{"id":13398,"date":"2018-04-25T15:56:09","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T15:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/whiteboard-wednesday-the-hidden-costs-of-wellness-spreadsheets\/"},"modified":"2022-10-26T00:15:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T04:15:29","slug":"whiteboard-wednesday-the-hidden-costs-of-wellness-spreadsheets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/whiteboard-wednesday-the-hidden-costs-of-wellness-spreadsheets\/","title":{"rendered":"Whiteboard Wednesday: The Hidden Costs Of Wellness Spreadsheets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Since last week&#8217;s Whiteboard Wednesday session on\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/whiteboard-wednesday-math-behind-blood-testing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">math behind reducing blood testing<\/a> was so popular, this week\u2019s session also provides a little fun with math! Specifically, the session discusses how employers may underestimate the total cost of self-service wellness challenges by not fully considering the cost of administration and employee participation time. When the total costs of self-service programs are included in the decision-making process, employers may reconsider running wellness challenges internally and think about reallocating the freed capacity to higher value areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/topic\/whiteboard-wednesday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Whiteboard Wednesdays<\/a> are short-form video posts from Wellable on important topics to know for employee health and wellness professionals. 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