2013 ACSM Health & Fitness Summit
Trends and Opportunities in Worksite Health Promotion
Charlie Estey, MS
Health Solutions, Owings Mills, Maryland
E-mail: [email protected]
Nico Pronk, Ph.D.
HealthPartners, Minneapolis, Minnesota
E-mail: [email protected]
I. Introduction
a. Presentation outline and objectives
II. What’s a trend...what’s a fad?
a. What is the current state of the field?
b. What is driving change in the field?
i. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
ii. The Accountable Care Organization initiatives
iii. The [leading] obesity epidemic
iv. The [lagging] diabetes epidemic
v. The overriding concerns about costs
- Medical care costs
- Productivity-related costs
vi. Society’s rate of change
III. Identify key trends and opportunities in worksite health promotion
a. Mega-trends
i. BIG DATA
ii. Use of innovative technologies
b. What’s right and what works
i. Evidenced-based guidelines
ii. High touch or high tech
iii. Self-directed or group
iv. High cost versus low cost (what has greatest impact)