Posted on 03/13/2015 2:26:32 AM PDT by Libloather
Millions of Americans are embracing health and fitness tracking devices — such as Fitbit and the new Apple Watch — to boost their health and wellness. But a new study suggests a potential downside of the new med-tech devices: Employers may begin to require them for some workers to hold down rising healthcare costs.
MarketWatch reports that millions of the devices are expected to be introduced into the workplace by 2018 as employers adopt incentivized wellness programs to tackle rising health care costs, according to a study by Verizon Enterprise Solutions.
“Tracker information will become part of your health record,” said Nancy Green, global practice lead for health care at Verizon Enterprise Solutions.
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Clockwork Orange.
I sadly remember a time when most employees were considered to be part of the ‘family’. Today they are cogs in a machine. Easily replaced when broken and tossed into the trashcan of unemployment.
My personal experience with fitness in the workplace programs is that they want you to do the exercise on your own time.
A paid manager can be paid, but turned into a drill sergeant on unpaid time, heck no.
I worked in the call center world. The last thing we wanted was our people getting up and walking around.
The result is likely to be more fitness trackers at work, the tracking of employee activity data, the building of yoga studios in offices and the hiring of in-house doctors to run office health clinics,
Yeah all that will drive down the “cost of healthcare”.
NOT!
Just another tentacle controlling your life without your free consent.
The fascists don’t have to confront you directly: they just engage other agents to force your compliance. Your Dr.s, your insurance company and now, your employer.
I am getting too old for this sh**!
Over my dead body.
Anything that tracks me gets dismantled and microwaved.
My employer (before I retired) gave credit for fitness by giving you a lower premium price if you were fit. I heard somebody say the other day that they were offering a free Fitbit if you could maintain a certain fitness level but if you didn’t you had to pay for it. The difference is that it is voluntary.
I have a Fitbit and it helps keep me on track with my walking and other fitness. It keeps me from sitting too much. :-) They are a great piece of fitness equipment but they shouldn’t be mandatory in the workplace IMO. It is good to reward those that keep themselves fit and keep down costs though.
Which is why you should start your own business, be an independent associate, a consultant or work for yourself in some way.
however...if you read up on this the only result is to stretch the ligaments.....
so you are more likely to have serious joint defects later.
Strong ligaments hold joint bones in place during movement and at rest, while surrounding muscles and tendons support the joint primarily during movement.
If the ligaments, tendons or muscles around the joint become weak, loose or torn, they may not be able hold the joint bones in place. As a result, a bone may partially or fully dislocate. You may hear a partial dislocation referred to as “subluxation.”
If they wish to pay for the Fitbit or any other brand monitor that’s fine by me.But I won’t be buying one.
Besides that,I have that function already on my IPhone.
Don’t worry, this won’t stick. Too many women will be adversely effected...
I work for myself, but wear a fitbit 24/7. Love it!
Amen! And that includes a cell phone which I don’t own.
I have thought about changing my FR name to ‘never tracked.’
I do have a cell phone but I go in to the guts of the OS to make sure that stuff is disabled. I can only be tracked by the tower triangulation.
I have maps stored in my head, I don’t need GPS. Its only cool to locate things once in a while.
I work in a machine shop. Wearing rings & watches is a no-no. I think that we can stipulate that anybody working in an office environment that doesn’t also have a gym memebership is probably not fit, if they are over - say 45. Why do we need to collect a bunch of data to quantify the details?
I work in a machine shop. Wearing rings & watches is a no-no. I think that we can stipulate that anybody working in an office environment that doesn’t also have a gym memebership is probably not fit, if they are over - say 45. Why do we need to collect a bunch of data to quantify the details?
“Give me liberty or give me death”
This kind of tyranny puts the above statement in to modern day focus.
This kind of thing is going to happen unless people show up in masses in the streets to demand this stop.
Too bad Owhammy does not have one or we would know where he was during Bengazi.
One of my former employers gave us new badges. Another employee sent me a link to the badge maker’s site. The maker promised computer reports on how many times and how much time each employee spent in the bathroom or smoking areas as well as reports on time in and out of the work area or plant. It would only take a slight adjustment to provide calories burned as well.
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