Giving Compass' Take:

• Becker's Hospital Review discusses how more personalized wellness plans may become the norm for employer-based health benefits in 2019 and beyond.

• How might advances in technology — such as telemedicine and virtual care — play into this trend? Are there ways for funders in the health space to support better care for those with chronic conditions?

• Here are some health care myths we must confront head on.

Most employers have already started to recognize the value of shifting from traditional health and wellness benefit programs that rely solely on external motivators (like cash incentives for participation) toward programs that are focused on the individual, using more personalized engagement to modify fundamental behaviors and create long-lasting change.

Personalized wellness plans are not enough though, and precision-based wellness is quickly going to become more highly sought after.

In 2019 we’ll see wellness programs that take individuals’ data, and then present care, coaching and health and wellness recommendations that precisely addresses their set of conditions – including their lifestyle habits.

While personalized recommendations typically deliver a canned set of content that fits a broad solution to a specific health symptom, it is important to understand the individual and their specific motivations, with solutions that are particular to their lifestyle in small, manageable steps. This is the promise of precision-based wellness.

Read the full article about precision-based wellness programs by Brent Wilkinson at Becker's Hospital Review.