Quantum Health Recognized as an American Heart Association Fit-Friendly Worksite
Worksite Takes Steps to Decrease Healthcare Expenses, Increase Productivity
(firmenpresse) - COLUMBUS, OH -- (Marketwired) -- 04/03/13 -- Quantum Health has been recognized as a 2013 Platinum-Level Fit-Friendly Worksite by the American Heart Association for helping employees eat better and move more. The company is among 533 companies nationwide to achieve Platinum-Level honors, including several Fortune-500s (e.g., General Electric, Whole Foods, Qualcomm, Cargill, Boeing, Nestle).
As a Platinum-Level employer, Quantum Health is lauded for its efforts to: offer employees physical activity options in the workplace; increase healthy eating options and promote a wellness culture; implement at least nine criteria outlined by the American Heart Association in the areas of physical activity, nutrition and culture; and demonstrate measurable outcomes related to workplace wellness.
"We're honored to be recognized by the American Heart Association as a Platinum-Level Fit-Friendly Worksite for our employee health improvement and wellness initiatives," said Kara J. Trott, CEO of Quantum Health. "Quantum Health is committed to providing the best workplace environment possible, which encourages healthy choices for fitness and physical activity, and helps our employees reach their personal fitness goals."
Quantum Health offers free, fresh fruit every day, maintains an on-site fitness center, sponsors an employee softball team, and regularly opens up its meeting room space for Zumba, yoga, strength-training and kickboxing/P90x classes. The Quantum Cares program organizes group participation in local philanthropic runs/walks and community-sponsored fitness events such as The Ohio State University's Jesse Owens Classic and Ohio Wesleyan University's Yoga Outreach Columbus event.
Additionally, Quantum Health has partnered with Sonic Boom Wellness to initiate its Sonic Striding walking program, which leverages gamification strategies to encourage physical movement. Participating employees are equipped with activity monitors that clip to their shoe, and several wireless receivers are mounted throughout the office. The system tracks walking/running steps, time lapsed doing a physical activity, total calories burned, speed and distance, and automatically uploads activity data to a private website.
The Fit-Friendly Worksites program is a catalyst for positive change in the American workforce, by helping worksites make their employees' health and wellness a priority. American employers are losing an estimated $225.8 billion a year because of healthcare expenses and health-related losses in productivity, and those numbers are rising. Many American adults spend most of their waking hours at sedentary jobs. Their lack of regular physical activity raises their risk for a host of medical problems, such as obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes. Employers face $12.7 billion in annual medical expenses due to obesity alone. The American Heart Association is working to change corporate cultures by motivating employees to start walking, which has the lowest dropout rate of any physical activity.
"The Fit-Friendly Worksites Program offers a unique, easy-to-implement opportunity for corporations to increase employees' physical activity, which will help improve their health -- and their employers' bottom line," said Theresa McBride, AHA spokesperson. "Even people who haven't exercised regularly until middle age can reap significant benefits by starting a walking program. A study published in 1986 in the New England Journal of Medicine found that some adults may gain two hours of life expectancy for every hour of regular, vigorous exercise they performed."
For more information about the Fit-Friendly Worksites program, call 1-800-AHA-USA1 or visit . To learn more about Quantum Health, visit .
Founded in Columbus in 1999, Quantum Health is an award-winning care management and health improvement company serving the health care needs of more than 340,000 members at nearly 80 self-funded public and private sector organizations including hospital systems, manufacturers, coalitions, school districts, technology, entertainment, and retail companies across the U.S. Through its real-time, "virtual medical home" concept that saves employers 5-8% in health care costs without reducing health benefits, Quantum Health Care Coordinators help patients, their families, and their physicians work together to ensure proper care, eliminating redundant, delayed and questionable care -- literally driving unnecessary medical costs and confusion out of the system. For more information about Quantum Health, visit: . Follow us on Twitter at (at)QuantumHealth1.
The American Heart Association is devoted to saving people from heart disease and stroke -- America's No. 1 and No. 4 killers. We team with millions of volunteers to fund innovative research, fight for stronger public health policies, and provide lifesaving tools and information to prevent and treat these diseases. The Dallas-based association is the nation's oldest and largest voluntary organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke. To learn more or join us, call 1-800-AHA-USA1 or any of our offices around the country, or visit .
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