A.D.A.M. Hands Premier Resorts the Apple
Award honors executives for their promotion of health and wellness among employees
ATLANTA (April 14, 2008) – A.D.A.M., Inc. (NASDAQ: ADAM), today announced the presentation of the first-ever A.D.A.M. Apple Award to Premier Resorts International President and CEO Barbara Zimonja and COO Brad Goulding. The award, which was presented at Premier Resorts’ semi-annual General Managers meeting on April 22 in Maui, Hawaii, recognizes these leaders for actively inspiring employees to live healthy.
A.D.A.M. initiated a “Health from the Top Down” contest among employers who use Benergy, A.D.A.M.’s portal for health and benefits communication. In the contest, employees were asked to nominate organization leaders who did something positive to promote health and wellness among workers. Premier Resorts, a property management company based in Utah, stood out as an organization that promoted an exceptional culture of wellness.
“I nominated Barbara and Brad for the Apple Award for their strong advocacy of wellness,” said Keli Christensen, vice president of human resources at Premier Resorts. “Barbara organized a wellness team years ago that has initiated an array of healthy programs, including self-care bonuses and sports and stress-relieving activities during the workday. Now with our Benergy portal, employees can take health risk assessments, research practically any health topic and receive healthy lifestyle newsletters from the company.”
“A healthy workforce is the foundation for a successful company,” said Barbara Zimonja, president and CEO at Premier Resorts. “The benefits of an effective and well-designed health and wellness program encourage employees to pay attention to their health, maintain benefits costs for the company and employee, enhance retention, attract candidates to the organization, and ultimately push employees to make healthy choices.”
“A.D.A.M. believes that the impetus for individuals to take care of themselves comes from many facets of their lives, and employers should do what they can to support them and set a great example,” said Greg Juhn, senior vice president of product development at A.D.A.M., Inc. “Leaders who recognize this and institute wellness initiatives, such as offering online health tools, deserve to be recognized so that other employers can be inspired to take similar steps. A healthy attitude is contagious, both within a company and across companies.”
A.D.A.M.’s Benergy is an employee health, benefits and human resources portal. It powers a website where employees can find facts, education, decision tools, links, forms and just about anything else related to their benefits and human resources programs. Benergy also guides employees through benefits decisions during open enrollment and new hire orientation. To learn more about Benergy visit http://www.adam.com/.
About A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M. (NASDAQ: ADAM - News) is a leading provider of high-quality health information and benefits technology solutions to healthcare organizations, employers, consumers, and educational institutions. With an industry-leading employee and HR benefits technology platform called Benergy™, and one of the largest consumer health information libraries in the world, A.D.A.M. empowers consumers to learn about their health and wellness, while reducing the costs of healthcare and benefits administration. For more information, visit www.adam.com or call 1-800-408-ADAM.
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