For this year’s annual Wellness Conference, The Future of Health and Wellness in the Workplace, the Tampa Bay Healthcare Collaborative, in partnership with the Wellness Council of Tampa Bay, invited leading experts and pioneers in wellness to share emerging trends, best practices, and useful resources in workplace wellness. Presenters from across the country gathered at the Metropolitan Ministries in Tampa to share these insights with a large and diverse cross-section of Bay Area stakeholders. After six break-out sessions and an interactive keynote presentation, attendees left with fresh ideas for improving and implementing wellness in their own workplaces.
The morning began with three breakout sessions. A Collaborative Approach to Wellness: The Broker, Employer, and Carrier Relationship was a presentation given by Trish Blocker, Wellness Coordinator, and Jerald D. Carlson, Vice President for Employee Benefits, both of the Wallace Welch & Willingham company. Financial Planning as a Benefit was presented by Brandan Hardie, a financial advisor and manager of a Financial Wellness program with Ameriprise Financial. The Future of Onsite Health Clinics was presented by Dave Demers, Vice President for Business Intelligence and Analytics, and Paul Montgomery, Vice President for Relationship Management, both of Marathon Health, Inc.
Dave Demers of Marathon Health, Inc., gives a presentation on the future of on-site clinics.
After the first round of breakout sessions, attendees were provided with lunch from Inside the Box Café. Keynote speaker Cheryl Jones, Director of Mindfulness at Aetna and author of Mindful Exercise: A Bridge Between Yoga and Exercise, shared information and resources about how to incorporate mindfulness into their worksites and guided attendees through a mindfulness exercise to demonstrate how mindfulness can transform workplace culture and improve employee wellbeing. (You can find the materials from Cheryl’s presentation here.)
Another set of breakout sessions followed lunch and the keynote. Technology and Social Networking for Wellness Programs was presented by Joe Sullivan, Senior Vice President for Sales at Virgin Pulse. Health Coaching was delivered by Jason Barnett, Operations Manager, and Erin O’Brien, a certified health and wellness coach, both with BayCare Health Systems. Telemedicine: Revolutionizing Healthcare Through Delivery was presented by Perry Broeseker, Director of Broker and Consultant Sales, and Paul Kowalski, Vice President for Employer Sales, both of Teladoc, Inc.
The conference concluded with recognition for the hard-working members of the TBHC Wellness Committee, the Wellness Council of Tampa Bay and the event’s generous sponsors: Aetna, Diamond Sponsor; BayCare, Gold Sponsor; Health Designs, Silver Sponsor; JCA Education, Bronze Sponsor; Tobacco Free Florida, Bronze Sponsor; IOA’s Corporate 5K, Bronze Sponsor; DayQuest Life, Bronze Sponsor; the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America, Bronze Sponsor; Health & Wellness Professionals, Bronze Sponsor; Florida Blue, Food Sponsor; Metropolitan Ministries, Venue Sponsor; and Florida Print Solutions, Inc., Print Sponsor.
BayCare was the Gold Sponsor for the 4th Annual Wellness Conference.
As we reflect on the 4th Annual Wellness Conference held Wednesday, June 15th, the Tampa Bay Healthcare Collaborative once again thanks and congratulates our partners for making this year’s conference a huge success. TBHC is a model of and vehicle for collaboration, and our engine is fueled by the active participation and contributions of our members. Your hard work not only made this year’s Wellness Conference possible, but our best yet!
