WASHINGTON, DC and BOISE, ID -- (MARKET WIRE) -- March 5, 2007 --Give employees a mission they
can believe in. Add a culture of respect, teamwork, and high integrity.
Throw in healthy-snack Wednesdays, an all-staff Wellness Day, a dozen or so
friendly dogs, "walk-about" meetings, and Connie, the receptionist, and
you've got the recipe for an award-winning workplace.
Healthwise, a nonprofit organization that has been helping people make
better health decisions since 1975, won a national 2007 Psychologically
Healthy Workplace Award on March 3rd. The American Psychological
Association presented Don Kemper, Healthwise founder and CEO, with the
award in Washington, D.C., for implementing unique programs for employee
well-being and productivity. Healthwise was also recognized recently with a
National Alfred P. Sloan Award for Workplace Flexibility.
According to Mr. Kemper, "Our mission and culture are at the heart of all
we do, every day. Our mission is to help people make better health
decisions. Our culture is built upon three pillars: respect, teamwork, and
do the right thing."
Nearly 90 million times a year, people turn to Healthwise® information
for help in making better health decisions. Healthwise books are in more
than 30 million homes. Healthwise content is on the Web sites of WebMD,
Yahoo!, MSN, and all ten of the top ten managed care organizations.
Healthwise Information Therapy (Ix®)
"We've earned a reputation for being both grounded in our mission and
continually ready to innovate," said Mr. Kemper. "We were leaders of the
self-care movement in the mid-'70s. We helped lead the wellness movement in
the '80s. We were there at the start of the health Internet in the '90s.
And we are leading the new concept of Information Therapy today."
Information Therapy (Ix) is the prescription of specific information to
people, at just the right time to help them make better health decisions.
So instead of searching for information, people receive the information
they need as part of the process of care. Scheduling a test? Get an Ix
message on how to prepare. Receiving lab results? Get information on how to
interpret the results. Considering surgery? Get help on deciding if it is
right for you.
"Externally, we are trying to transform the role of the patient in health
care," Kemper said, "and, internally, we just want to have a good, healthy
place to work."
Note to editors: Watch a short video about Healthwise and a brief Flash®
demonstration of the Healthwise Ix Coach at
www.healthwise.org/phwa.aspx.
More about the National Psychologically Healthy Workplace Awards
(
www.phwa.org)
(Russ Newman, APA practice directorate, 1.800.374.2723)
The American Psychological Association's National Psychologically Healthy
Workplace Award program is designed to recognize organizations that make a
commitment to programs and policies that foster employee health and
well-being while enhancing organizational performance and productivity. The
award program highlights a variety of workplaces, large and small, profit
and nonprofit, in diverse geographical settings. Applicants are evaluated
on their efforts in the following five areas:
-- Employee Involvement
-- Work-Life Balance
-- Employee Growth and Development
-- Health and Safety
-- Employee Recognition
More about the Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Workplace Flexibility
(
www.whenworkworks.org)
The Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility
are location-based awards that recognize employers for their innovative
workplace effectiveness and flexibility practices using a rigorous scoring
methodology that is largely based on employees' views. At many of the
winning sites, employees have taken an active role in suggesting these
strategies.
When Work Works is a nationwide initiative on workplace effectiveness and
workplace flexibility that is designed to share research and highlight
promising practice on what makes work "work" in the 21st Century. It is a
project of Families and Work Institute sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation, in partnership with the Institute for a Competitive Workforce,
an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Twiga Foundation.
About Healthwise
Healthwise is a nonprofit organization that has been helping people make
better health decisions since 1975. Nearly 90 million times a year, people
turn to Healthwise information for help in making health decisions.
Healthwise works with health plans, disease management companies,
hospitals, employers, and clinics to provide decision-support and
self-management information to the people they serve. Healthwise is leading
a major change in health care to prescribe information therapy to patients
as part of every health care encounter. To learn more, visit
www.healthwise.org or call 1.800.706.9646.
Healthwise, Healthwise for every health decision, and the Healthwise logo
are trademarks of Healthwise, Incorporated.
© Copyright 2007, Healthwise, Incorporated.
1.800.706.9646
www.healthwise.org
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Brenda Foster
Phone: 208.331.6963
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