Worker Biometric Screening.

The backbone of wellness programming at the worksite is medical screening. It’s the first major activity a business should do when first starting a wellness program.

Medical screening is often used paired with the administration of a Health Risk Assessment (HRA) .

The most effective way to screen is to utilize a health professional trained in wellness screening techniques and counseling to privately and individually assess participants.

This wellness professional takes a brief health history and measures blood pressure (BP) and cholesterol. With computerized cholesterol desktop analyzers, results are acquired in about four minutes.

Immediate feedback, consultation, and educational materials are provided. for those identified at-risk, follow-up appointments may be scheduled at this time.  The whole process takes about twenty minutes per individual.

The screening also provides an immediate opportunity to register participants in various health promotion programs based on their interests and identified health risks.

Health testing can be done each year and used as a means of monitoring health risks within the worksite.

A health screening program needs to provide multiple opportunities for participation.  The service must be provided for all the various shifts of a organization.  The screening program must be conducted in highly visible areas so the process can be observed.

Reluctant workforce often like to be able to see what the wellness program is about before they participate. When wellness screeners aren’t busy, they ought to perform outreach going to areas where workforce gather and try to recruit workforce.

When well-planned and promoted, medical screening can attract participation rates of 60 percent to 100 percent. These high participation rates have a positive impact on senior level management producing support for further wellness programming.