A little over ten years ago, one of EHOP Health's founders received a phone call from his father. Obviously distressed, he had just been told by his physician that he was pre-diabetic. The conversation with his father and the lifestyle changes that resulted in reversal of that diagnosis for him and others ultimately led to the formation of EHOP Health.
For all its technological wonders, our healthcare system is deeply flawed. The CDC reports that half of all adults have at least one chronic disease. Our own assessment data indicate that between one half and two thirds of all employees are pre-hypertensive or hypertensive, and in many cases don't even realize it. While we encourage disease "management" and "compliance", the healthcare system is more likely to medicate symptoms than pursue health and reversal of disease.
Yet for most of those afflicted, these diagnoses -- diabetes, metabolic syndrome, hypertension, obesity -- are not final and irreversible.
Specific individual lifestyle changes can reverse inflammation and chronic metabolic disease. However, most people are too busy in their daily lives to separate the signal from the noise of competing information, and independently put themselves on a journey to health.
EHOP Health partners with business who want to help their employees and reduce their healthcare costs by pursuing a fundamental assertion: Every individual should be empowered to feel his or her absolute best by learning to Eat Well, Move Well, and Live Well.
OUR MISSION
Partner with businesses who want to help their employees reverse chronic diseases like high blood pressure, diabetes, and obesity so they can save money on health care costs.
Unlike traditional wellness programs that fail to engage or deliver clinically-meaningful results, our Journey 2 Health has lowered blood pressure an average of 11 points, reduced waist circumference an average of 3 inches, and alleviated moderate to severe inflammatory symptoms from 45% to 6% over 10 months.
MEET OUR TEAM
B.J. Lawson
Manager & CEOB.J. Lawson studied biomedical and electrical engineering before receiving his medical degree at Duke University. He continues to combine his engineering and medical backgrounds in pursuit of health and wellness by eating well, moving well, and living well.
Dr. Lawson co-founded EHOP Health to reform health care by aligning the interests of employers and employees in the pursuit of long term health and wellness.
Joseph Jenkins
Manager & COOWhether as a practicing doctor or an entrepreneurial healthcare CEO, Dr. Jenkins has always thought “outside the box.” Refusing to accept the status quo preached by big business and big government, Jenkins has looked for ways to change stale, outdated processes and help his constituents to successful outcomes.
Jenkins's unique blend of talent, education, and experience make the EHOP the perfect vehicle to chase the old canards of an opaque insurance system and a flawed scientific approach to getting healthy. Employers and their employees should benefit.
A contrarian by nature, Jenkins’s ability to look beyond today in anticipation of a better tomorrow is pivotal to employees feeling their best. He thinks that the employer's future depends on it.
Jeanine Finelli
Health CoachJeanine Finelli is a Certified Health Coach and 2008 graduate of the Institute of Integrative Nutrition in NYC.
She is the founder of Love Yourself to Health, and previously worked as an Executive Health Coach as part of a concierge medicine team. She is also a published author with her first book titled Love Yourself to Health...with Gusto!. Jeanine currently integrates her offerings with other health and wellness professionals with a focus on work place wellness.
Sarah Schall
Health CoachSarah Schall is a motivator for healthy families. As a mom to 4 beautiful children, she's passionate about walking along side other parents as they learn how to model and lead a healthy lifestyle.
In addition to her work at Sarah Schall Wellness, she has developed a mentorship program called "Inside-Out Strong" where she teaches teen/tween girls how to be strong on the inside and the outside. She is a former volleyball athlete, Health and PE teacher, volleyball coach and a strength and conditioning coach at Triangle Volleyball Club.