Carroll Hospital Center has been recognized as a leader in promoting a healthy workplace and encouraging employees to adopt healthier lifestyles after being accredited with the CEO Cancer Gold StandardTM by the CEO Roundtable on Cancer for its efforts to reduce the risk of cancer for employees and covered family members. Carroll Hospital Center is the only hospital in the State to receive this accreditation.
The hospital earned the accreditation following an extensive evaluation in which the hospital was found to have satisfied the CEO Roundtable on Cancer's rigorous standards centered around cancer prevention, early detection and quality care. These requirements included establishing programs to reduce cancer risk by discouraging tobacco use; encouraging physical activity; promoting a healthy diet and nutrition; detecting cancer at its earliest stages; and providing access to quality care, including participation in clinical trials.
Carroll Hospital Center has a wealth of programs and services to assist its employees and community residents in adopting and maintaining healthy lifestyles. Through wellness events, health screenings, health navigation services and more, Carroll Hospital Center is helping to prevent cancer among its employees and the community while also reducing people's risk of developing other conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
"We are so proud of this recognition for our workplace wellness and prevention efforts," Leslie Simmons, R.N., F.A.C.H.E., president of Carroll Hospital Center, said. "We're committed to helping our associates maintain a healthy lifestyle so that they may excel in their personal and professional lives."
The CEO Roundtable on Cancer was founded in 2001, when former President George H.W. Bush challenged a group of executives to "do something bold and venturesome about cancer within your own corporate families." The CEOs responded by creating and encouraging the widespread adoption of the CEO Cancer Gold Standard which calls for organizations to evaluate their health benefits and workplace culture and take extensive, concrete actions in five key areas of health and wellness to fight cancer in the workplace.
