How to Use Technology to Support Wellbeing

In recent years, there have been significant advancements in technology that can help employees stay healthy, happy, and feel good while they do their work. 

In this post, we’ll cover how businesses can use technology to support employee wellbeing and increase employee engagement.

Wearable Technology

Wearable technology, such as fitness trackers and smartwatches, can help employees track their physical activity, sleep patterns, and overall health. 

Employers can encourage the use of wearable technology by offering incentives for achieving fitness goals, such as free gym memberships or discounts on health insurance premiums. This can help employees stay motivated and engaged in their health and wellbeing.

Telehealth Services

Telehealth services allow employees to consult with healthcare providers remotely via video conferencing or phone calls. 

This can save employees time and money and provide access to health-care services for those who may not otherwise have it. 

You can partner with telehealth providers to offer their employees virtual consultations with health-care professionals, mental health therapists, and other specialists.

Wellness Apps

There are countless wellness apps available that can help employees manage stress, improve sleep, and promote mindfulness. 

Many apps offer guided meditation sessions, breathing exercises, and other tools to help employees improve their mental health. Some of these include:

• Headspace: This app offers guided meditations and mindfulness exercises to help users reduce stress, improve focus, and promote better sleep.
  
• Calm: Calm offers guided meditations, sleep stories, and breathing exercises to help users manage stress, anxiety, and depression.
  
• Insight Timer: Insight Timer provides a library of over 80,000 guided meditations, music tracks, and talks from leading experts in the field of mindfulness and wellness.
  
• Happify: Happify offers science-based activities and games to help users manage stress, build resilience, and improve their overall mental health.
  
• Simple Habit: Simple Habit offers guided meditations, breathing exercises, and other mindfulness tools to help users manage stress, improve focus, and sleep better.

Consider offering subscriptions to wellness apps as part of their employee benefits package or encourage employees to download and use them on their own.

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Employee Assistance Programs

Employee assistance programs (EAPs) provide access to confidential counselling services, legal advice, and financial planning resources. You can even integrate online programs into your LMS to help develop and strengthen employees’ emotional intelligence and stress management skills.

EAPs can help employees manage personal or work-related issues affecting their wellbeing. You can partner with EAP providers to offer their employees access to these services as part of their benefits package or as a standalone program.

Virtual Fitness Classes

Virtual fitness classes, such as yoga or dance classes, can be a great way to promote physical activity and encourage social interaction among employees. 

Consider offering virtual fitness classes to employees via video conferencing platforms, such as Zoom or Microsoft Teams. This can help employees stay active and engaged with their colleagues, even while working remotely.

Mindfulness Programs

Mindfulness programs, such as meditation or breathing exercises, can help employees manage stress and improve their mental health. 

You can offer mindfulness programs to employees via virtual classes or by partnering with mindfulness providers. This can help employees stay focused and productive, even during challenging times.

Ergonomic Workstations

Ergonomic workstations like standing desks and adjustable chairs can help employees maintain good posture and prevent back pain or other musculoskeletal issues. Employers can provide ergonomic workstations to their employees or offer stipends to purchase them. 

Focusing on physical comfort can help employees stay focused, even during long hours of sitting.

Technology can be a powerful tool to support employee wellbeing and increase employee engagement. 

By offering wearable technology, telehealth services, wellness apps, employee assistance programs, virtual fitness classes, mindfulness programs, and ergonomic workstations, you can help employees improve their physical and mental health, reduce stress, and stay engaged. 

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