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The LoneStart 21-Day Wellness Initiative is meeting
a real need for a number of rural and community
hospitals in Texas. "As
health care providers, our work is centered around
the needs and welfare of our patients and their
families," says Scott Nail, administrator of
Hardeman County Memorial Hospital in Quannah, Texas.
"As caregivers we sometimes neglect to care for
ourselves. We realize that if we are going to
fulfill our mission, we need to take care of and
protect our most important resource, our employees
and staff." Hardeman County Memorial Hospital will
introduce the LoneStart Challenge to its employees
on June 29th.
Like any other employer, hospitals are dealing with
ever-escalating health care costs and their effect
on the corporate bottom line. A well-conceived and
implemented employee wellness initiative will reduce
health care costs and absenteeism while improving
employee morale and productivity. But other benefits
accrue as well. The hospital demonstrates that it
has taken a proactive position regarding the health
of its employees, their families and their
community. It therefore fulfills a mandate, builds
brand equity and goodwill, meets an urgent need and
reinforces its position as the primary wellness
resource in its service area.
LoneStart maintains that hospitals represent an
ideal opportunity to create momentum for community
outreach wellness initiatives, increase awareness of
the important issues of obesity and inactivity, and
to promote an honest, realistic and achievable solution.
On July 13th, Jay Seifert, one of the co-founders of
LoneStart will explore these multiple benefits
during a presentation at the Northwest Texas
Hospital Association's Annual Convention in Abilene,
Texas. Contact us if you would like an outline of
that presentation.
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With some intense competition between the top teams
and remarkable individual performances, the Nocona
General Hospital / LoneStart Employee Wellness
Challenge concluded on May 1st, 2006.
"Well over 50 percent of our full time employees
participated in this 15-week challenge and every
team either maintained or improved their BMI average
score," says Corrie Kirkendall, RN and Wellness
Center Director for Nocona General Hospital. The
winning team reduced its average BMI by 3.3 points
to win the $1,500 cash price. The runner-up team
followed closely with an average loss of 3.24 points.
Kirkendall pionts out that there were some truly
remarkable individual performances, with one person
imporving her BMI by 6.6 points. Several
participants moved from the Obese to Overweight or
from Overweight to Healthy BMI categories. "In a
very real sense, everyone at Nocona General is a
winner. As an organization, we have a heightened
awareness of the costs and consequences of poor
nutritional choices and inactivity. More
importantly, we have demonstrated that each of us
has the ability to take charge of our own health and
wellness."
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If your organization is willing to take responsibility for promoting healthy lifestyles and a healthy work environment, LoneStart is an effective, low-cost and easy-to-administer employee wellness program, which functions equally well as a stand-alone initiative or as a high-impact jump-start to existing or proposed employee wellness strategies. Contact us today to find out how the LoneStart 21-Day Wellness Initiative will change your workplace.
A Challenge. An Opportunity. A Solution.
The LoneStart 21-Day Wellness Initiative
email:
info@lonestartnow.com
phone:
512.894.3440
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