Imagine you want to know how your employees are using their benefits. You hope it'll reveal the reasons for your high musculoskeletal (MSK) costs and help you solve the problem. So, you request data from your current partner. Weeks later, you finally receive a report that no one on your team understands. There’s a better way. Accolade’s True Health Dashboard delivers on-demand, actionable insights into employee population health.

As an employer, you know how important it is to offer high-quality, cost-effective healthcare benefits that suit your employees’ diverse and dynamic needs. You also know that your benefits strategy directly influences employee population health, which in turn affects your business outcomes. The question is whether you have the data and insights to make informed and impactful decisions.

If you do lack the data needed for strategic decisions, you’re not alone. Many employers struggle to access, understand, and utilize their employee population health data effectively. This is often because the data is scattered across multiple sources, outdated, incomplete, or hard to interpret. You need a powerful, user-friendly data platform that helps you see the population health big picture and uncovers the stories behind the numbers.

Leverage population health data for better outcomes

The Accolade True Health Dashboard is a one-of-a-kind data platform that offers on-demand access to prompt, actionable insights into employee population health. It integrates data from multiple sources, such as electronic health records, pharmacies, labs, insurance claims, and third-party partners, to provide a comprehensive and holistic view of your workforce’s health. With the True Health Dashboard, you can:

• Monitor employee engagement: See how employees interact with your navigation and advocacy solutions.

• Track benefits use: Understand how employees use their benefits and access services.

• Analyze risks and costs: Evaluate how health risks, behaviors, and conditions influence costs and utilization.

• Benchmark metrics: Compare your population health metrics with industry benchmarks and historical trends.

• Gauge satisfaction: Measure how satisfied employees are with their healthcare experience.

• Share reports: Extract and share reports easily and securely to collaborate on data-driven actions.

Improve employee health with actionable insights

What does this mean for your organization? Here's an example of how a company might use the True Health Dashboard to find and address a pain point in their employee population health. Let's say you’re a large manufacturing company with a high rate of MSK pain and injuries among your line workers. This issue is increasing healthcare costs, absenteeism, and turnover. How can you reduce pain and injuries while improving your employees’ quality of life?

Use the True Health Dashboard to analyze your population’s health data. This can help you identify risk factors and predictors, such as age, gender, body mass index, physical activity, smoking, and comorbidities. Armed with this data, you can implement a targeted care solution that aligns with your workers’ needs and preferences. From an advocacy solution and digital MSK program to proactive engagement and enrollment incentives, you can use data to transform your employees’ healthcare experience and improve their overall well-being.

Better employee health leads to better business health

Enhancing population health doesn’t just help your employees. It also positively affects your company’s health. Healthier employees are more productive and engaged, and less likely to miss work or suffer from burnout. Additionally, by reducing healthcare costs and benefits use, you can significantly improve your company’s financial performance and competitiveness.

A study by the Integrated Benefits Institute found that poor health costs the U.S. economy $576 billion (about $1,800 per person) per year, of which $227 billion is due to lost productivity. [1] Another study by the American Journal of Health Promotion estimated that for every dollar spent on wellness programs, medical costs fall by about $3.27 and absenteeism costs fall by about $2.73. [2]

Leveraging the Accolade True Health Dashboard gives you a deeper understanding of your employee population health and the factors that influence it. This allows you to implement population health management strategies that address specific needs, enhance overall employee health, boost productivity, and reduce costs.

Ready to transform your employee health strategy?

If you want to learn more about the True Health Dashboard and how it can help you understand employee population health and improve business performance, contact us today.

[1] https://news.ibiweb.org/poor-health-costs-us-employers-575-billion

[2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2873731/