Employee health monitoring

Abstract

Provided are embodiments of systems, computer medium and computer-implemented methods for employee health monitoring. Provided is an employee health monitoring system that includes an employee workstation having an employee computer and health sensors to sense health conditions of an employee working at the employee computer and generate health data corresponding to the health conditions sensed, and a health monitoring server to collect the health data, generate, based on the health data collected, a health profile and a health plan for the employee, and present, to the employee, the health profile and the health plan for the employee.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An employee health monitoring system comprising:
 an employee workstation comprising:
 an employee computer; and 
 health sensors configured to sense health conditions of an employee working at the employee computer and to generate health data corresponding to the health conditions sensed; and 
   a health monitoring server configured to:
 collect the health data; 
 generate, based on the health data collected, a health profile for the employee; 
 generate, based on the health data collected, a health plan for the employee; and 
 present, to the employee, the health profile for the employee and the health plan for the employee. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the health sensors comprise a sensing unit comprising:
 a battery configured to power the sensing unit;   a temperature sensor;   a force sensor;   a conductive contact;   a wireless antenna; and   a controller configured to receive sensed health data and transmit corresponding health data to the employee computer by way of the wireless antenna, wherein the sensed health data comprises a temperature sensed by the temperature sensor, a force sensed by the force sensor, and a resistance sensed by the conductive contact.   
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the employee workstation comprises a chair, wherein the chair is configured to support the employee while working at the computer, wherein the sensing unit comprises the chair, and wherein the sensed health data comprises a temperature of the employee seated in the chair sensed by the temperature sensor of the chair, a force of the employee seated in the chair sensed by the force sensor of the chair, and a resistance of the employee seated in the chair sensed by the conductive contact of the chair. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the employee workstation comprises a floor mat, wherein the floor mat is configured to contact feet of the employee while working at the employee computer, wherein the sensing unit comprises the floor mat, and wherein the sensed health data comprises a temperature of the employee sensed by the temperature sensor of the floor mat, a force of the employee sensed by the force sensor of the floor mat, and a resistance of the employee sensed by the conductive contact of the floor mat. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the health sensors comprise a sensing unit comprising:
 a battery configured to power the sensing unit;   a temperature sensor;   a blood condition sensor;   a blood pressure sensor;   a wireless antenna; and   a controller configured to receive sensed health data and transmit corresponding health data to the employee computer by way of the wireless antenna, wherein the sensed health data comprises a temperature sensed by the temperature sensor, a blood condition sensed by the blood condition sensor, and a blood pressure sensed by the blood pressure sensor.   
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the employee workstation comprises a computer mouse, wherein the computer mouse is configured to contact a hand of the employee while working at the employee computer, wherein the sensing unit comprises the computer mouse, and wherein the sensed health data comprises a temperature of the employee sensed by the temperature sensor of the computer mouse, a blood condition of the employee sensed by the blood condition sensor of the computer mouse, and a blood pressure of the employee sensed by the blood pressure sensor of the computer mouse. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the health profile for the employee comprises health characteristics of the employee sensed. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the health plan for the employee comprises a dietary plan for the employee and an exercise plan for the employee. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the exercise plan comprises an animated demonstration of an exercise. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the health sensors are configured to sense health conditions in response to initiation of a health test for the employee. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the health monitoring server is configured to:
 determine whether the health data is indicative of an alert condition for the employee; and   in response to determining that the health data is indicative of the alert condition for the employee, present, to the employee, an alert indicative of the alert condition for the employee.   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the health monitoring server is configured to:
 determine whether the health data is indicative of an alert condition for the employee; and   in response to determining that the health data is indicative of the alert condition for the employee, present, to an employer of the employee, an alert indicative of the alert condition for the employee.   
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the health monitoring server is configured to:
 determine, based on the health data, whether an alert condition exists for a group of employees; and   in response to determining that the alert condition exists for the group of employees, present, to an employer of the group of employees, an alert indicative of the alert condition for the group of employees.   
     
     
         14 . A method for monitoring employee health comprising:
 collecting, by a health monitoring server, health data corresponding to health conditions of an employee sensed by health sensors of an employee workstation configured to sense health conditions of an employee working at an employee computer of the employee workstation;   generating, by the health monitoring server based on the health data collected, a health profile for the employee;   generating, by the health monitoring server based on the health data collected, a health plan for the employee; and   presenting, by the health monitoring server to the employee, the health profile for the employee and the health plan for the employee.   
     
     
         15 . Non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising program instructions for monitoring employee health stored thereon that are executable by a processor to cause the following operations:
 collecting, by a health monitoring server, health data corresponding to health conditions of an employee sensed by health sensors of an employee workstation configured to sense health conditions of an employee working at an employee computer of the employee workstation;   generating, by the health monitoring server based on the health data collected, a health profile for the employee;   generating, by the health monitoring server based on the health data collected, a health plan for the employee; and   presenting, by the health monitoring server to the employee, the health profile for the employee and the health plan for the employee.