1. School for Disabled and Special Needs Students
Number of Employees:
4,000 across multiple locations
Challenge:
Client was unhappy with their health plan’s Wellness Program because of limited activities, delays in reporting and low employee participation. They were interested in retaining a few features of the program that were working well (i.e. Weight Watchers, health coaching).
In addition, management had difficulty communicating with employees across more than a dozen locations.

2. Solution: Their Health Advocate Wellness Program Consultant:
Worked with the client’s management team to develop a program with wider appeal to attract more participants
Worked to understand the distinct needs of each location
Designed a communications campaign to increase awareness and drive participation
Integrated their existing Weight Watchers program
Added incentives around Health Coaching
Offered more activities such as organization-wide challenges and workshops
Enhanced reporting to provide location-specific utilization statistics
Published a testimonial in the company’s newsletter from an employee whose life was changed by participating in the program

3. Results: Significant increases in engagement from 2015 to 2016:
46% increase in coaching engagements
40% increase in use of one or more features of the program
300% increase in use of four or more features of the program
90% increase in completed online workshops
160% increase in challenge participation
50% increase in health tracker usage