ReYou from Rice Memorial Hospital provides health screenings and wellness coaching to individuals 18 years of age and over in the Willmar Area.
ReYou offers free health screenings for adults throughout the community. The screenings will check participants’ blood pressure, pulse, cholesterol, blood sugar, body mass index (BMI), and waist circumference. From there, participants are given recommendations and resources for setting up a wellness plan, including follow-up care, goal-setting, and free health counseling. Program coordinator Kelly Tauber and Wellness Care Guide Amber Chevalier follow-up with participants, offering free coaching and annual screenings in order to measure outcomes and determine success.”
Costs for the free screenings are covered by a three-year, $475,000 grant from the George Family Foundation. The Healthy Communities Partnership is a project in 13 cities throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin to help community hospitals develop capacity in preventing chronic disease. Co-sponsors are Allina Health and the Penny George Institute for Health and Healing. In addition to the free health screenings, Rice Hospital’s web site offers a new interactive tool called “Family Health Manager, which allows all community members to register and take a free online health risk assessment. The assessment gives participants an overall health score between 1 and 100 and rates the user in 10 key areas. When completed, the user will see what they’re doing well, and where they need to improve. It also includes goal-setting tools and recommendations to improve their wellness score.
The Rice ReYou team is looking for a diverse cross-section of participants for the health screenings. Local support for the effort will be important in defining the hospital’s most effective role in community wellness.
To promote health and wellness in the Willmar area community.
