Zealous for Wellness: Deciding What Kind of Change You Want

This article looks at the measurements and reporting strategies used by some specific companies. Their interventions, goals, and measures depend a lot on who’s paying for the service. Wondr Health Gives Employers What They Ask For Wondr Health, like so many companies in this article and in the value-based healthcare space generally, works with employers and payers. Ultimately, for many employers, the purpose of engaging Wondr Health’s behavioral interventions is to improve employee productivity. According to chief medical officer Dr. Tim Church, some of Wondr Health’s clients focus on cutting down the cost of health care claims, which can require one to two years of measurement. Some are looking for clinical improvements, and some even for culture change. The employer’s goals determine the interventions that follow. Wondr Health does ask for employee self-assessments. Many employees using the service report sleeping better, feeling more confident and energetic, and other quality-of-life changes. Church also pointed out that interventions that might work in direct-to-consumer services or other contexts might not work in employer programs. He says that monetary rewards usually don’t work and are rarely offered by their clients. Lasting change usually comes from self-motivation and is ingrained within company culture. DecisionRx Runs a Study With Specific Measures The importance of carefully choosing what you measure can be illustrated by Decisi...
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