SYKESVILLE, MD (May 5, 2015) – As we enter Employee Health & Fitness Month, WellAdvantage is proud to announce its partnership with Healthiest Maryland Businesses, a statewide initiative designed to engage business leaders in maximizing Maryland employees’ well-being.
“We are excited to partner with Healthiest Maryland Businesses and other employers to promote healthy living in the workplace,” shared WellAdvantage CEO Bonnie Monroe. “We are committed to the health and wellness of our employees and the employees of our clients, and this designation helps to strengthen our program and employee offerings.”
As a part of its own employee wellness program, as well as the programs administered for clients, WellAdvantage offers:
- Health education including skills development, behavior change classes, awareness building brochures and posters,
- Supportive physical and social environments for health improvement, which includes tobacco free policies, subsidized gym memberships, and more,
- Employee screenings with adequate treatment and follow up. We offer Health Risk Assessments (HRAs) and biometric screenings to all employees and their families, and
- Healthy lifestyle mobile app and interactive site to support employees in their daily health and fitness journey.
With the knowledge that most people spend much of their awake time in the workplace, finding ways to partner with employers to help their employees live their healthiest and happiest life is part of the WellAdvantage mission. WellAdvantage continues to stay at the forefront of workplace wellness.
About WellAdvantage™
WellAdvantage is an award-winning preventive health and corporate wellness company. Since 2001, WellAdvantage has developed innovative, customized wellness programs that deliver proven results in health awareness and disease prevention. WellAdvantage offers clients the latest in personal health monitoring and management technology, wellness coaching, biometric screenings, aggregate outcomes reporting and corporate incentive programs. WellAdvantage is MBE/WBE certified. For more information, please visit http://localhost/wellAdvantage.
About Healthiest Maryland Businesses
As the nation and the state implement health reforms to increase access to health care for more Maryland families and businesses, prevention becomes a top priority to improve health and contain rising health care costs. The Healthiest Maryland Businesses movement uses workplace wellness initiatives to support employees and their families in creating healthier lifestyles that reduce health conditions such as obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, cancer, heart attacks, and strokes. Wellness programs often focus on healthier food choices, increasing physical activity in and out of the workplace, and smoking cessation.