Health Management Research Center
The purpose of this blog is to comment upon the state of health status in America and American companies and how health status drives health, healthcare and productivity issues. Many of the comments reflect our 30 years of research, the transformational thoughts in our book, Zero Trends: Health as a Serious Economic Strategy, and our thinking related to current events.

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Apr 262012

Science versus Perception

​“It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.” Mark Twain   To most people, the rationale behind preventive care and routine screenings makes perfect sense. Early testing is designed to ...[Read more]
Published: 4/26/2012  10:25 AM | 0  Comments | 0  Links to this post

Apr 022012

A Culture of Healthy Habits

​It turns out that about 40% of the daily activities we do are habits—something we do every day in a certain way. Though we are comfortable with our habits they can be changed. In the world of health management it is the mission of wellness program ...[Read more]
Published: 4/2/2012  3:46 PM | 0  Comments | 0  Links to this post

Mar 012012

Nagging – No One Likes It

  Everyone knows the classic stereotype about the nagging girlfriend, or wife, or mother (why are they all women??).  But the truth is, we’ve all experienced nagging from one person or another and we’ve all nagged someone else about something or ot ...[Read more]
Published: 3/1/2012  9:47 AM | 0  Comments | 0  Links to this post

Feb 012012

A New Year Resolution: Embrace your positive health factors and celebrate them!

As we enter this New Year, research in the field of health promotion and occupational health and wellness is faced with many challenges in finding an optimal way to address individual as well as population health. I think one of the basic reasons th ...[Read more]
Published: 2/1/2012  3:01 PM | 0  Comments | 0  Links to this post

Dec 302011

31st Annual Wellness in the Workplace Conference, March 14-15, 2012

​ The University of Michigan - Health Management Research Center invites you to attend the 31st Annual Wellness in the Workplace Conference, "The Future of Worksite Wellness in the 21st Century", on March 14th and 15th, 2012 in Ann Arbor, ...[Read more]
Published: 12/30/2011  7:47 AM | 0  Comments | 0  Links to this post

Nov 292011

Welcome to the new HMRC Blog!

Today we are pleased to announce the launch of the new University of Michigan - Health Management Research Center Blog. The goal of our new blog is two-fold: we want to deliver a new, more integrated experience for visitors, and also provide for mor ...[Read more]
Published: 11/29/2011  12:31 PM | 0  Comments | 0  Links to this post

Oct 272011

Why must I pay you for taking care of yourself?

The question of incentives is brought up at every health promotion planning meeting I've ever attended. Should we provide incentives for participation? How much should we pay to encourage participation or achievement? If we stop and examine what we' ...[Read more]
Published: 10/27/2011  2:00 PM | 0  Comments | 0  Links to this post

Sep 302011

Environment and Culture, the 21st Century Intervention

​Behavior change was the intervention of choice for the first 40 years of health promotion or wellness but the behavior change outcomes have been mixed at best.  These less-than-optimal outcomes, combined with low participation rates and high recidi ...[Read more]
Published: 9/30/2011  6:45 AM | 0  Comments | 0  Links to this post

Aug 152011

Worksite Culture of Health Survey

At the HMRC, we talk a lot about a culture of health at the workplace, but what do we really mean by that? In his book, Zero Trends, Dr. Edington talks about the five pillars that are critical to keeping a workforce healthy and productive. In brief, ...[Read more]
Published: 8/15/2011  3:40 PM | 0  Comments | 0  Links to this post

Jul 082011

HEALTH PROMOTION'S HOLY GRAIL: Health Behavior Change

If you've been in the health promotion field for any length of time, you've likely come across references to the major theories of health behavior change.  There is no shortage of ways to explain why and how people might change their behaviors, whic ...[Read more]
Published: 7/8/2011  8:55 AM | 0  Comments | 0  Links to this post

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