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The UMD Employees Wellness Program sponsored by UMD Department
Human Resources offers a range of health promotion and wellness programs
and services that promote and support physical and emotional health and
well-being of our employees and their dependents:
- Annual Health Fairs
held each year in November feature free flu shots to faculty and staff,
and a wealth of information from medical/dental plan providers, retirement
companies and other wellness, health and safety related vendors.
- Farmers
Market at UMD brings fresh produce to the Duluth campus to promote
a healthy workplace and a healthy lifestyle for employees and people
from the surrounding neighborhoods.
- Employee Assistance
Program provides free, 24/7 resources including counseling, referrals
and information to faculty and staff members (or their immediate family)
seeking guidance about personal or professional concerns.
- Medication Therapy Management
Clinic seeks to reduce medication therapy problems by providing
an individualized patient care plan. The more medications one takes,
the higher the chances of having medication therapy problems. MTM can
help reduce that risk.
- Online
Resources offer helpful health and wellness tips.
- QuickCare is a walk-in
clinic for UMD employees, spouses/same-sex domestic partners, and dependent
children. An experienced nurse practitioner provides basic services
such as treating ear pain and strep, to immunizations. Free blood pressure
check for employees. Free cholestec for UPlan members.
- TSCP (Tobacco/Smoking
Cessation Program) - If you’re looking to quit, the UMD Tobacco/Smoking
Cessation program is here to help. Our team of health professionals
will assist you in creating a customized plan to become tobacco free.
We will support you along the way with guidance from a qualified health
educator, prescriptions for tobacco cessation medications, and medication
counseling from a qualified pharmacist.The counseling program is free
for UMD faculty, staff, and their families. UPlan members who successfully
complete a 6-month program will receive a $65 reward.
- Tobacco/Smoking
Cessation Resources can help you finally kick smoking.
- UPlan Health Coach can
help motivate and encourage eligible UPlan members to better health.
Your Health Coach provides unbiased up-to-date health information
to assist you with the development of a personalized wellness plan to
effectively change behavior.
- Wellness workshops
explore nutrition, lifestyle, exercise and other health-related topics.
UPLAN Working on Wellness:
- UPlan
Wellness
Self-Assessement - When you are a member of the UPlan Medical
Program, and assess your health (whether completing the UPlan Wellness
Assessment for the very first time or whether you are re-taking the
assessment during 2008 after completing it in previous years) you qualify
to receive a $65 Wellness Reward for the 2008 calendar year. If your
spouse or same-sex domestic partner also completes the assessment, he
or she can also receive a $65 Wellness Reward.
- Health Care Choices - As consumers, we know how to shop for the best price. But do we know how to buy health care coverage to lower our medical bills? Or can we compare the quality of one hospital to another? Do we know how to find out which provider delivers the most value for the best price? With the wide array of choices we have for health care services, HealthCare Choices can help you get the most out of the health care dollars you spend.
- Healthy Living Programs - Ask University employees what health habits they want to change and they'll tell you: Help me manage my stress, lose weight or curb my cholesterol. The Healthy Living suite of programs is designed to do just that.
- Fitness
Rewards allows UPlan medical program members who visit a participating
health club eight times a month to receive up to a $20-a-month reimbursement.
- 10,000
Steps is a sure-fire way to boost your physical activity.
- Ask
Mayo Clinic Nurse Line
24-hour Nurse Line
- Health
Coaching - This confidential program, available at no additional charge, is designed to help you reduce your health risks by making long-term lifestyle changes.
Other Programs:
Share With Us Your Success Story
UMD employees and family members may share with us how the wellness
programs (both UMD and the twin cities) have made you healthier and
how it has helped you to make the most of your health. Email UMD
HR.
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