Why Wellness Matters

I’ve had an intense month so I’m hoping to catch up on my big pile of blogging ideas this week.  We’ll see.

Here’s one I pulled the other day.  I liked this graphic from MVP Healthcare in their corporate profile.

MVP Wellness Stats

It hammers home all the key points – regression to the mean, focus on the high cost individuals, and cost is avoidable if you focus on preventation and education and successfully engage the consumer.

One Response to “Why Wellness Matters”

  1. Unknown's avatar

    I read an article that had a startling statistic from the World Health Organization, http://www.ourblook.com/component/option,com_sectionex/Itemid,200076/id,8/view,category/#catid107 placing the US as #37 in overall health care. There clearly is a problem with our system. You couldn’t be more correct when with your statistics as well, prevention is a key element of this debate.

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