Offering supplemental benefits as part of a comprehensive package can enhance worker vitality, which has a host of advantages including better overall health, higher occupational confidence, and feeling supported at work.

The employee wellness programs of today must take into account every component of a person's overall health and well-being.

While the presence and impacts of social determinants of health extend far beyond the worksite, these are just some the steps employers can take to help improve the quality of life and health of their workforce in these areas.

Watch Cigna chairman and CEO David Cordani discuss the importance of employee well-being with Fortune editor Ruth Umoh.

Peter Freeburg, behavioral clinical strategist at Cigna, speaks to the mental health challenges that exist in the workforce today, and the employer imperative around fostering a more connected workforce that prioritizes health and well-being.

By helping employees improve their vitality—at work, at home, and in their communities—employers can create a culture of health that addresses the challenges that burned-out or disengaged employees face, and stimulate better business outcomes.

Despite the challenges many veterans face, recent research from Cigna Corporation reveals that the veteran population is living with greater vitality than the general U.S. population.

Cigna developed the Evernorth Vitality Index to fill an emerging need as people and businesses recover from the pandemic and look to improve health and well-being.

Our research suggests vitality is a catalyst for growth, and that when it is considered, cared for and strengthened, vitality can help people achieve the healthiest versions of themselves and inspire a ripple effect that can fuel healthier, more engaged families, workplaces and communities.

Two years ago, Cigna Corporation created Evernorth – an organization dedicated to making health care better. Today, we’re celebrating our successes and looking forward to the future.