General Electric Company GEs Healthy Worksite Initiative

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General Electric CompanyGEs Healthy Worksite
Initiative NBGH Purchasers Guide Employer
Toolkit

• The doctor of the future will give no medicine
  but will interest his patients in the care of the
  human frame, in diet, and in the cause and
  prevention of disease."
• -Thomas A. Edison
• Adam Malinoski
• Mark Russo

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We are GE

• We are a global infrastructure, finance, and
  media company taking on the worlds toughest
  challenges.

GE Energy Infrastructure 39B / 22 GE
Technology Infrastructure
46B / 25 GE Consumer Industrial 12B / 7
NBC Universal 17B / 9
GE Capital 67B / 37
2008 Revenues / of total revenues
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Our Strategy
Be Global
Drive Innovation
Build Relationships
Leverage Strengths
Connect locally, scale globally
Lead with technology and content innovation
Grow customer and partner relationships worldwide
Use GEs size, expertise, financial capability,
and brand
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Headcount Growth in Emerging Markets 24 by
2010
EMEA / Russia 106,000
Canada 11,000
China 12,000
U.S. 159,000 (46)
Japan 8,000
SE Asia 12,000
India 14,000
Latin America 21,000
AU/NZ 7,000

• of EEs outside of U.S. varies by
  Businessfrom 14 to 85
• 40 of employees at clinic sites will be 30
  by 2010

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Health Wellness Programs _at_ GE
Employee Education
Healthy Worksites
Our Foundation Health by Numbers
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GEs Health by Numbers program focuses on
controllable health factors
NBGH Purchasers Guide conditions/factors
addressed Obesity, Diabetes, Healthy Diet,
Tobacco Use, Heart Disease, Stress

• GEs program Health by Numbers 0 5 10 25
• Targets the most critical and controllable
  factors that affect a persons overall health and
  well-being
• Engage employees to achieve and maintain optimal
  health

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Health by Numbers (HBN) 0 5 10 25 is
Challenges
Education Communication
Other Programs
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Healthy Worksite Survey (HWS)
Safe Healthy Worksite
Stay Healthy HBN 0 5 10 25
Adding a site assessment survey, Drive
improvements 9 Questions
Continue to encourage and support employees
pursuit of a healthy lifestyle

• Three focus areas
• Tobacco Use 30 pts.
• Nutrition 30 pts.
• Physical Activity 30 pts.
• Each focus area has 3 levels of engagement
• Communicate 4 pts.
• Connect 8 pts.
• Commit 18 pts.__
• 30

(e.g. HBN Challenge)

• How it works
• Sites gt 100 Employees Eligible
• Participation optional, but scored
• Annual metrics In the last 12 months
• Web-based survey, quarterly reporting

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Worksite changes start with the GE Toolkits for
site managers

• Audience HR Managers, Plant Managers, Site
  Coordinators, Health Services Staff
• Guidelines and resources are outlined in 3
  steps Communicate, Connect and Commit
• Links Managers directly to resources via a
  collaboration community
• Global Resources (9 base languages)

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GE quick-start guides highlight tools from the
Purchasers Guide

• NBGH Purchasers Guide
• Approaches to healthy lifestyle are paired with
  Worksite based activation, preventative services,
  EAP and Work Life services.

GE Healthy Worksite Toolkit Framework

• Step 1
• Communicate
• Educate your employees through communication to
  improve their health habits.
• Tobacco Quit lines
• Posters and internet resources
• Worksite Newsletters

• Step 2
• Connect
• Engage your employees by connecting them with
  health wellness programs.
• EAP/Work Life
• Community Guide- CDC Stairwell program
• HBN Challenges

• Step 3
• Commit
• Make fundamental, lasting changes in worksite
  practices.
• Worksite Smoking Bans
• Healthy Cafeteria Vending
• Fitness Centers

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GE leveraged NBGH resources to support HWS
Toolkits
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The Guide to Community Preventive Services the
basis for several HWS resources
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Healthy Worksite examples
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Educating our Employees Healthcare 101

• Benchmarking
• NBGH Purchasers Guide
• Health Plan HRAs
• Employee feedback
• Employer Benchmarking
• Content
• US/GE Healthcare Costs
• Active Consumer
• Choosing the best MD and Hospital
• Wellness Program
• Preventive Screenings
• BP, Cholesterol, Mammogram, Colon Cancer

Global version, Health Basics, rolling out this
Fall
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Preventive Screening

• Increase preventive screening rates drive
  accountability to worksites
• Used purchasers guide to develop refine
  definitions
• Set targetsside-by-side view of NCQA State of
  Health Care Quality and HP2010 invaluable
• Assessed GEs baseline performance
• Made site-level data visible, readily available
• Goal reduce variability, improve performance in
  bottom quartile

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healthymagination
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Healthcare has reached a tipping point

• Healthcare industry in the U.S. has traditionally
  led innovation and exported globally
• Enormous pressure on government to reduce costs
  current model is unsustainable given
  demographic shifts
• Administrators looking to improve quality, lower
  cost, and reduce variation in care patients
  want quality and coverage
• Many new healthcare models emerging on a global
  basis

New solutions are required
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for a
healthier planet

for
healthier people

for a better world for generations to come
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Contact
Adam Malinoski Leader, Health and Wellness
Programs X Easton Turnpike Fairfield, CT
12345 203- Adam.Malinoski_at_ge.com

• Mark Russo
• Project Manager, Health and Productivity
• 1 River Road, Building 5-6 West
• Schenectady, NY 12345
• 518-388-7923
• Mark.A.Russo_at_ge.com