{"id":14243,"date":"2016-04-11T14:00:45","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T14:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/school-broadens-definition-of-voi-for-employee-health\/"},"modified":"2022-10-20T10:52:43","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T14:52:43","slug":"school-broadens-definition-of-voi-for-employee-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/school-broadens-definition-of-voi-for-employee-health\/","title":{"rendered":"School District Broadens Definition Of VOI For Employee Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/metro_nashville.jpg\" alt=\"Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools logo\" width=\"198\" height=\"198\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/2016-03-23-most-tracked-voi-measures-for-wellness-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a> discussed how half of employers were using at least one value on investment (VOI) measure to track success, including employee engagement (30%), turnover (22%), absenteeism (18%), productivity (17%), and recruitment\/referral rates (13%).\u00a0 This is nearly doubled the amount (28%) of employers tracking the return on investment (ROI) for their employee wellness programs.\u00a0 As employers continue to build the case for employee health being critical to organizational success, the definition of VOI broadens to include all aspects of a group\u2019s goals and objectives.<\/p>\n<p><!--HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><span id=\"hs-cta-wrapper-f13fd883-abe3-4f31-952d-6f8593e40386\" class=\"hs-cta-wrapper\"><span id=\"hs-cta-f13fd883-abe3-4f31-952d-6f8593e40386\" class=\"hs-cta-node hs-cta-f13fd883-abe3-4f31-952d-6f8593e40386\"><!-- [if lte IE 8]>\n\n\n<div id=\"hs-cta-ie-element\"><\/div>\n\n\n<![endif]--><a href=\"https:\/\/cta-redirect.hubspot.com\/cta\/redirect\/226537\/f13fd883-abe3-4f31-952d-6f8593e40386\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"hs-cta-img-f13fd883-abe3-4f31-952d-6f8593e40386\" class=\"hs-cta-img\" style=\"border-width: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/no-cache.hubspot.com\/cta\/default\/226537\/f13fd883-abe3-4f31-952d-6f8593e40386.png\" alt=\"CHECK OUT OUR 4-MINUTE VIDEO ON ROI VS VOI FOR EMPLOYEE WELLNESS!\" \/><\/a><\/span><script charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/js.hscta.net\/cta\/current.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> hbspt.cta.load(226537, 'f13fd883-abe3-4f31-952d-6f8593e40386', {\"useNewLoader\":\"true\",\"region\":\"na1\"}); <\/script><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- end HubSpot Call-to-Action Code -->A great example of the far reaching impact of employee health was recently featured in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.corporatewellnessmagazine.com\/others\/when-teachers-healthy-students-better\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Corporate Wellness Magazine article<\/a>. \u00a0Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) originally launched a wellness program to contain healthcare costs as well as improve teacher attendance, morale, and performance evaluations. \u00a0Several years into the program, arguably the most noteworthy return from the wellness program may be student achievement as measured by their standardized American College Test (ACT) scores.<\/p>\n<p>Using a proprietary composite index of health, wellbeing, and engagement (WellScore\u00ae), MNPS was able to analyze a wide array of VOI measures.\u00a0 Part of this examination included non-traditional benefits of employee health.\u00a0 For example, MNPS examined how healthier teachers would affect learning among the 83,000 students it serves.\u00a0 \u201cA healthier MNPS workforce has been tied to higher academic achievement. \u00a0A dramatic correlation was seen between teacher wellness ratings and student ACT scores. \u00a0For example, teachers with higher WellScore results had superior teaching evaluation scores and lower absenteeism rates.\u201d\u00a0 The article is worth reading to dig deeper into why student achievement improved with employee health, but in short, lower absenteeism results in a less substitute teaching, which is often associated with students having difficulty focusing.<\/p>\n<p>The big takeaway is that employee health has an incredible impact on the goals and objectives of an organization.\u00a0 In the case of a school district, whose mission is to educate its students, employee health impacted academic\u00a0achievement.\u00a0 Whether its customer service or quality control, employee health can and should be seen as a way to impact an organization\u2019s core goals and objectives.\u00a0 By broadening the definition of its impact and VOI, employers can more easily make the case for employee health as a business strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As employers continue to build the case for employee health being critical to organizational success, the definition of VOI broadens to include all aspects of a group\u2019s goals and objectives. 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