AWARDS
Below is a list of some of the honors and awards that have been received by various MHealthy and MFit (which is now part of MHealthy) programs.
Focus on Diabetes Honored by National Health Care Leaders
The MHealthy: Focus on Diabetes Program received a Driving Value in Health Care
Award sponsored by a coalition of health care leadership organizations including
the National Business Coalition on Health, The Leapfrog Group and Bridges to
Excellence. The award was presented at the May 16, 2007 Advancing Value Driven
Health Care Incentives and Rewards Symposium. Principle program investigator
Allison Rosen, M.D., Sc.D., an assistant professor of internal medicine and
health management and policy at U-M, commented on the award by saying: “We
implemented this program to improve both the quality and value of care for
our workforce with diabetes. In turn, it is our hope that a rigorous evaluation
of the impact of these targeted value-based co-pay reductions may help inform
the efforts of other employers and insurers trying to improve the value of
their health care spending. Click
here to read the May 21, 2007 University
Record article about the award
2005 Innovation in Prevention Award Winner
The University of Michigan Health System’s MFit Employee Wellness Program was the only organization in the large employer category to receive the Innovation in Prevention Award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. MFit was honored for its programs aimed at educating, motivating and empowering the UMHS’s nearly 18,000 employees to make healthy lifestyle choices.
Washtenaw County Healthy Workplace Award Winners
MFit wins top award for Washtenaw County Healthy Workplaces
The Washtenaw County Public Health Department has honored five local organizations for promoting healthy workplaces. The U-M Health System’s MFit Health Promotion Division won a 2005 Healthy Workplace Award in the platinum category. Last year MFit received the gold award.
The award recognizes employers who have shown a commitment to their employees’ health, well-being and quality of life by implementing health promotion and wellness programs at the work site.
MFit Recognized as a Leader by the Governor’s Council on Fitness
In 2003, MFit was awarded the prestigious Silver Award by the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness, Health and Sports for the second consecutive year. The Silver Award honors workplaces that have sustained participation and/or comprehensive programs in physical fitness, health and sports. MFit was also given the Silver Award in 1999 and the Gold Award in 1997.
You can see this award in the award cases at the University Hospital along the walkway that connects U Hospital to Mott.