Wellness
Healthcare is not only about insurance coverage but also about prevention and helping people make healthier lifestyle choices. The choices we make every day can affect not only how long we live, but also how well we live.
So Boise offers the Healthy Choices Wellness Program as a resource for all employees and their families.
We provide free annual on-site wellness screenings to give all employees the opportunity to have core biometrics (blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose, and triglycerides) measured by trained medical professionals. This helps detect health issues early, before they become more serious and more expensive.
Online health assessments and tools are available to employees, spouses, and and children over age 18. Employees use their private Healthy Choices web portal to:
- Set up a personal health profile.
- Access a library of health and medical information.
- Participate in interactive healthy living programs.
The program is voluntary and absolutely confidential.
Proof of Performance: Participation doubles
Participation in our confidential online health assessment doubled between 2008 and 2009, and the resutls were enlightening. Before taking the 2009 assessment, 93% of participants rated their health as good or excellent. However, the completed assessments revealed that 66% of participants learned they had five or more health risk factors, putting them in the high-risk category.
