| 5/14/2012 |
Alere Wellbeing to Help Record Number of Tobacco Users on May 31
Alere Wellbeing encourages tobacco users to call the Quit For Life® Program on Thursday, May 31, 2012 to join the World Health Organization in fighting back against the tobacco industry on World No Tobacco Day. Alere Wellbeing intends to set a new record for the number of tobacco users receiving support from the Quit For Life® Program in a single day.
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| 4/30/2012 |
Top-Rated Diet in America Can Improve Employee Health & Productivity
Alere Wellbeing will host the complimentary live webinar, Deconstructing DASH: How Your Workforce Would Benefit from America's #1 Rated Diet, on May 15 and May 22. Obesity expert, Robert F. Kushner, MD, Clinical Director of the Northwestern Comprehensive Center on Obesity, will provide an overview of DASH, compare it with other top-rated diets, offer insight into the evidence behind its design, and discuss best practices for employers selecting a worksite weight loss plan.
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| 2/29/2012 |
Premium Differentials a New Trend for Employers Trying to Save on Healthcare Costs
Alere Wellbeing will host the complimentary live webinar, Best Practices for Premium Differentials in Tobacco Cessation on March 13 and 20. Alere Wellbeing Vice President of Client Services, Yuki Yang, will be joined by human resources professionals from Sherwin-Williams, WellPoint, and Family Dollar to present lessons learned and best practices for implementing a premium differential for smokers and smokeless tobacco users.
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| 2/8/2012 |
Good News for Spanish Speakers Who Want to Quit Smoking
Alere Wellbeing's industry-leading tobacco cessation program, Quit For Life®, is now available in Spanish, removing language as a major barrier to quitting for Spanish speakers. Quit For Life® in Spanish, available to employers and health plans, features phone-based coaching with a native Spanish-speaking Quit Coach®, integrated with Web Coach®, the most innovative and advanced online learning and social support community available for tobacco users.
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| 12/28/2011 |
Alere Wellbeing & Collaborators Host First Annual International Quitline Institute
Alere Wellbeing (formerly Free & Clear), the world’s largest provider of tobacco quitline services, announced the success of the first annual International Quitline Institute (IQI) held in Seattle October 9-14, 2011. The event brought 26 attendees from 16 countries representing all six World Health Organization regions. The IQI was a collaborative effort on the part of Alere Wellbeing and the University of Washington along with ACS, NCI, WHO, CDC, and Pfizer Medical Education Group.
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| 11/14/2011 |
Dr. Ron Goetzel & Alere Wellbeing to Present Webinar on Economic Impacts of Obesity in the Workplace
Alere Wellbeing announces that Ron Z. Goetzel, PhD., will present the complimentary webinar, The Economic Impacts of Obesity in the Workplace - And, What You Can Do About It, on November 16th and December 2 at 11:AM PST
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| 11/11/2011 |
Weight Talk® Promises to Make Weight Loss Personal Again
Alere Wellbeing (formerly Free & Clear) announced today a new behavioral weight loss program designed for employers looking to mitigate obesity-related healthcare costs and productivity losses.
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| 9/7/2011 |
Alere Wellbeing Partners with Voxiva to Offer Text2Quit℠ with Quit For Life®
Alere Wellbeing and Voxiva, pioneers in their respective fields of tobacco cessation and mobile heath, announced an agreement to integrate their services into one enhanced offering. Under the agreement, Alere obtains the exclusive right to offer Voxiva’s Text2Quit℠ service, enabling participants to receive up to 300 unique text messages that help keep them engaged and motivated, in conjunction with the Quit For Life® Program, its market leading tobacco cessation program.
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| 4/27/2011 |
Free & Clear Rebrands to Alere Wellbeing, Sets Stage for Global Expansion, Product Innovation
Free & Clear, a national leader in behavior change services for health improvement, announced today that it will change its name to Alere Wellbeing. Free & Clear was acquired by Alere in September 2009. By developing new capabilities in near-patient diagnosis, monitoring, and health management, Alere enables individuals to take charge of improving their health and quality of life at home, under medical supervision.
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