News Release
May 1st,
2007
Abbotsford, BC
The Fraser Health Authority selects
CoreXL software to help launch it’s Fraser Health
in motion
Challenge.
The
FHA has been one of the first in
Canada
to introduce a new interactive challenge to its hard working professionals. They
used CoreXL for a corporate virtual race to
Panama
to address the physical activity goal of their full program. “We had three goals
in mind and our Race to
Panama
mobilized people right away!” stated Wendy Creelman of
in motion.
Using the latest
wellness tracking technology of CoreXL, sprinkled in with some motivating prizes,
employee teams walked over 20,000,000
steps in the first two weeks of the workplace wellness challenge.
The Fraser Health
in motion Challenge was designed to increase employee’s daily physical
activity, decrease tobacco use and increase vegetable and fruit consumption.
“We selected
the core community software because of the ability to meet our objective, on a very
tight timeline, to engage employees with a fun motivating challenge”, commented
Wendy.
Fraser Health Authority
employs 30,000 people over a diverse geographical area of
British Columbia
in the rural communities near the City of
Vancouver
. The employees serve a population of 1.5 million citizens.
Their integrated approach allows Fraser Health to play an important role in enhancing
the quality and longevity of life. Through public education and the promotion of
good health practices, they encourage people to take personal responsibility for
their health and to lead a healthy lifestyle.
“We are excited at the opportunity see to such strong results from our first CoreXL
workplace challenge program with over 70 teams participating and some teams walking
to
Panama
one month ahead of schedule. These results have shown a very positive effect on
employees and camaraderie in the workplace”, commented Anne Marie Kirby, CEO of
Corehealth Technologies.
Corehealth Technologies is a leading developer of web based software in the preventative
health sector, serving businesses, governments and health organizations across the
United
States
and
Canada
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