You probably know health equity is important to the success of your workforce, but do you know why? Promoting healthy equity in the workplace means fostering an environment where each person’s talents are welcomed and supported. Providing tools to help every employee feel they are treated fairly creates a safe environment and can become a key cornerstone of your workplace culture.
Offering employees the support they need is linked to higher change power, or adaptability, which means businesses show higher performance, enhanced leadership, and higher engagement. By highlighting the benefits provided by trusted health partners like Anthem, you can help showcase your commitment to health equity.
Accessible Solutions Serving Real-World Needs
Employee benefits can improve healthy equity by addressing social drivers of health, encouraging positive health outcomes, building better morale, and increasing productivity across your organization.
- Provide employees and household members with accessible support for life’s challenges — for example, through an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), one of the most powerful tools available to your employees. You can offset the impacts of social drivers of health by offering an EAP and tapping into services like legal and financial counseling, child and elder care, or even work-life balance planning.
- Make employee support go further through the added benefits of an enhanced EAP, including direct support from a designated client consultant. Empower your organization’s leadership through specialized training and referral support for supervisors and managers. Be prepared to provide employees support during higher acuity events, from substance use policy consultations through critical incident coordination during tense or challenging situations.
- Advocacy models give everyone access to personalized support that drives better care outcomes. Dedicated Family Advocates get to know each person’s circumstances, connecting them with expert care, family support, and community resources.
- Offering a range of behavioral health resources provides employees with the right level of support for when, where, and how they need it most. Whether it’s more involved inpatient services for a high-acuity issue or virtual counseling for low-acuity concerns of stress or burnout, you can offer peace of mind by making options available.
Building Relationships With Inclusive Providers
Health partners like Anthem constantly expand their network to make more specialists available to help deliver the right care right when it’s needed. By building and maintaining relationships with trusted providers vetted to provide high-quality care, employers like you can offer employees and their families health benefits with greater access to inclusive, attentive care. This opens the door to care providers who understand each person’s specific needs, from LGBTQ+ concerns through social drivers of health.
Anthem’s network impact is even greater given the training, tools, and data care providers receive, allowing them to provide proactive care supporting individuals who may be overwhelmed by symptoms or other challenges. Add to this the power of the SydneySM Health app that offers 24/7 provider access, and you can provide real-time support that can truly help improve employee health.
Most people have heard the saying, “Actions speak louder than words.” More than ever, employees are holding their workplaces accountable in providing equitable access to care and optimal health. Organizations benefit by reinforcing an engaged, motivated workforce that is productive and thriving.