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Overview

Optimal Health Benefits:

  • Individual/Family



  • Group/Organization
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    More organizations and companies are looking for unique ways to motivate change which will lead to improved personal health. Change comes with education, understanding and a strong personal desire for improvement

    Why Optimal Health? Why Now?

    For the individual

    With rising healthcare costs, for most of us, the single largest personal expense after retirement will be healthcare costs. This will determine weather you live a care-free life taking long walks with your spouse or a frugal life of concern and regret. A single catastrophic event with a chronic medical condition like cardiovascular disease can decimate a life savings and retirement nest egg.

    The development of chronic disease, which for most people occurs over a lifetime of poorly made lifestyle choices, can devastate one’s ability to lead an active life with family and friends

    For the company

    The organization that creates creative programs to foster a healthy culture (see Google) will be the organization with long term viability. Google leads the way with fostering a healthy culture by mitigating stress, providing nutritious dining and cutting edge preventative medicine. These features are widely suspected to be a competitive edge in their quest to recruit the "best of the best" in the uber competitive Technology industry.

    Bottom line: optimally healthy and satisfied employees are a winning combination.

    More and more individuals and organizations are embracing the benefits of improved personal health

    For the individual:

    • Increased personal responsibility for healthcare costs stimulate personal accountability
    • Long-term financial implication for retirement planning
    • Improved quality of personal relationships
    • Improved work productivity and professional success

    For the organization:

    • Decreased absenteeism
    • Improved project productivity
    • Improved employee retention
    • Proliferation of culture of health
    • Decreased organizational costs and healthcare overhead

    © 2008 Lee Kirksey, MD FACS,
    www.leekirkseymd.com