Corporate Wellness Blog

Program directors or providers must have a background in wellness programming and a professional health-related degree or certification. They must have expertise in content areas, planning, promotion, administration, assessment, and ability to grow a program and tailor the program to the worksite.

Program providers must have a quality assurance program for evaluating the effectiveness of service personnel, to assess satisfaction of participants, and for personnel training and continuing education.

An overall policy statement must be available from directors and program vendors discussing the following concerns: assurance of confidentiality of health data, referral to medical care for at-risk participants, follow-up with referred participants and those at-risk, program assessment on process and outcomes, corporation of the workplace for promotion of wellness and changes in corporate culture. A clear contract or letter of agreement for services must be given.