Optimal Health Coaching™

What Is Optimal Health Coaching™?

• Optimal Health Coaching™ is a proprietary model of engaging, supporting, assisting, and guiding individuals towards positive lifestyle changes and health optimization.
• Optimal Health Coaching™ is rooted in the field of health promotion, which is defined as: "The science and art of helping people change their lifestyle to move toward a state of optimal health."
• Optimal Health Coaching™ balances respect for each individual's perceptions, readiness to change, and awareness with skill building and goal setting. This combination results in intrinsic lifestyle decision making and sustainable positive behavior change.

How Does Optimal Health Coaching™ Work?

• Our Optimal Health Coaches™ reach out to participants in a personalized, confidential and caring way to ensure success both for the individual and for the employer.
• Optimal Health Coaching™ is provided telephonically in the home and workplace, at the time and day most convenient to the individual.
• Frequency and length of sessions are based on individual risk level and readiness to change.
• Participation and engagement in coaching is the strongest determinant of success both for the individual and for the employer.

Who Are Our Optimal Health Coaches™?

• The Optimal Health Coaches™ are a team of health professionals with varying backgrounds in health promotion and degrees ranging from:
  
  • Registered Nurses
  • Certified Fitness Trainers
  • Registered Dieticians
  • Certified Health Education Specialists
  • Smoking Cessation Facilitators

How Does Optimal Health Coaching™ Facilitate Lifestyle Behavior Change?

• Each participant is provided regular opportunities to communicate with an Optimal Health Coach™, building a relationship of trust, support, and encouragement.
• Each Health Coaching session consists of open dialogue about the individual's identified modifiable health risks, overcoming barriers, and goal setting. The individual is provided targeted health recommendations and education, guidance, and positive feedback.
• Participants work with their Health Coach to create their personalized Optimal Health Action Plan™. These plans are designed to provide a structured framework with timelines, progress indicators and outcome measures targeted to achievement of the individual's desired health goals.
• Health Coaches also refer participants to available resources within the company and community such as Disease Management, Employee Assistance Programs, benefit incentives, community programs, and provider services. Our referrals and support of existing employer programs ensures a cohesive and collaborative wellness program is presented to participants.

How Is Health Coaching Progress Documented?

• Health Coaches document, track, monitor and measure outcome data and provide quarterly aggregate reports on pertinent trends for each company.
• Aggregate reports presented to the client company include but are not limited to:
  • Percent Engaged in Coaching
  • Health Coaching Sessions Completed
  • Health Topics Discussed
  • Behavior Changes Achieved in the Population
  • Health Goals Set and Goals Achieved
  • Referrals Made

How Will My Company Benefit From Health Coaching?

• Aggregate reports provided to the company measure the total population enrolled in Health Coaching as well as track the net change in lifestyle health risk reductions and attributable cost savings reported annually.
• Information provided in the aggregate report is part of the metrics dashboard used to determine Return On Investment.
• A proven body of research is showing that there is a measurable Return On Investment in programs that include Health Coaching.
• Program results can also be measured through biometrics, Health Risk Assessments, behavior changes, health claims, absenteeism, workers' compensation, and short-term disability.

Why Telephonic Health Coaching?

• Participant Satisfaction: Participants develop a trusting relationship with their Health Coach which is key to positive behavior change
• Portability and Flexibility: Health Coaching can take place anywhere throughout the United States and calls are based on the participant's schedule
• Confidentiality: All Health Coaching calls are completely confidential and individual information will not be shared with the client or insurance company
• Productivity: Employee productivity is enhanced by decreasing lifestyle health risks as achieved through Health Coaching
• Lifestyle Focused: The Optimal Health Coaching™ model focuses on lifestyle related behaviors that participants can change
• Cost Benefit: Organizations will see the benefit through reduced health claims, reduced absenteeism, reduced workers' compensation, short-term disability and a great Return On Investment

What Results Can Your Company Achieve With Optimal Health Coaching™?

• The average Trotter Wellness® client sees the following individual results from the Optimal Health Coaching™ program:
  • 5.0 Health topics discussed per Health Coaching session
  • 2.2 Goals set per session
  • 1.2 Behavior changes per session
  • 1.7 Educational materials sent per session
  • 1.4 Referrals made to additional resources per session
• The average Trotter Wellness® client that incorporates Health Coaching sees the following aggregate results over three years:
  • Improved Overall Wellness Score by 5
  • Average 8.6% improvement in top three modifiable company risk factors
• The average Trotter Wellness® client that incorporates Health Coaching sees a ROI of $5.20 in savings for every $1.00 invested.