The Wellness Gap: What Consumers Want Versus What Wellness Programs Deliver
DALLAS, Oct. 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthMine has surveyed more than 6,000 consumers on wellness in 2015. The following is a roundup of top line data. Overall, 70% of consumers in wellness plans say wellness programs are falling short.
Wellness data highlights 2015
| What Consumers Want in Wellness |
Are Wellness Programs Delivering? |
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85% want better information about their risk of chronic disease
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83% don't know blood pressure
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| 80% want easy access to trusted clinical data
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81% don't know BMI
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| 79% don't know cholesterol
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| 68% don't know blood sugar
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| 55% want help setting health goals |
52% don't understand their health information or what to do about it
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| 56% want to track goals weekly and monthly |
53% say it's not easy to understand how to maintain or improve their health
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| 44% stay engaged in their wellness program throughout the entire year |
25% say wellness program locations are inconvenient
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| 27% say lack of time prevents their engagement in wellness programs
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| 86% say they are likely to quit smoking with an incentive |
63% of wellness programs don't include a smoking cessation program
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| 62% say wellness programs don't help them manage healthcare costs
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81% say their wellness program does not have a price comparison tool for medical services |
| 80% percent want incentives for wellness
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55% of wellness program members said incentives not meaningful
55% of wellness participants don't earn all their offered incentives |
About HealthMine Surveys
The HealthMine surveys queried more than 6,000 consumers with wellness plans and were fielded by Survey Sampling International (SSI) from January-August 2015. Data were collected via an opt-in panel. The margin of error is 4%. Survey Sampling International (SSI) has been the Worldwide Leader in Survey Sampling and Data Collection Solutions, across every mode, for 37 Years.
About HealthMine
HealthMine, a leading consumer health engagement company, has developed the wellness industry's first and only Personal Clinical Engagement technology platform. HealthMine empowers individuals to make meaning of their health information by automatically collecting clinical data, identifying risk for chronic disease, and setting health goals. Making it easy for consumers to manage their own health, HealthMine provides a personalized health portal available on any device, and delivers tailored recommendations, resources and incentives. HealthMine has more than one million users, and has saved employers and payers more than $100 million in healthcare costs. The company, founded in 2008, is based in Dallas, Texas with offices in San Francisco, New York and Minneapolis.
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SOURCE HealthMine, Inc.
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