Our Mission
Publicom's commitment is to encourage healthy lifestyles, create a healthier
work environment, promote optimal productivity and assist in controlling company
health costs. Our integrated health promotions are designed to motivate employees,
to create positive employee behavior and performance, to reduce employee health
risks and associated medical care costs.
Workplace
HealthFirst Centers Work For You
Publicom HealthFirst Centers
offer your employees worksite blood pressure monitoring, weight & calorie analysis,
and ongoing maintenance and health information support. Our blood pressure computers
are manufactured by LifeClinic International®, one of the world's
largest suppliers of vital sign monitoring equipment. The computers are highly
accurate and produced with the same quality standards as hospital-based equipment.
Publicom HealthFirst
Centers Are Cost-Effective
Studies show that regular self-monitoring
can result in significant improvement in lifestyle behavior. Risk-causing behaviors,
such as smoking, lack of exercise and poor diet can be modified. When overall
health improves, productivity increases. Health care costs and absenteeism go
down -- morale goes up.
Publicom
HealthFirst Centers Encourage Use
HealthFirst Centers can
be located anywhere your employees gather - the cafeteria, rest areas, hallways,
recreation areas. Because they are self-attended computers, employees use them
any time, without any special assistance. And, the center can be the focus of
your overall health program.
Publicom
HealthFirst Centers Are Compact and Self-Contained
Only 8
square feet, the HealthFirst Center fits any location. No staff is needed and
your employees can use the equipment with no formal training. The instructional
information on the units explain what to do and takes them through the monitoring
process, step-by-step. This frees health professionals to focus on employee assistance
programs and immediate issues that require their direct attention.
Publicom
Offers Ongoing Health Information and Support
HealthFirst
Centers are maintained and serviced on a regular basis with regular updating of
health and fitness information, literature and supplies. Quality assurance inspections
are performed to comply with industry and FDA guidelines. In addition, employee
usage is tracked by reading external meters.
Illness Is Just
Too Expensive
The
Facts On The High Cost Of Employee Illness
FACT...
Cardiovascular disease is the nation’s
number one killer of adults. An estimated 900,000 people die from heart-related
illnesses every year. Of these, 225,000 are part of the general work force --
a death rate that is 13.5 times greater than that of industrial accidents. FACT...
Lifestyle practices contribute significantly
to health problems. Extensive clinical studies show that high blood pressure,
elevated blood cholesterol, diabetes, smoking, lack of exercise and stress are
risk factors for heart attack and stroke.
FACT... 30.8
million workers (36.5% of the total workforce) have high blood pressure. 16.7
million workers (19.7%) are at high risk for hypertensive disease. 14.1 million
workers (16.8%) are at increased risk. These workers between the ages of 45 and
74 have: - 3 times greater risk of coronary disease.
- 4
times greater risk of congestive heart failure.
- 7 times greater risk of stroke.
FACT... 26.7
million work days -- and $1.3 billion in earnings -- are lost annually to worker
illness. FACT...
Employers annually spend over $600 per worker with high blood pressure. FACT...
Over $300 billion is spent on health care in the United States each
year. Corporations pay the largest portion of this bill -- over $77 billion. FACT...
In many businesses, the cost of medical insurance in the workplace
is second only to wages among labor costs covered by employers -- and it’s continually
escalating. FACT...
Health promotions that include employee screenings help lower health
care premiums and raise productivity. One study concluded that employers providing
four or more health promotions reduced their overall cost per employee by approximately
31%. |
