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Union Pacific Project Health Track 2005

Critique

Program Strengths

A

  • Large, functioning, 4th application, 3 Koop Awards previously
  • Health, safety, productivity
  • Strong corporate support
  • Lifestyle claims trending down
  • Cost avoidance of 53.6 million huge
  • Integrated with CDAP
  • Good regional scorecards
  • Since 1987

B

  • Excellent integration of health and safety programs
  • Developed a “health index” report card – providing feedback to managers on their support of health and safety initiatives.
  • Continuously apply for and achieve national recognition as best practice.
  • Senior management clearly articulates the value of health.
  • Constantly innovating.
  • Adapt the best practices of others to their own worksite.
  • Provide incentives for participation in health promoting programs through CDHPs.
  • 66% participation rates in HRAs.
  • Force communication/integration among their vendors.
  • Pay for preventive screenings at 100%.
  • Provide DM, nurse line, and other health management programs.
  • Introduced new programs directed at smoking cessation, biometric measure controls, Know Your Numbers,…
  • Initiate research projects with pharmaceutical partners.
  • Unique scoreboard/report cards systems by site.
  • Creative use of data to support business cases.
  • Well designed and well-organized report/presentation.
  • Aggressive environmental interventions, e.g., expanded smoking policies – not hiring smokers, nutrition programs include offering 50% healthy food choices in vending machines and cafeterias
  • Link overweight of employees to safety concerns.
  • State of the art fitness center
  • Stairways accessible and well lit
  • Choose food vendor based on healthy food offerings
  • Unique Occupational Health Psychology Program

C

  • Conflict

D

  • Their program just gets better and better. From internal integration to data warehouses, they seem to be doing it all.
  • Their strategy for involving management by way of the health index is excellent. Very few have come this far. Coverage under the plan for prevention is 100%, Zyban and nicotine replacement is covered at 100% and on it goes.
  • They have implemented a consumer driven health plan and also provide $100 into the healthcare reimbursement account for not smoking and doing the HRA. Vendors are held responsible to integrate, avoid duplication and coordinate communications
  • They have successfully received grant money; do not charge employees for any program; have been widely recognized for their work—what more to say.

E

  • Conflict

F

  • High Participation
  • Worksite based
  • Great results
  • Good Documentation
  • Impressive expansion plan for Fatigue and Depression. Very important for public safety