Leading Health Systems Select PureWellness to Automate the Delivery of their Employee Wellness Programs
BURLINGTON, Vt., March 29 /PRNewswire/ -- PureWellness, Inc., a leading provider of online wellness solutions, announced it has signed agreements with three new hospitals; Northeast Georgia Health Systems, McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital, and Fletcher Allen Health Care. They join more than 20 other hospitals, including Multicare of Tacoma WA and Children's Health Care of Atlanta, utilizing PureWellness' comprehensive online employee wellness platform.
The PureWellness online platform will allow Northeast Georgia Health System and McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital to automate the delivery and management of their 2010 employee wellness programs. Judy Turk, Northeast Georgia Health System, Inc., Director of Employee Benefits & Services, stated, "The PureWellness program provides our organization with a leading edge technology to accentuate our ongoing Wellness Works programs. This web based program allows our staff to spend less time manually managing programs and more time providing wellness services to our employees."
Fletcher Allen Health Care will use the PureWellness health risk assessment (HRA) to get an overview of the health status of their workforce so they can better meet the healthcare needs of their employees.
"The online PureWellness Health Risk Assessment is not only NCQA certified, it is also very easy to budget for and implement. In fact, participating employees completed their health risk assessment online with minimal intervention from my staff," said Evelyn Sikorski, CSW, CEAP and Manager of Employee and Family Assistance Program & Health Management at Fletcher Allen.
The PureWellness platform is a comprehensive online solution based on a Software as a Service (SaaS) philosophy which allows for easy implementation, enhancement updates and scalability for organizations of all sizes.
About Northeast Georgia Health System
Northeast Georgia Health System, located in Gainesville, Georgia, is a not-for-profit health care system. Their facilities include primary care offices, outpatient resources, a cancer center, and in home services such as hospice and Lifeline. Northeast Georgia Health System provides health care services to 700,000 people annually through the Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Additional information on Northeast Georgia Medical Center is available at www.nghs.com.
About McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital
McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital, founded in 1957, provides quality healthcare for southwestern Ohio and southeastern Indiana. They utilize state of the art health care practices to provide comprehensive patient care. McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital supports four facilities that serve 80,000 people annually. Additional Information on McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital is available at www.mhmh.org.
About Fletcher Allen Health Care
Fletcher Allen Health Care, together with our partners at the University of Vermont College of Medicine and the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, is Vermont's academic medical center. Our mission is to improve the health of the people in the communities we serve by integrating patient care, education and research in a caring environment. Fletcher Allen serves as a regional referral center -- providing advanced care to approximately one million people in Vermont and northern New York -- and as a community hospital for approximately 150,000 residents in Chittenden and Grand Isle counties. Additional information on Fletcher Allen Health Care is available at www.fletcherallen.org.
About PureWellness, Inc.
PureWellness, founded in 1997, provides a comprehensive, scalable, online wellness platform. The PureWellness platform allows for efficient administration and management of all wellness initiatives within each organization. This wellness platform provides numerous resources, including an online Health Risk Assessment (HRA), tracking tools, pedometer program, employee incentive program, device integration, and full reporting suite to ensure that every wellness initiative will not only succeed, but will be able to document success in a structured manner that demonstrates return on investment. For more information, go to www.purewellness.com.
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SOURCE PureWellness, Inc.
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