employee wellness

Fitbit adds corporate challenges, signs on about 20 large employers in four months
By Aditi Pai | 12:48 pm | October 20, 2015
Fitbit’s corporate wellness offering, which became a HIPAA compliant platform a little over a month ago, has added a premium software feature to its program, called Corporate Challenges.
Survey: 8 percent of employees used a telemedicine service last year
By Aditi Pai | 01:04 pm | October 07, 2015
Some 8 percent of employees used a telemedicine offering in their employee wellness program, according to a survey of 5,000 people employed by nongovernment organizations with 1,000 or more employees.
Employee wellness: Bank of America, Southwest value intrinsic incentives over cash
By Aditi Pai | 12:08 pm | October 06, 2015
Kembre Roberts, Manager-People, Southwest Airlines Employers should be less concerned about their return on investment when they consider launching an employee wellness program, according to Bank of America Senior Vice President of Employee Benefits Jim Huffman, who spoke at an event in Boston this week.
HealthTap sets sights on employer customers
By Jonah Comstock | 01:22 pm | October 01, 2015
It can be a little hard to keep track of exactly what Palo Alto-based HealthTap does these days.
Humana, Kurbo partner to help employers offer weight loss coaching to employees' kids
By Aditi Pai | 11:32 am | September 29, 2015
Humana has partnered with Kurbo Health, which offers a mobile-enabled program aimed at preventing childhood obesity, to offer its employer customers the option to add a 12-month subscription of Kurbo Health as a wellness benefit for their employees.
HR company Mercer taps Jiff for health benefits platform
By Aditi Pai | 10:41 am | September 03, 2015
Global human resources company Mercer has launched an employee wellness platform, called Health Pathfinder by Mercer, which is powered by Jiff.
Virgin Pulse raises $92M for mobile-first employee wellness, engagement platform
By Brian Dolan | 08:55 am | May 27, 2015
One of the longest-running employee wellness platform companies, Virgin Pulse, announced its first outside investment, $92 million led by venture capital firm Insight Venture Partners with participation from existing investor, Virgin Group.
Accenture: Two-thirds of insurance execs expect wearables to impact industry
By Aditi Pai | 10:08 am | May 05, 2015
Fitbit Surge Two thirds of insurance company executives said they expect wearable technologies to have a significant impact on the insurance industry, according to an Accenture survey of 200 insurance company execs.
meQuilibrium raises $9M for employee stress management app
By Aditi Pai | 05:00 am | April 16, 2015
Boston-based meQuilibrium, which has developed a mobile stress management program, raised $9 million in a funding round led by Safeguard Scientifics with participation from Chrysalis Ventures.
Survey: Employers spend about $700 per head on wellness incentives, but few workers partake
By Jonah Comstock | 10:05 am | March 26, 2015
A new survey of 121 employers from Fidelity Investments and the National Business Group on Health shows that employer spending on incentive-based wellness programs is up an average of $100 per head over last year.