Mental health illness affects more than 1 billion people across the globe, constituting one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. In America, an estimated 26 percent of adults suffer from a diagnosable mental health disorder—mainly anxiety and depression—each year. This disease burden, coupled with the limited access to mental health care globally, has been heightened by the coronavirus pandemic as the health crisis plunged the world into immense financial, mental, and economic distress. Given the now worsened access to mental health services and increased burden of mental health illnesses in the country and across the world, the National Register of Health Service Psychologists has teamed up with BurnAlong to create a digital platform that would drive access to mental health care services by an expansive global audience
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View Content →As travel restrictions are being lifted across the world, passengers and airlines alike face the hurdle of meeting, verifying, and accessing entry requirements in the context of COVID-19. To solve this problem, Singapore's Affinidi partners with Commons Project, TrustAssure to design COVID-19 digital passport for global travel
View Content →As air travel gradually returns from its more than one-year hiatus, two airlines are leveraging technology to drive a seamless travel experience for passengers post-COVID-19. Delta Airlines and Virgin Atlantic have debuted a digital health passport that integrates COVID-19 data for efficient and fast travel coordination for passengers
View Content →Burnalong, the world's leading health and wellbeing platform, has opened registrations for one of America's biggest corporate wellness competitions, America's Healthiest Company Challenge. The wellness drive initiative helps business owners to redefine the culture of health in the workplace and take a more holistic approach to improving employee wellbeing and health
View Content →Business leaders, and employees alike, now place a premium on employee safety and wellness
View Content →Today's stakeholders want to be associated with companies that are driven by a sense of purpose and social responsibility; organizations that place a premium on employee welfare and societal wellness. In turn, an organization's culture may be one of the most critical factors to drive success in the new normal
View Content →Bank of America announced recently that it will raise its U.S minimum hourly wage to $25 by 2025
View Content →The coronavirus pandemic has remodeled work. In the wake of the pandemic, businesses adapted to the changing times by rethinking work patterns, allowing their employees work remotely on all or most work days. As the pandemic declines in many parts of the world, many business owners are thinking of leaving work that way - indefinitely
View Content →Before the pandemic, mental health problems, including anxiety and depression, cost the world over $1 trillion every year in lost productivity. Now that the pandemic has heightened the burden of mental health problems, companies are beginning to ask if these workplace mental health strategies are effective at all.
View Content →The COVID-19 outbreak had led to another pandemic, a mental health crisis, exposing the need for stronger mental health awareness and proactive strategies in the workplace
View Content →As COVID-19 vaccines are being rolled out across the country and the world, many employers are thinking of resuming on-site work for their employees who have been working from home for more than a year. However, for employees, it can no longer be business-as-usual; there are certain changes that must be on ground to ensure workers return to work safely
View Content →The coronavirus pandemic has pushed people to the edge of their financial wellbeing, spurring them to prioritize financial security and resiliency going forward. This is particularly true for women
View Content →Walmart has commenced plans to build a suite of digital healthcare offerings with the recent acquisition of telehealth provider MeMD. The move, the company said, is targeted at leveraging data and technology to improve engagement, health equity, and outcomes
View Content →More than 9,000 employees have tested positive for COVID-19 in Arkansas as workplaces struggle with the disease in the state.
View Content →Several employer groups, including Business Group on Health, the Health Transformation Alliance, ERISA Industry Committee, and National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions, have reached out to hospitals and ASCs across the county, urging them to participate in Leapfrog's surveys
View Content →According to a study byTotal Brain, 86% of U.S workers want a corporate culture that encourages them to talk about their mental health challenges and find clear solutions
View Content →Perx technologies, a company creating lifestyle marketing SaaS platforms, recently announced its strategis partnership with PT. Bank Commonwealth (PTBC), a subsidiary of Commonwealth Bank of Australia
View Content →The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how Americans work, as many business owners remodel work to remote or hybrid patterns. The interesting thing is that these changes may not be reversed even after the pandemic has resolved
View Content →A recent survey by Willis Towers Watson has revealed that UK employers are now shifting workplace wellness toward mental wellbeing following the mental health crisis induced by the global pandemic
View Content →Times are hard, and Gen X workers are facing the worst mental health crisis amid the pandemic. Recent data from Total Brain's Mental Health index shows that this strain on worker's mental health has worsened in recent months
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View Content →HR leaders and business owners are redifining employee perks and benefits in the post-pandemic era. For millions of workers across America, the pandemic has brought them to the most stressful time of their lives, and they now have a heightened health-awareness. Now is the time for employers to pay a closer attention to their employees' wellbeing to rev up productivity
View Content →Financial stress has always been a major source of burnout for employees; but when the pandemic hit, the burden multiplied. Now more than ever, employers need to rethink financial wellness, initiating strategies to help employees manage finances better
View Content →AKLOS Health is changing the game in physical health therapy. The company now leverages tech-driven models to provide personalized physiotherapy solutions to clients
View Content →The pandemic has dealt a huge blow to the corporate world; more finance professionals are reporting more mental health problems as the pandemic continues to disrupt the workplace
View Content →HR leaders have found in a recent survey that retaining talent will be the biggest challenge for employers in the coming months. How will employers and HR managers tackle this problem?
