The New Houston Wellness Association
Take a look at the new Houston Wellness Association! We are here to support health and wellness solutions for Houston area employers and beyond, supporting population health through education, networking, benchmarking, and data-driven productivity solutions and research.

Upcoming Events

Featured Event:

Houston's Healthiest Employers
Application Deadline: January 24, 2013

The HWA is pleased to continue its sponsorship of the Healthiest Employers awards as well as our own Paragon Awards, honoring Houston-area companies that have committed to making wellness a priority for their employees.

Each nominee will be assessed in six key categories, which include:

• Culture and Leadership Commitment

• Foundational Components

• Strategic Planning

• Communication and Marketing

• Programming and Interventions

• Reporting and Analysis

The employers are scored on an assessment of a 75-question online survey.

Click here to fill out a nomination form.

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Industry News

Ask The Expert

Health Metrics Measurement Strategy

By: Jason Mahler, FSA-Senior Consultant & Tracy Huber, MBA- Market Sales Leader of Aon Hewitt

Essential to the success of a health improvement evaluation strategy is defining goals and objectives for the program (what does the program want to achieve?) and reviewing selected metrics over time to track the progress of the program. The key to selecting useful health metrics is not to have a lot of measures, but rather to have the right measures that serve as leading indicators of how a company’s program is performing.  Click to Read More.

Paragon Award Winners

The 2011 HWA Paragon Awards were presented at the Westin Galleria on Thursday, March 1st, 2012.  Congratulations to this year's winning companies, true leaders in the evolution of corporate health and wellness.Click to Read More.