Feel like phones are ruining family time? While a physical lock and chain may be unrealistic, institute a no phone policy during meals together.
Living in a world awash in technology can make life easier in some respects, but it can also be enslaving and detrimental to health and relationships. Whether we spend hours texting and tweeting or surfing and gaming, tech time can potentially become addictive.
There’s no doubt that technology can play a vital role in our workday and everyday life. There are times though when a break is in order. Here are five ways to institute a…
How does your organization fare in terms of health benefits spending?
Many of us travel with electronic devices, but insist that we will only use them in case of emergency. Are we the victims of wishful thinking?
In today’s digitally driven society, most of us wander around with devices attached to us like another limb. And smartphones, YouTube, social media and other technology do have productive uses – they play an important role in our ability to stay connected, achieve overall wellness
7 min readHave you ever been out with someone, and they spent the majority of the time on their phone? Either checking social media, emailing about work, texting someone else or documenting everything that’s happening? And if you’re not right along with them on your phone, you’ve probably felt a little annoyed. Annoyed because you’ve…
UNLOCKED Palm NOW on any network and what everyone got wrong. The Palm Phone is a companion phone that is aimed to cure us - a digital detox if you will. It ...
In this Axios column, Drew Altman examines the status of progressive health benefits (health benefits linked to wage levels) and their pros and cons at a time when employee health costs are rising …
Large employers are making changes to mitigate rising health care costs.
If you manage your organization’s group health benefits, you’ve likely noticed that premiums are increasing by an average of 8 percent per year.
A majority of workers in a recent Maestro Health survey also said their employer does not act as a resource for healthcare-related questions.
Private health exchanges, where employees and retirees buy insurance from a menu of plans with subsidies, are on track to explode in the near future.
Many factors go into a benefits package that can ultimately influence new or current employee decisions about joining or staying at a company.
A survey of 150 business leaders found that most think health benefits are important but take a hands-off approach in managing them.
How does understanding the Millennial generation help you make decisions about your group health benefits plan?
Canadians look forward to retirement, but for many, it’s only at the back of their minds, something that will happen eventually and, increasingly, not at the magical age of 65. Today’s employees often work long past the eligible age of retirement, creating new workforce dynamics that demands the attention — and often a new analysis ...
The ability to retain top talent and increased productivity are just two of the benefits of providing your employees with quality health care coverage.
Cut health care benefits costs and improve quality by arming employees with information. Third of a Three-Part Series.<br>Read Part 1: Getting Rid of Zero Sum in Health Care<br>Read Part 2: How to Renegotiate Your Company's Health Insurance Plan
How long do you think you can go without checking your phone? If you think you can go a few days, it could save you some cash.
The tiny Palm phone nestled in my hand is the key to summer switch off — but I’m having difficulties. It is about the size of a library card and, in the digital age, just as unfamiliar, so trying to coax my iPhone-accustomed fingers to dance on a 3.3in touchscreen feels like trying to squeeze back into last year’s shorts after a particularly big lunch.
Most of us want to spend less time staring at screens and more time interacting with the world around us—which is all very well and good until you realize that you can’t navigate that world without a map, and you can’t meet up with someone without reaching out to them in some way beforehand, and it’s a lot easier to use an app to pay for parking instead of trying to come up with enough quarters to feed the meter, and so on.