CIGNA offers Localised Wellness Programme to Companies Worldwide

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Sergio Ulloa (G+)  | Tags: Global Wellness Programme

With the aim of helping companies with a global presence improve the well-being of their employees, CIGNA is offering them a uniform health and wellness programme that is localised to the various countries where they have a foothold. Based in London, the CIGNA company vielife has bundled into the programme a health assessment and online health coaching courses for stress, nutrition, physical fitness and sleep. Overall, vielife develops global wellness and productivity improvement programmes. The assessment has been localised to each country, factoring-in cultural differences, terminology and the needs of specific employee populations, in addition of having been translated into more than 15 languages, with multiple versions of English, Spanish and French and earned the Health Information Products certification for quality from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). A small number of employers buying a CIGNA health plan are given the chance to become early adopters by having the option to purchase the global wellness programme as an add-on. CIGNA helps companies achieve broader employee participation and an overall health improvement of the employees participating in the programme. International companies in England and other parts in Europe, as well as Australia, Dubai, Mexico, Taiwan and other countries, are already seeing the benefits of applying the recommendations outlined in the vielife wellness programme, reducing healthcare costs, improving productivity and workforce morale, plus reducing stress levels. The production of management reports help the companies identify health risks, quantifying in monetary terms the potential impact to productivity caused by absenteeism. Healthy as well as chronically-ill employees benefit from the practical, personalised and achievable recommendations of the wellness programme focused on the areas of stress, nutrition, physical fitness, sleep and their overall work/family-life balance. Insurance Company mentioned: CIGNA A global health service company dedicated to helping people improve their health, well being and sense of security. CIGNA Corporation's operating subsidiaries provide an integrated suite of medical, dental, behavioural health, pharmacy and vision care benefits, as well as group life, accident and disability insurance, to approximately 46 million people throughout the United States and around the world.