WellStar Health System Named One of Atlanta’s Healthiest Employers

During an awards breakfast held on Feb. 17 at the Loew’s Atlanta Hotel, the Atlanta Business Chronicle recognized WellStar as one of Atlanta’s healthiest employers. WellStar was ranked number six in the large company’s category (organizations with 500 or more employees). Below is the list of the top 10 employers in this category:

1. Printpack Inc.

2. Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

3. Duke Realty Corp

4. The Home Depot Inc,

5. McCarthy Building Cos. Inc.

6. WellStar Health System

7. Burr & Forman LLP

8. Jackson Healthcare LLC

9. WIKA Instrument Corp.

10. Verizon Wireless

The Atlanta Business Chronicle partnered with Healthiest Employers, a wellness technology and data research company that collects, measures and compares corporate wellness data worldwide, to select the top 10 companies working to improve employee health and fitness in three categories: Large Company, with 500 or more employees; Medium Company with 100-499 employees; and Small Company with 1-99 employees.

WellStar’s profile in the Atlanta Business Chronicle article highlighted WellStar’s HealthStart program, which includes individual health assessments, health coaching and incentives to encourage participation. More than 3,200 of WellStar’s 12,500 team members are full participants in the first year of the HealthStart program.

The article also mentioned how WellStar became a tobacco-free environment in January 2012 and provides resources to its team members who are interested in becoming tobacco-free, from coaching and support classes to nicotine replacement therapy.

“Taking care of our WellStar team members’ health and well-being is just the right thing to do,” said David Anderson, executive vice president of human resources and organizational learning and chief compliance officer. “The HealthStart program is a great added benefit and is our next step on our journey to become a truly great place to work.”