Governor’s Foundation Recognizes Tennova Healthcare - Clarksville as a Healthier Tennessee Workplace

3/22/2016

(NASHVILLE, TN, March 23, 2016) – The Governor’s Foundation for Health and Wellness today announced that Tennova Healthcare - Clarksville has been named a Healthier Tennessee Workplace for its commitment to encouraging and enabling employees to live a healthy lifestyle both at work and at home.

“Tennova Healthcare - Clarksville has created a culture of wellness that encourages and enables employees to be healthier, more productive, and more satisfied with their jobs.  It’s good for business, and it’s good for Tennessee,” Rick Johnson, president and chief executive officer of the Governor’s Foundation said.        

To become a Healthier Tennessee Workplace, Tennova Healthcare – Clarksville certified that they have a wellness program in place that does the following:

• Encourages and enables physical activity
• Provides a tobacco-free environment and information on tobacco cessation
• Encourages and enables employees to monitor their own health through regular health risk assessments
• Rewards and recognizes employees for participating in health and wellness activities

“As a healthcare leader in Clarksville, we are proud to promote a healthy lifestyle and culture among our employees. The Healthier Tennessee Workplace program and website provided our organization with many tips and ideas that we’ve been able to put into action to help our employees become healthier,” Shawn Molsberger, Chief Operating Officer of Tennova Healthcare - Clarkville said.  The designation is granted for one full year with an opportunity to renew on an annual basis.

Those interested in becoming a Healthier Tennessee Workplace should apply at www.healthiertn.com/workplace. A company representative must register for Small Starts @ Work, then use the Small Starts tool to enter information about the healthy practices the company has in place to promote physical activity, healthy eating and tobacco cessation.  

Companies that don’t currently have an ongoing wellness program can use Small Starts @ Work, a free, online tool available through the Healthier Tennessee initiative, to get started and become eligible.

About Tennova Healthcare

One of the state’s largest health networks, Tennova Healthcare includes 17 hospitals and more than 100 physician clinics. The combined network includes approximately 2,600 licensed beds, 2,400 physicians on the combined active medical staffs, and 9,600 employees, with more than 75,000 admissions and 460,000 emergency department visits each year. Regional Jackson is owned, in part, by physicians. Learn more at www.Tennova.com.

About the Governor’s Foundation for Health and Wellness

The Governor's Foundation for Health and Wellness is a non-profit corporation dedicated to enabling and encouraging Tennesseans to lead healthier lives. Based in Nashville, the Foundation brings together a statewide coalition of employers, health insurers, hospital systems, local governments, school systems and healthcare-focused foundations and community organizations to effect positive, measurable change. The Foundation’s Healthier Tennessee initiative strives to increase the number of Tennesseans who are physically active for at least 30 minutes five times a week, promote a healthy diet, and reduce the number of people who use tobacco.

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