Program Description

2003 Koop Award Winner

Fairview Alive - Fairview Health Services

Narrative Description of Program

Since 1906, Fairview has provided quality health care in our hospitals, clinics, and ancillary services.  Our values of dignity, integrity, service and compassion guide everything we do – including how we treat our employees.  We know that how well we treat our employees is directly related to how well they care for our patients.
A total health management program, Fairview Alive, was first introduced in 1996.  Fairview Alive was one of four programs — benefits, employee assistance program, employee occupational health services and the health promotion program — working independently to support employee health and well-being.  In 1999, these departments combined efforts, creating the total health management initiative, to reach their goals and support critical company–wide strategic initiatives:

• Financial/operational performance – Manage employee health-related costs, health plan costs, worker’s compensation, disability and unscheduled time off.
• Employee engagement – Improve the quality of the workplace to increase employee satisfaction, as well as employee recruitment and retention.

Today, 16.62 staff members, along with 500 employee volunteers, deliver health-related programs and services to 13,000 benefit-eligible employees.  As a part of the human resources function Fairview Alive is under the direction of the Director of Health and Benefit services and the Fairview Alive partners leadership team.  The Fairview Alive health promotion programs and services focus on employee, leadership and physician engagement.  To engage these audiences the following behavior change products and services were offered; employee health kits, health education activities, targeted intervention programs, and resources.