title: Linking Workplace Health Promotion Best Practices and Organizational Financial Performance: Tracking Market Performance of Companies With Highest Scores on the HERO Scorecard.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to evaluate the stock performance of publicly traded companies that received high scores on the HERO Employee Health Management Best Practices Scorecard in Collaboration with Mercer© based on their implementation of evidence-based workplace health promotion practices.
  
  
  METHODS
  A portfolio of companies that received high scores in a corporate health and wellness self-assessment was simulated based on past market performance and compared with past performance of companies represented on the Standard and Poor's (S&P) 500 Index.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Stock values for a portfolio of companies that received high scores in a corporate health and wellness self-assessment appreciated by 235% compared with the S&P 500 Index appreciation of 159% over a 6-year simulation period.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Robust investment in workforce health and well-being appears to be one of multiple practices pursued by high-performing, well-managed companies.
authors.affiliation: Health Enhancement Research Organization (Dr Grossmeier), Edina, Minnesota; HealthNEXT (Dr Ray Fabius), Newtown Square, Pennsylvania; Mayo Clinic Global Business Solutions (Ms Flynn), Rochester, Minnesota; Mercer Health & Benefits, LLC (Dr Noeldner), New York, New York; Cooper University Hospital (Dr Dan Fabius), Camden, New Jersey; Truven Health Analytics (Dr Goetzel), Bethesda, Maryland; Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (Dr Goetzel), Washington, DC; and StayWell (Dr Anderson), St. Paul, Minnesota.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grossmeier
authors.forename: Ray
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fabius
authors.forename: Jennifer P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Flynn
authors.forename: Steven P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Noeldner
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fabius
authors.forename: Ron Z
authors.initials: RZ
authors.lastname: Goetzel
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004465:Economic Competition; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D005260:Female; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D007449:Investments; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards; D015279:Organizational Culture; D017132:Workplace / Q000458:organization & administration