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title: 5 Ways a Wellness Portal Can Save You Time
description: Find out if an employee wellness portal can solve your pain points, from poor communication and event management to ROI tracking and more.
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# [5 Ways a Wellness Portal Can Save You Time](https://info.totalwellnesshealth.com/blog/bid/323947/5-Ways-a-Wellness-Portal-Can-Save-You-Time)

 Written by [Lisa Stovall](https://info.totalwellnesshealth.com/blog/author/lisa-stovall) | Wed, Nov 06, 2013

If you're a HR pro who manages wellness or a worksite wellness manager, you probably deal with one or more of these on a daily basis: employee communication, event management, incentive tracking, reporting on results and the list goes on. The days are long but there is never enough time to get everything done.

If this sounds familiar, it might be time to consider a wellness portal. Online platforms can deliver Health Risk Assessments, education and challenges to engage with employees, but they can also help **YOU** streamline processes that allow you to concentrate on the bigger picture – not how many points John Smith has earned this quarter.

The [Go! TotalWellness Portal](https://www.totalwellnesshealth.com/index.php/corporate-wellness/health/go_portal) contains everything you need to manage a wellness program. It provides employees with 24/7 access to a variety of self-directed programs, tools, educational materials, and health calculators. Some of the tools include: Health Assessments, Daily Food Log, Recipes, Activity Logs, Exercise Videos, and Challenges.

See if you could benefit from a wellness portal by taking a closer look at these five time saving features of the Go! TotalWellness Portal: 

**Event Management**  
Our portal makes it easy to organize a variety of wellness events. Set up your online event registration page in a few minutes, with no technical know-how required. Plus, you can filter which locations can register for an event and add external links or documents. Employees can registrar right on the homepage with one click. Online registration can cut down a lot of time spent on event administration details.   

**Easily Create Wellness Challenges**  
Challenges are a great way to tap into the competitive spirit and keep your wellness program fresh. Plus, they can help employees learn new healthy behaviors. But it can be a challenge to manage – no one wants to manually track physical activities or healthy behaviors. Our portal makes it easy to create wellness challenges - some in just a few minutes. 

**Simplify Communication**  
You can efficiently communicate information all in one place so that all of your staff is on the same page. A portal allows you to provide information on upcoming events, opportunities and announcements. Plus, with our messaging feature you can easily email participants to engage one-on-one. 

**Incentive Tracking**  
Are you bombard by employee questions regarding your incentive plan? How many points they have earned? More and more wellness programs are moving toward outcome-based incentive model - so you need an easy way to track who is eligible for rewards. Our homepage dashboard clearly outlines where employees are in the program and next steps.

**Unified Analytics  
**Integrated analytics allows you to see who is clicking on what within the portal and lets you track the progress of your population. The on-demand reporting allows you to see how many pounds employees have lost or how many meals of been recorded which just a click of a button. 

If you found yourself nodding as you read this article, it might be time to start considering a wellness portal for your organization. 

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