […]

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• Workplace obesity programs and decreased health risks

  Posted on February 14, 2009 by courtneyhughes in health costs, obesity, workplace wellness

  A couple of interesting studies on how workplace obesity programs can lower health risks: A study recently published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine found that environmental changes can positively impact employees’ health risks, including weight. Ron Goetzel et al. discussed the first-year results of Dow Chemical’s obesity prevention program, studying over 8,000 […]

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