Humana Uncovers Wellness Trends to Help Employers Create a Happier, Healthier Workplace
February 27 2017 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Understanding and assessing five trends – an
aging population, financial well-being, mindfulness, sleep, the
‘connected experience 2.0’ – will help employers make decisions to
drive employee wellness
Workers are getting older, sleepier and increasingly worried
about their finances while they rely on mindfulness and emerging
technology to help them achieve their desired health. This is the
state of wellness according to the 2017 Humana Wellness Trends
Report, released today by health and well-being company Humana Inc.
(NYSE: HUM).
The report guides and counsels employers on the five most
relevant current and emerging wellness-related challenges at the
top of employees’ minds this year, while offering ways to make
wellness programs more inclusive and holistic.
Humana Wellness uncovered trends that represent a comprehensive
range of current topics significantly impacting the world of
wellness: an aging population, financial well-being, mindfulness
and sleep. One trend – the connected experience 2.0 – predicts how
the intersection of emerging technology and health data will
reshape how employees approach wellness.
It also discusses how addressing these trends can help reduce
costs. This is pivotal for employers at a time when health care
costs, which account for an average 7.6 percent of an
organization’s budget, continue to increase.
“Workforce wellness goes beyond simply addressing physical
health and nutrition,” said Kristine Mullen, Vice President,
Wellness and Strategy at Humana. “With the 2017 Humana Wellness
Trends Report, we’re unveiling the wellness factors that keep
employees up at night, including financial and emotional security.
By understanding employees’ everyday challenges and needs,
employers can take definitive actions to jumpstart or enhance their
wellness strategies, make a significant difference in their
employees’ lives and drive down health care costs.”
The “connected experience 2.0” revolutionizing wellness
strategies
The “Internet of things,” referring to everyday devices
connecting to the internet and transmitting data with
interconnected systems, is an emerging concept continually linked
to health and wellness. This connected experience is beginning to
amplify beyond wearable fitness trackers. As wellness programs
begin to integrate these devices and employers gain access to the
data, employers will gain insight into what’s driving
organizational health costs and how to resolve them.
Older workforce leads to health, caregiving burdens
The U.S. workforce is getting older and retiring later due to
the stress of financial burdens, caring for older loved ones and
increasing health care costs. About 14.5 percent of the U.S.
population was aged 65 years or older in 2014, and that number will
rise to 21.7 percent by 2040.
Financial stress affects productivity
Americans identify money as their top stressor, which can reduce
employee productivity and contribute to absenteeism, presenteeism
and poor health. Research states 37 percent of full-time employees
deal with financial issues while working, affecting businesses’
bottom lines in the long run.
Poor sleep leading to errors, low morale
Among workers age 30 and older, 74 percent say lack of sleep
affects their work performance. Additionally, poor sleep can cause
workers to struggle with processing and remembering information,
become prone to errors and accidents and experience lower
morale.
Workers benefit from mindfulness techniques
Research has found a mindful approach may help ease the “effects
of stress, anxiety and other negative emotions.” A number of
organizations have adopted mindfulness techniques to boost
productivity and improve mental health among their employees.
For the full 2017 Humana Wellness Trend Report, which provides
best practices and tips in relation to each of the trends, visit
http://trendsreport.infonowweb.com. To learn more about how to
start or enhance your own wellness strategy and address the
wellness trends that are top of employees’ minds in 2017, visit
humanawellness.com.
About Humana
Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Ky., is a leading
health and well-being company focused on making it easy for people
to achieve their best health with clinical excellence through
coordinated care. The company’s strategy integrates care delivery,
the member experience, and clinical and consumer insights to
encourage engagement, behavior change, proactive clinical outreach
and wellness for the millions of people we serve across the
country.
More information regarding Humana is available to investors via
the Investor Relations page of the company’s web site
at www.humana.com, including copies of:
- Annual reports to stockholders
- Securities and Exchange Commission
filings
- Most recent investor conference
presentations
- Quarterly earnings news releases and
conference calls
- Calendar of events
- Corporate Governance information
About Humana Wellness
The Humana Wellness set of programs and services, including
Go365TM, our Goal GuruTM challenges and digital coaching platform,
EAP and Work-Life Services, health coaching, biometrics, and
on-site health promotion consultants (to name a few), enables
people to live happier, healthier lives through personalized,
simple solutions that inspire and motivate them. Our comprehensive
suite of solutions, serving more than 29 million members, is
grounded in behavior change science and is designed to deliver
trackable, verifiable results.
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