SHPS Featured in Report about Healthy Organizations in Kentucky
Louisville, Ky. (October 28, 2011) — As healthcare costs continue to rise for Kentucky organizations and their employees, stakeholders are looking for innovative approaches to creating a healthy workforce. SHPS, Inc. is featured in the newly released University of Kentucky’s Institute for Workplace Innovation’s (iwin) research report that highlights new ways for organizations to approach employee health and well-being while improving the bottom line. In this extensive report, made possible with funding from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, CVS Caremark and UK HealthCare, iwin showcases the promising practices of 23 Kentucky organizations that contribute to a healthy workforce.
“Like so many other companies in Kentucky, we are looking for new, innovative ways to address the health and well-being of our company and our employees. It is an honor to be featured in this report. It will hopefully offer other employers in Kentucky some practical ideas that they may not have considered,” said JC Gibson, executive vice president of human resources of SHPS.
Dr. Jennifer Swanberg, executive director of iwin, states, “We heard from employers that they needed help in finding innovative, comprehensive ways to promote health and we knew there were great practices occurring right here in Kentucky. We wanted to create a tool to help employers change organizational and employee behavior around health.” In addition to highlighting practices of 23 Kentucky organizations, the report also presents a new, evidence-based HealthIntegrated Model, developed by iwin and informed by a literature review and in-depth interviews with employers featured in the report. “Health and wellness programs cannot be isolated from the overall strategic business plan,” Swanberg said. “They must be integrated into the operations of the business to truly make an impact, and our new HealthIntegrated Model will provide employers with an approach of how to do this.”
The report, Creating Healthy Organizations: Promising Practices in Kentucky, is available on iwin's and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s websites.
The University of Kentucky Institute for Workplace Innovation, founded by Dr. Jennifer Swanberg, is a university-based research center with a mission to develop and disseminate knowledge about the 21st century workplace to create work environments that boost the bottom line, employee health and work-life fit.
For more information about the Creating Healthy Organizations: Promising Practices in Kentucky report, or about iwin, contact Lee Ann Walton at (859) 323–0582.
About SHPS, Inc.
SHPS, Inc. serves large and mid-sized employers, government agencies, and third-party administrators through the company’s Carewise Health, Landacorp, and SHPS HR Solutions subsidiaries.
SHPS HR Solutions simplifies benefits administration in a changing and complex world. We partner with you to navigate the difficult terrain of shifting regulatory compliance. Working as an extension of your HR department, we provide innovative, user-friendly ways to execute your benefits strategy while giving your employees accurate and reliable service. Solutions include benefits eligibility and enrollment, spending accounts, COBRA administration, direct bill services, and print and fulfillment services.
