Benefits technology – Benefits Canada.com https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:41:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Expert panel: Equal access to benefits, digital transformation among keys to return to work https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/jaqui-parchment/expert-panel-equal-access-to-benefits-digital-transformation-among-keys-to-return-to-work/ Tue, 27 Jul 2021 13:00:30 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=104237 COVID-19 cases are dropping and vaccine counts are rising. The economy is reopening and we can expect to be back at the office soon. But the new normal won’t be the old normal. While this might be obvious to many, some leaders don’t understand, thinking the way forward is to simply bring everyone back into […]

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]]> Webinar coverage: Tackling barriers and increasing access to mental-health care https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-wellness/webinar-tackling-barriers-and-increasing-access-to-mental-health-care/ Thu, 08 Jul 2021 13:00:33 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=102826 While there seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel with respect to the coronavirus pandemic and the return to normal life, the stress response from such a rapid and necessary shift in lifestyle has had and will continue to have profound impacts on mental health. Before the pandemic, Canada was already […]

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]]> Dialogue acquiring mental-health provider e-Hub Health https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-benefits/dialogue-acquiring-mental-health-provider-e-hub-health/ Wed, 26 May 2021 19:00:01 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=101030 Dialogue Health Technologies Inc. is acquiring mental-health provider e-Hub Health, which provides internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy. e-Hub Health offers a range of programs to support mental-health concerns, including moodgym, which targets the reduction of depression and anxiety symptoms; e-couch, which includes targeted programs for depression, anxiety, bereavement, divorce and social anxiety; and mental-health guru, a module-based online […]

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]]> Coverage of the 2021 Tech Insights: Spring Edition Conference https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-benefits/coverage-of-the-2021-spring-tech-insights-conference/ Fri, 21 May 2021 12:01:55 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=100341 On April 15, Benefits Canada hosted 2021 Tech Insights: Spring Edition, an event designed to showcase the latest technology in benefits, administration and plan member offerings. This event specifically provides a forum for companies to sell you on the benefits of their technology. You can view the conference highlights below: The benefits of digital pharmacy for plan […]

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]]> The benefits of digital pharmacy for plan sponsors, members https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-benefits/how-digital-pharmacy-can-benefit-plan-sponsors-members/ Fri, 21 May 2021 12:00:54 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=100250 Last February, Carolyne Eagan’s mother was suddenly stricken with an excruciatingly painful condition called trigeminal neuralgia, which prevented her from eating, talking or drinking without triggering a flare of pain in her head. Eagan gathered up her mom’s medications and got into the ambulance with her, feeling increasingly distressed as she wasn’t able to answer […]

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]]> How the pandemic has evolved the meaning of an EAP https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-wellness/how-the-pandemic-has-evolved-the-meaning-of-an-eap/ Fri, 21 May 2021 11:59:58 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=100253 Canadians have weathered two waves of the coronavirus pandemic and are now working their way through the third. But what happens when the fourth wave — of psychological trauma, economic injury and burnout — arrives? One half of Canadians said they’d experienced worsening mental-health challenges during the pandemic, according to an April 2020 poll by […]

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]]> Optimizing health outcomes with in-depth medical consultations https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-benefits/a-look-at-whats-hiding-in-drug-plan-claims-data/ Fri, 21 May 2021 11:58:24 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=100255 “What if I told you at least one in four members of your benefits plan has an unresolved health risk?” asked Radpay, the president of HumanisRx, during Benefits Canada‘s 2021 Tech Insights: Spring Edition conference. In a study in partnership with Munich Re, HumanisRx reviewed the insurer’s claims history experience for 85,000 plan members and […]

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]]> Why digital health care is here to stay following pandemic https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-benefits/why-digital-health-care-is-here-to-stay-following-pandemic/ Fri, 21 May 2021 11:56:18 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=100258 The same technology advancements that allowed for hyper-personalized service in sectors from banking to food delivery were already in the process of remaking health-care access and delivery. And then the coronavirus pandemic hit, quickly accelerating the acceptance of digital health care in Canada. Surveys have shown 60 per cent of health-care visits are now taking […]

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]]> Using technology to connect health benefits, savings plans https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/benefits/benefits-communication/using-technology-to-connect-health-benefits-savings-plans/ Fri, 21 May 2021 11:55:20 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=100263 Plan member challenges — from uncertainty about what their benefits plan covers to mundane issues such as struggling with passwords and difficulty accessing their benefits portal — become human resources concerns and create additional work for plan sponsors.  That’s what Canada Life is attempting to address with its new My Canada Life at Work mobile-friendly […]

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]]> Scotiabank invests in technology to engage employees with benefits https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/benefits/benefits-communication/scotiabank-invests-in-technology-to-engage-employees-with-benefits/ Fri, 21 May 2021 11:54:34 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=100269 Just before the coronavirus pandemic arrived in Canada, Scotiabank made a pretty significant change to how it communicated about its benefits plans and programs with employees. With so much information available to employees, the bank realized it might not necessarily be easy to digest or understand, said Ayman Alvi, Scotiabank’s director of global benefits, during Benefits […]

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