2017 REPORT | Employee Well-Being Experience Healthy Employees | Healthy Culture | Organizational Success VALUE TO THE UI Health Care Cost Management
INCREASED PERFORMANCE Better Attendance and Effort at Work
POSITIVE CULTURE Improved Morale and Attitude
EMPLOYEE RETENTION
Higher Satisfaction with Working at the University of Iowa
liveWELL is a part of University Human Resources
The UI’s investment in health and well-being pays off in a number of ways. Health care cost containment is the most obvious. Focusing on our healthy faculty and staff is a good long-term strategy for us to avoid health care costs downstream; being self-funded for our health insurance, this strategy has served us well over the years. Providing faculty and staff with well-being opportunities to thrive and do their best work every day is good stewardship of our talent, and an investment in our people who make the UI a great university. JOAN M. TROESTER, MBA, CEBS, SPHR Assistant Vice President Total Rewards, University Human Resources
UI Well-Being Culture BY THE NUMBERS
85%
83%
agree with “My
agree with “My physical
supervisor supports
work environment
health and wellness
provides opportunities to
within my unit.”
make healthy choices.”
68%
of UI Faculty and Staff are in the “Thriving” category
LOCAL LEADERS SET THE TONE “We work around the clock to ensure optimal wellness for our patients and their families. When our nurses set personal goals, as well as adopt healthier practices in the workplace, it helps all of us (patients and staff) reinforce the value of healthy lifestyles. To solve today’s
Per Gallup, Indicative of fewer health problems and
greatest health care challenges, we need to be
sick days, less worry and stress, more happiness
reminded that we’re all in this together.”
and interest than counterparts. Managers who are “thriving” are twice as likely to be engaged at work
Laura Corbett, Nurse Manager
and feel they have the opportunity to do what they
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
do best every day.
Stead Family Children’s Hospital
13
Wellness Grants provided to UI departments
reaching over
600
160
faculty/staff
14
Wellness Ambassador*
Wellness Heroes*
volunteers
nominated
83
presentations to UI departments
reaching
2,900
faculty/staff
*Low cost/high impact programs make a big difference in the local culture showing 1) leadership and peer-to-peer support for health and well-being and 2) ownership for well-being programs locally increasing their relevance.
Examples of Healthy Local Culture and Activities • Well-being resources embedded into trainings and meetings • Wellness Ambassador gets messages out to team • Promote small ways to fit in good nutrition and physical activity during demanding work day such as: • Healthy snacks and meals
• Water bottle filler stations
• Refrigerators and
• Promote Building
microwaves in
Resilience @ Iowa
break rooms
resources (videos and one-on-one support)
HEALTH IMPROVEMENT • Higher Engagement at Work • Improved Performance
What Group Health Coaching participants have to say… “Each session had a clear focus about some aspect of balancing work and home, usually with a slant of how to streamline responsibilities to better care for ourselves. It was nice to see that there were other moms—particularly other single moms—who had some of the same challenges as I do.” Kathy Schuh, Associate Professor, UI College of Education and participant in
Juggling it All: Health Coaching for Busy Families
Well-being is a state of optimal health, happiness and purpose. Employees who
“Concentrating on one thing at a time and putting energy into not multitasking has
report high well-being in their lives are
been my most impactful action item from my participation. With a family history
more engaged at work.
of dementia, this program spoke to me and research was presented on why proper nutrition, exercise, rest, and mindfulness help preserve a healthy brain.” Edie Pierce-Thomas, Division of Sponsored Programs, ITS and participant in
Train Your Brain
Health Improvement Programs BY THE NUMBERS
665 Health Coach participants in 2017
PERFORMANCE 94%
agreed their ability to perform optimally increased
“My Health Coach helped me realize my potential to become the person I want to be and handle conflicts in a more civil way.”
HEALTH 92%
agreed their personal well-being has improved
”My Health Coach worked with me to identify high-protein, healthy snacks which are perfect for my on-the-go lifestyle.”
“When our nurses set personal goals, as well as adopt healthier practices in the workplace, it helps all of us.”
ENGAGEMENT 96%
agreed their satisfaction with working at UI has increased
”I will continue to use information received in my daily life to manage stress and increase personal resilience.“
2017 liveWELL Outcomes liveWELL Participants and Health Care System Usage
Healthy Employees | Healthy Culture Organizational Success
LOWER 9% Adjusted medical and drug claims cost 18% Medication/drug use
13,801
4,048
faculty/staff participating in Personal Health Assessment (PHA)
faculty/staff with Recreational Services memberships
24% Use of emergency room
HIGHER
Snapshot of UI Health Behaviors – 2017
98% 84% 75%
18% Use of office visits* Study Period 2013-2016. Personal Health Assessment users all three years (N=2990) or none (N=1229) with continuous enrollment in UIChoice. *Suggests a focus on preventive health services
Keeping Healthy People Healthy = Supporting Talent and Productivity
1.6
Average number of behavior risks (smoking, lack of exercise, unmanaged stress, unhealthy eating, low fruit & vegetable intake, depression, risky drinking, unhealthy sleep) per person
of faculty/staff have good sleep habits
faculty/staff 70% ofexercise regularly faculty/staff have 69% ofgood nutritional habits faculty/staff get adequate 60% offruit/vegetable intake
40%
more sick leave
33 HOURS 34% higher
Median sick leave
$1,419/PERSON Cost impact of sick leave
cost
55 HOURS Median sick leave
$2,138/PERSON Cost impact of sick leave Study period 2014-2016. N=6,229 PHA participants all three years. Data source: University of Iowa Human Resources Low Risk exhibit 0-2 risk factors. High Risk exhibit 4+ risk factors.
2017 Healthy Campus Awards Health Champion Designation American Diabetes Association
HIGH RISK UNHEALTHY INDIVIDUALS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | Partnerships are vital to a healthy campus culture. liveWELL would like to thank the following partners who contribute to our campus success and recognition: University Human Resources,
Workplace Health Solutions Award (Bronze) American Heart Association
Recreational Services, UI Health Care, our Integrated Health
Cancer CEO Gold Standard University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
hr.uiowa.edu/livewell
Management Advisory Group and Wellness Ambassadors.
Photos courtesy of UI Office of Strategic Communication
75%
of faculty/staff use stress management strategies
LOW RISK HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS
The UI’s investment to keep our healthy faculty/staff healthy as they age provides value to the organization in terms of dollars saved and performance at work. Percentage of UI faculty/ staff who fall into a healthy/ low risk profile based upon PHA responses
of faculty/staff are smoke-free