View Content →Mental health issues in the workplace contribute largely to the rates of absenteeism, presenteeism, and also increase healthcare spendings. The onus, therefore, is on employers to step up mental health initiatives in the workplace. Some recommendations include as simple as checking in regularly with workers about their mental wellbeing, increasing access to mental health srrvices and resources and emphasizing mental health as a priority for the company
View Content →People who work from home may not have as much fear of contagion but may be overwhelmed by the stress that comes from remote work. Such employees may have to grapple with maintaining work-life balance amid home-related activities. Working from home may blur the boundaries between work and family responsibilities, as employees struggle with more household chores and caregiving duties, including home-schooling and childcare. This hassle puts additional strain on workers’ wellbeing and productivity.
View Content →Employees around the world have described 2020 as the most stressful in their careers. The coronavirus pandemic has amplified financial stress from pay cuts, furloughs, job losses, as well as mental and physical strain from COVID-19 symptoms and death of loved ones from the infection. As countries slowly begin to ease these restrictions and people get back to the job market, one thing is clear: employees have placed a higher value on workplace benefits that address these challenges
View Content →Employee mental health and wellbeing had been left on the back burner in the corporate world for decades. But in the wake of the pandemic and the stress that came with it, business leaders are beginning to understand how crucial it is to employee productivity and business success
View Content →It has alwsys been held that the central goal of business is to maximize shareholder value, and economists had believed that a commitment to this goal would ensure a business and the society prospers. But examining workplace cultures centered on this goal shows that this narrative is unfit for the twenty-first century world. As a result, the Economist described the 'biggest idea in business' as one that recognizes its responsibilities to an array of stakeholders, from employees, suppliers, and customers, such that the business focuses on adding value to them
View Content →The coronavirus pandemic has driven massive digital revolution in healthcare. This trend will continue to expand ito the post-pandemic era, potentially shifting the paradigms of healthcare in the futureHealthcare sellers have rapidly adopted telehealth solutions to meet pent-up demand for care as healthcare systems and providers battled with the pandemic. This rapid digitization of healthcare will progress into the post-pandemic era, potentially shifting the paradigms of healthcare delivery in the future
View Content →One Call has revamped its business strategy in response to the pandemic, creating solutions and enhacing processes to move people through their care journeys more efficiently than before
View Content →Data shows that mental illness is becoming a pandemic, with the coronavirus crisis increasing the burden of mental health challenges. Now more than ever, business leaders need to play a close attention to their wlelness offerings and pivot these strategies to better address mental health problems
View Content →In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine developed a strategy to provide fast access to accurate content in a world that was slowly being plagued by disinformation and conspiracy theories. What started as a news platform to provide information about COVID-19 became a global hub that offers healthcare solutions across the world
View Content →Now that employees are returning to work from prolonged lockdowns and restrictions, one thing is clear on their minds: they have placed a premium on their health and wellbeing, and they expect employers to do the same too
View Content →The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our approach to work vis-à-vis our wellbeing. In the new normal of work, employees would love to see more financial benefits and wellness offerings from their employees
View Content →How has the coronavirus pandemic changed your workplace? In more ways than one, the pandemic has spurred paradigm shifts in workplace culture: business leaders are now remodeling workplace technology, structure, and design to fit the demands of the 'new normal'
View Content →One-size-fits-all wellness strategies are ineffective at meeting the unique needs and concerns of a diverse workforce. Consequently, to effectively promote employee health and wellbeing, business leaders need to tailor wellness initiatives to address the individual health concerns of the diverse workforce demographics
View Content →President Joe Biden pledged Tuesday that his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill would focus on building on the promise of the Affordable Care Act, allowing people who buy health policies to pay little or nothing out of pocket
View Content →The events of 2020 ended the illusion that we can separate our wellbeing (physical, mental, and spiritual) from our work. Between a global pandemic and the related shift in how and where we work, study, and live, there is no longer any question that our holistic wellness is a prerequisite for any action. This has been an awakening for us as humans, but particularly for leaders who have so much influence over their team’s wellbeing.
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