Category: Wellness Technology

How does Facebook relate to wellness?

Comscore has been releasing information about the amount of time consumers are spending at popular Internet destinations.  For a long time, Google was where people spent the most  time.  But last year that changed.  Last autumn Facebook beat our Google as the place that Internet users spent the most time each day.  As the months have [...]
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Human powered transport from Shweeb catches Google’s attention

Take a look at this idea for combining exercise with public transportation. It's an idea from a company in New Zealand called Shweeb.  It's still in the early stages, but Google just Google awarded Shweeb $1 million for research and development, so you may be hearing more about it.  For crowded urban environments where riding a [...]
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New community bicycle program to launch in Denver

B-Cycle Bike Rentals in Denver A new community bicycle program is launching in incentaHEALTH's backyard in Denver, Colorado.  The program—similar to programs running in several European cities—allows anyone to do a short-term bike rental whenever they need to get around.  This is a great way to make it easy for people to integrate physical activity into [...]
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incentaHEALTH Announces Online Wellness ROI Calculator for Employers

Today we are excited to announce a new tool for employers looking to quantify the reduction in health care costs that can result from a wellness program. By visiting the "Measurable Results" section of incentaHEALTH.com, employers can enter the number of employees in their company and calculate how much the incentaHEALTH Wellness Program should save in [...]
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incentaHEALTH launches new blood pressure-enhanced wellness kiosk

Jackson National—one of incentaHEALTH's corporate customers—has just expanded its use of the incentaHEALTH program.  After beginning the program at its headquarters in Lansing Michigan, Jackson National is now offering the program to its Denver employees. The Denver location is also testing out a new blood pressure addition to the HEALTHspot wellness kiosk.  With this new feature, [...]
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