preventative care – 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 A look at ROI benefits of employee mental-health programs https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/a-look-at-roi-benefits-of-employee-mental-health-programs/ Fri, 31 Jan 2020 04:49:27 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/a-look-at-roi-benefits-of-employee-mental-health-programs/ Workplace mental-health programs can demonstrate a huge return on investment for an organization’s bottom line, as well as reducing absenteeism and presenteeism, said Nir Yahav, mental-health specialist on the national disability best practices team at Manulife, during a session at Benefits Canada’s 2019 Vancouver Mental Health Summit on Dec. 12. There are huge costs associated with presenteeism, […]

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]]> UBC study uses pharmacists in preventative approach to heart health https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/ubc-harnessing-pharmacists-for-preventative-approach-to-staff-heart-health/ Fri, 29 Nov 2019 05:15:31 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/ubc-harnessing-pharmacists-for-preventative-approach-to-staff-heart-health/ The combination of preventative medicine and pharmacists can be powerful. Through a collaboration between the University of British Columbia’s pharmacists clinic and its human resources’ health, well-being and benefits division, researchers sought to improve the cardiovascular health of staff members, including those who didn’t realize they might be at risk. “In British Columbia, part of […]

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