Arousing Healthful Employees.

How can corporations play a major role in staff member wellness?

Health starts with prevention. Preventive health testings and healthful lifestyles reduce health risks. Corporations who are committed to supporting healthful employees can do so by periodically offering preventive medical care on site.

A mammogram screening opportunity is one way to promote wellness in the workplace. A mammogram is the x-raying of a woman’s breasts. A mammogram is the best way to detect the early stages of breast cancer.

There are portable mammography units that can come to companies as a part of their wellness program and provide this important screening to women.

Eye exams can also be a part of an employee wellness program. as with mammography units, there are travelling ophthalmology units that will provide eye exams for your corporation wellness program.

Eye exams are supposed be done on a regular basis, but often individuals  don’t go to the physician for an eye exam unless there is a problem. Providing an ophthalmologist to staff members will encourage them to get a routine eye exam and receive follow up care when needed.

Another form of preventive medicine that can be brought to the workplace is each year physicals. Some physicians that routinely perform physicals have the ability to bring all of the necessary equipment to your office.

As with mammograms and eye exams, physicals are supposed to be done annually but are often overlooked by people  who are too busy or cannot afford well checks.

Corporations that offer these routine preventive services once a year play a major role in maintaining healthful employees. Unfortunately, many adults don’t seek medical care until a problem is so bad it has cramped their lifestyle, leading to much more extensive medical care than wouldn’t have been necessary had the problem been detected sooner.

Although the cost of inviting physicians to the workplace may be high, early diagnosis and treatment of problems will save both the business and the worker a great deal of money in the long run.