ARHS Named Among Healthiest Companies in America – Two Years in a Row!

ARHS Named Among Healthiest Companies in America – Two Years in a Row!

May 15, 2019 | Employee Wellness, News

Left to right: Amy Crabbe, SVP of People Services, Leslie Roberts, Employee Wellness Manager, Lauren Clark, Employee Wellness Specialist, Amber Leigh Thompson, Registered Dietician

For the second year in a row, Appalachian Regional Healthcare System (ARHS) is proud to announce its recognition as one of the “Healthiest Companies in America” by Interactive Health, a national provider known for its preventive programs that encourage employees to adopt new health habits. ARHS is one of 184 companies across the country recognized this year for empowering employees to make significant and sometimes life-saving changes to improve their health. 

The “Healthiest Companies in America” award means that ARHS has reached or exceeded an exemplary 70 percent participation rate for its employee wellness program, and the workforce’s overall health risk is low. Health risk is calculated for each participating employee based on the results of an annual evaluation that involves a blood draw, health screening and a detailed questionnaire.

 

ARHS Employee Wellness

The ARHS Employee Wellness program was established in 2005 and has implemented diverse programming to help employees and their spouses improve or maintain their health. These programs include weight loss assistance, tobacco cessation, wellness challenges and its award-winning Love Your Life worksite rewards program. In 2014, Love Your Life received the Healthcare Consumerism Superstar Award for Population Health Management.

Leslie Roberts, ARHS Employee Wellness Manager, said “What drives me in my job is simply to help people feel their best. I love the moments when our program participants make the connection that small changes in daily behaviors can bring big health improvements. The most amazing part? Our Love Your Life wellness program has literally saved lives. Our screening results have led healthcare providers to identify diabetes, hypertension, severe cardiac blockages, and even cancers. I am truly honored to have the opportunity to do my job every day.”

The Love Your Life program provides free lab work and screening to its program participants. In addition to screening results, participants are eligible for health coaching, including condition specific outreach. In 2017 Love Your Life transitioned to an outcomes-based program in its inaugural year with Interactive Health. Participants were asked to meet a health goal based on key indicators for future disease. 

About Love Your Life Employee Wellness Program:

Love Your Life is an outcomes-based health incentive program that promotes healthy living through behavioral, educational, and risk-reduction activities. All Appalachian Regional Healthcare System employees and their spouses are welcome to join Love Your Life.

To learn more about ARHS Corporate Wellness Services and how we can help your company improve its health, visit https://apprhs.org/corporate-wellness/

Walk to Defeat ALS and earn LYL points!

Walk to Defeat ALS and earn LYL points!

Feb 11, 2019 | Heartbeat, News

ALS Walk BooneAppalachian State University, the Beaver College of Health Sciences, and Appalachian Regional Healthcare System invite you to the inaugural Defeat ALS Walk on March 30, 2019.  The Walk to Defeat ALS is the #1 way to unite and fundraise for those living with ALS. Each year, fundraising through the Walk drives bold and urgent innovation as we march together toward a cure for ALS.

ALS usually strikes people between the ages of 40 and 70, and approximately 20,000 people in the U.S. have the disease at any given time. Although there is not yet a cure or treatment that halts ALS, scientists we fund through our global research program have made significant progress in understanding what causes ALS. But their work is not done and they need our help. Together, we work toward a cure.

In October 2017, Dr. Dane Ward, Dean of the library at Appalachian State University was diagnosed with ALS. Our community has chosen to honor him by coordinating an event to increase awareness of the disease and fundraise to find a cure.

Read Dr. Ward’s letter to the editor of The Appalachian. He offers a candid view of his experience surrounding ALS >

Form your ARHS team and earn 25 Love Your Life points!

  • Join or form a team and walk on March 30th
  • Log into Interactive Health and click on Action Plan
  • Click All Activities
  • Click Complete a Local or Onsite Activity  
  • Fill out the information

IMPORTANT: You must log your activity ON March 30th in order to receive points for Quarter 1.

Here are all the ways you can be involved in Appalachian’s Inaugural Defeat ALS Walk: 

  • Join or form a team and walk on the day of the event
  • Sponsor a participating walker
  • Donate
  • Create your own team to walk in the event

Register for the event, sponsor a walker, or donate >