People often ask how do you measure the effectiveness of a wellness program.   The following link will take you to an article from Employee Benefit Adviser entitled “Report offers best practices on health promotion”.  The article discusses the release of the 5th edition of The Care Continuum Alliance (CCA) Outcome Guidelines Report.  The new report incorporates guidance from earlier volumes of the group’s research on developing transparency and sound metrics for wellness and disease management programs.  The article has a link to a free download of the report in a PDF file.  If you or an employer you know of is serious about their corporate wellness initiatives, I would suggest you review this report.  The link is  Employee Benefit Adviser article.