2016-296 HR - UNC Dept. of Family Medicine to provide health screening and health coaching

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EXHIBIT A Health Screening and Health Coaching Services for Orange County Wellnessna,Work Background Wellness @Work is a comprehensive worksite wellness program developed by the UNC Department of Family Medicine. We partner with organizations and their employees to create a culture of wellness, improve health behaviors, prevent and improve care for chronic disease, and reduce overall health care costs. Our staff includes physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, tobacco treatment specialists, and health educators and coaches, all with expertise in population health management strategies, health behavior change, preventative medicine and chronic disease care. The program employs rigorous risk stratification of employees based on assessment of health behaviors and chronic illness. We create individualized wellness programs in collaboration with employers to meet the specific needs of their employees. The objective of the program is to provide data-driven interventions that: 1) identify and reduce high risk health behaviors, 2) prevent chronic disease and improve quality of care for chronic disease, 3) reduce unnecessary health care utilization and cost, 4) create a culture of wellness within an employee population, 5) reduce absenteeism and increase employee productivity, 6) provide routine data to employer to assess program effectiveness. Health Screening The staffing model for daily health screening sessions will include two registered nurses, one phlebotomist, and one to two administrative assistants to manage employee check-in and logistics. We will work with the County to determine time and location for multiple screening sessions. Individual employee screenings will last a maximum of 20 minutes. We will provide staffing, equipment and supplies to perform non-fasting standard health screenings for the following factors: Total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglycerides, glucose, blood pressure, BMI (Body Mass Index) height, and weight. Cholesterol and glucose levels will be measured by finger stick blood draw method, and individualized feedback will be provided to employees on site. UNC Family Medicine, Wellness @Work is CLIA certified. Health Coaching Following the health screening process, we will identify employees who are at moderate or high risk health levels and invite them to participate in individualized one-on-one health coaching sessions lasting up to 30 minutes each.