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Employers & HR Leaders

How remote and hybrid work has redefined wellness benefits

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Our new reality has created new barriers to better health for employees who once thrived in onsite wellness programs.

Time to read: 3 minutes
By Clark Lagemann

The acceleration of remote-hybrid work has created new barriers to health for employees who thrived with traditional, onsite wellness programs. As impediments to better health increase, unhealthy lifestyles such as inactivity, poor diet, stress, inadequate sleep, addictions, and associated health risks such as depression, may be exacerbated. How can benefits brokers and managers help companies and individuals navigate wellness and behavior change options in a way that promotes lasting change?

Synopsis:

  • Why brokers should offer digital coaching to address mounting health and wellness issues.
  • How cognitive behavioral training can increase engagement and retention in programs to improve mental health.
  • The importance of offering behavior change programs to support mental health initiatives.
  • The ROI of behavior change programs for both the employee- and employer-paid programs as well as how programs contribute to the reduction of health spend.

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For contributed media inquiries, contact:
Kristin Hege
kristin@conveycommsagency.com
480-540-6496

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Health Coaches

Why personalizing care is essential to patient engagement success

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Content and interactions tailored to address unique individual choices and preferences create long-lasting healthy outcomes and drive habit changes.

Time to read: 3 minutes
By Clark Lagemann

Synopsis:

  • Stress, bad sleep, poor nutrition, lack of physical activity, and substance abuse are at the root of most chronic diseases that drive the most healthcare costs.
  • One-size-fits-all approaches do not engage individuals on a personal level, which impacts protocol adherence.
  • Technology can help scale a 1-to-1 coaching experience to improve results without straining budgets.
  • To effectively inspire engagement, platforms must provide a few key elements: approachable dialogue, flexibility of care, enhanced patient experiences, individualized two-way communication.

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For contributed media inquiries, contact:
Kristin Hege
kristin@conveycommsagency.com
480-540-6496

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Individuals

Providing substance abuse support in a virtual world

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Substance use support delivered virtually is accessible, cost-effective, and allows anyone struggling with substance use disorder to incorporate life-changing cognitive-behavioral tools into their daily habits.

Time to read: 3 minutes
By Clark Lagemann

Synopsis:

  • COVID-19 pandemic created more barriers to care for those suffering from Substance Use Disorder (SUD).
  • Shuttered recovery centers and attention redirected from SUD to the pandemic left those experiencing substance misuse fewer resources for help. But the lack of virtual resources is also a longstanding challenge.
  • According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, of the 19 million adults who needed substance use care in 2016, only 10.8 received support.
  • Barriers to support include expense, unrealistic time commitment away from work and family, and perceived shame of seeking help.
  • Virtual SUD support is a solution to extend help to those in need. Virtual SUD support is accessible, cost-effective, and allows anyone struggling with substance use disorder to incorporate life-changing cognitive-behavioral tools into their daily habits.

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For contributed media inquiries, contact:
Kristin Hege
kristin@conveycommsagency.com
480-540-6496

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Employers & HR Leaders

For employees struggling with addiction, digital tools can be the first step toward treatment

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Employees dealing with the relentless stress of the pandemic are increasingly turning to drugs and alcohol to take the edge off.

Time to read: 3 minutes
By Paola Peralta

Synopsis:

  • Even in the face of office re-openings and the imminent return of the world as we once knew it, the uptick in employees grappling with substance use isn’t likely to subside.
  • By June of last year, 13% of Americans reported starting or increasing their substance use as a way to cope with stress or emotions related to COVID-19, according to the CDC.
  • At-risk employees are spelling trouble for workplace productivity.
  • “When there’s a stigma it means you probably don’t want to get help.”
  • Avidon Health released LivingClear to address the need for new, discreet solutions for SUD.

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For contributed media inquiries, contact:
Kristin Hege
kristin@conveycommsagency.com
480-540-6496

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Health Coaches

Surprise! Patient engagement is about the individual

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It’s well understood that patient engagement leads to better outcomes. A powerful way to boost engagement is by delivering a personalized care experience so that patients can manage their condition in a way that best aligns with their lifestyle and goals.

Time to read: 4 minutes
By Tim Aumueller

Synopsis:

  • Because patient engagement boosts health outcomes, patient engagement and personalized care has taken center-stage.
  • Personalized care must go beyond providing education and treatment specific to a patient’s condition.
  • High-valued care and an enhanced patient experience must be driven by authentic and individualized conversations and flexibility to adjust care paths based on the patient’s lifestyle, goals, and needs.
  • Health systems and providers are merging technology with 1:1 communications in a way that focuses on the individual — not just their condition — and bringing it to scale.

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For contributed media inquiries, contact:
Kristin Hege
kristin@conveycommsagency.com
480-540-6496

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Health Coaches

Humanizing patient engagement with one-to-one coaching

Effective coaching delivered virtually must be conversational and personalized to the individual.

Time to read: 4 minutes
By Tim Aumueller

Synopsis:

  • 60 percent of American adults live with at least one chronic condition; 42 percent have more than one.
  • Physicians lament that patient engagement and treatment adherence is a pervasive barrier to health for those suffering from chronic health conditions.
  • While onsite, person-to-person coaching in tandem with physician-led care improves chronic disease management, it is expensive and time consuming.
  • Online person-to-person holistic health coaching is a cost effective way to augment traditional treatment, however it’s difficult to scale.
  • Technology platforms that deliver personalized health coaching via automated conversations provide tailored support at scale and improve health outcomes.

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For contributed media inquiries, contact:
Kristin Hege
kristin@conveycommsagency.com
480-540-6496

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Health Coaches

Key factors to drive healthcare engagement

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In an era when patient communication channels have moved online, how can providers ensure that digital health and behavior modification tools drive healthcare engagement in a way that promotes meaningful, long-lasting, and positive outcomes?

Time to read: 4 minutes
By Clark Lagemann

Synopsis:

  • Each of us is unique. Genetics, Social Determinants of Health (SDoH), and behavior calls on health systems and providers to address chronic health conditions and deliver treatment in a personalized way that meets each individual’s unique needs.
  • In an era when patient communication channels have moved online, providers leverage digital health platforms to drive healthcare engagement.
  • Cognitive behavioral interventions delivered virtually and tailored to the individual are a must to boost patient engagement and see positive health change, but how?
  • Interventions must align with a patient’s values and goals for lasting success.
  • Deploying an automated and effective onboarding patient experience and prioritizing personalized communication is mission-critical to ensure lasting success.

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For contributed media inquiries, contact:
Kristin Hege
kristin@conveycommsagency.com
480-540-6496

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