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General Electric Company GE’s Healthy Worksite Initiative & NBGH Purchaser’s Guide Employer Toolkit. The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease." -Thomas A. Edison
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General Electric CompanyGE’s Healthy Worksite Initiative &NBGH Purchaser’s Guide Employer Toolkit The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease." -Thomas A. Edison Adam Malinoski Mark Russo
We are GE We are a global infrastructure, finance, and media company taking on the world’s toughest challenges. Infrastructure Finance Media GE Energy Infrastructure $39B / 22% GE Technology Infrastructure $46B / 25% GE Consumer & Industrial $12B / 7% GE Capital $67B / 37% NBC Universal $17B / 9% 2008 Revenues / % of total revenues
Our Strategy Be Global Drive Innovation Build Relationships Leverage Strengths Connect locally, scale globally Lead with technology and content innovation Grow customer and partner relationships worldwide Use GE’s size, expertise, financial capability, and brand
Headcount Growth in Emerging Markets… 24% by 2010 EMEA / Russia 106,000 Canada 11,000 China 12,000 U.S. 159,000(46%) Japan 8,000 SE Asia 12,000 India 14,000 Latin America 21,000 AU/NZ 7,000 • % of EEs outside of U.S. varies by Business…from 14% to 85% • 40% of employees at clinic sites… will be ~30% by 2010
Health & Wellness Programs @ GE Employee Education: Healthy Worksites: Our Foundation: Health by Numbers
GE’s Health by Numbers program focuses on controllable health factors NBGH Purchaser’s Guideconditions/factors addressed: Obesity, Diabetes, Healthy Diet, Tobacco Use, Heart Disease, Stress GE’s program: Health by Numbers 0 5 10 25 • Targets the most critical and controllable factors that affect a person’s overall health and well-being: • Engage employees to achieve and maintain optimal health
GE Engine Services Malaysia 2006 Olympic Challenge: Beijing, China HbN Sport Carnival Health by Numbers (HBN) 0 5 10 25 is: Challenges Education & Communication Other Programs
Healthy Worksite Survey (HWS) Safe & Healthy Worksite Stay Healthy: HBN 0 5 10 25 Adding a site assessment survey, Drive improvements: 9 Questions Continue to encourage and support employees’ pursuit of a healthy lifestyle • Three focus areas: • Tobacco Use 30 pts. • Nutrition 30 pts. • Physical Activity 30 pts. • Each focus area has 3 levels of engagement • Communicate 4 pts. • Connect 8 pts. • Commit 18 pts.__ • 30 • (e.g. HBN Challenge) • How it works: • Sites >= 100 Employees Eligible • Participation optional, but scored • Annual metrics: “In the last 12 months…” • Web-based survey, quarterly reporting
Worksite changes start with the GE Toolkits for site managers • Audience: HR Managers, Plant Managers, Site Coordinators, Health Services Staff • Guidelines and resources are outlined in 3 steps: Communicate, Connect and Commit • Links Managers directly to resources via a collaboration community • Global Resources (9 base languages)
GE quick-start guides highlight tools from the Purchaser’s Guide NBGH Purchaser’s Guide: “Approaches to healthy lifestyle are paired with Worksite based activation, preventative services, EAP and Work Life services.” GE Healthy Worksite Toolkit Framework • Step 1 • Communicate • Educate your employees through communication to improve their health habits. • Tobacco Quit lines • Posters and internet resources • Worksite Newsletters • Step 2 • Connect • Engage your employees by connecting them with health & wellness programs. • EAP/Work Life • Community Guide- CDC Stairwell program • HBN Challenges • Step 3 • Commit • Make fundamental, lasting changes in worksite practices. • Worksite Smoking Bans • Healthy Cafeteria & Vending • Fitness Centers
The Guide to Community Preventive Services the basis for several HWS resources
Educating our Employees – Healthcare 101 • Benchmarking: • NBGH Purchaser’s Guide • Health Plan HRAs • Employee feedback • Employer Benchmarking • Content: • US/GE Healthcare Costs • Active Consumer • Choosing the best MD and Hospital • Wellness Program • Preventive Screenings • BP, Cholesterol, Mammogram, Colon Cancer Global version, “Health Basics”, rolling out this Fall
Colon cancer screening e.g: Mean: 64; Range: 45 – 81; LQ: 57 Preventive Screening Increase preventive screening rates… drive accountability to worksites • Used purchasers guide to develop & refine definitions • Set targets…side-by-side view of NCQA State of Health Care Quality and HP2010 invaluable • Assessed GE’s baseline performance • Made site-level data visible, readily available • Goal: reduce variability, improve performance in bottom quartile
Healthcare has reached a tipping point • Healthcare industry in the U.S. has traditionally led innovation and exported globally • Enormous pressure on government to reduce costs – current model is unsustainable given “demographic” shifts • Administrators looking to improve quality, lower cost, and reduce variation in care … patients want quality and coverage • Many new healthcare models emerging on a global basis New solutions are required
…for a healthier planet + …for healthier people = for abetterworld…for generations to come
Contact Adam Malinoski Leader, Health and Wellness Programs X Easton Turnpike Fairfield, CT 12345 203- Adam.Malinoski@ge.com Mark Russo Project Manager, Health and Productivity 1 River Road, Building 5-6 West Schenectady, NY 12345 518-388-7923 Mark.A.Russo@ge.com