Workplace health screening for the masses: employee wellbeing game-changer?

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Point of care health screening made affordable to all could represent the ultimate targeted wellbeing initiative says Health Shield Wellbeing's Carl Laidler.

Point of care health screening made affordable to all could represent the ultimate targeted wellbeing initiative. This is about individuals taking control of their own destiny. Paternalism still has its place, but true change for the better still has to come from within. This will only happen when we are faced with a snapshot of our own state of health, with advice tailored accordingly. It's not happening right now, simply because health screens are still considered out of reach for most. But times are changing. Thanks to hi-tech screening machinery the size of a mobile phone and ‘poi...

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