Eight representatives from the Virginia based hospital system toured Rex Healthcare's wellness facility and cafeteria.

Congratulations to Vidant Health System for earning the Gold Star in all its hospitals! Several Vidant Health System hospitals also received Gold Apple status.

Congratulations to Durham Regional Hospital for meeting all the requirements for Gold Star status!

Stanly Regional Medical Center is the latest NC hospital to meet all the requirements of a comprehensive tobacco cessation program for employees.

Guest blogger Kelly Price describes new programs at Baptist Easley Hospital that are designed to support good nutrition and physical activity among employees.

Guest blogger Mark Senn shares some of the exciting initiatives happening at Beaufort Memorial Hospital during a Working Well Center of Excellence site visit. 

Guest blogger Holly Mlodzinski shares highlights of the first Working Well Center of Excellence site visit at Hilton Head Hospital.

Going for Gold: How to Create a Comprehensive Quit Tobacco System for Employees webinar is now available in NC Prevention Partners' webinar archives.

Guest blogger, Jen Wright, from the SC Hospital Association, discusses the successes of the Working Well initiative over the last year and how it’s making a lasting change in the culture of South Carolina hospitals.

The Quit Tobacco for Employees initiative assists NC hospitals in developing comprehensive tobacco cessation programs that help employees in quitting tobacco use.

This webinar will focus on the requirements needed for hospitals to earn recognition for having a comprehensive Quit Tobacco System for Employees. 

NC Prevention Partners has new recognition maps for NC hospitals excelling in wellness programs.

CaroMont Health recognized by the North Carolina Alliance for Healthy Communities (NCAHC) with the 2011 Eagle Award.

Working Well, has recognized Georgetown Hospital System as the first system in South Carolina to meet two of its highest awards – the Gold Star and the Gold Apple.

On Tuesday, October 25th, NC Prevention Partners' Hospital Advisory Team met at the North Carolina Hospital Association in Cary. Administrators and staff from hospitals and other public health leaders gathered to hear about the recent successes of NC Prevention Partners.

Senior Program Manager, Melva Fager Okun, has been tweeting since July about NC Prevention Partners' work in North Carolina hospitals.

Congratulations to Caldwell Memorial Hospital who earned the Gold Star on September 20, 2011!

 Baptist Easley Hospital is our second Gold Star Hospital in South Carolina.

On Wednesday, September 21st, NC Prevention Partners staff traveled to Broughton Hospital in Morganton, to meet with CEO Thomas Mahle, and several wellness staff members.

Increasing visibility of tobacco-free property signs is just one way Duke Raleigh made improvements to their Quit-Tobacco system for employees.

Laurens County Health Care System is 1st to complete all requirements for the Gold Star.

Broughton Hospital is the first psychiatric hospital in North Carolina to meet all Gold Star requirements.

The Patient Quit Tobacco System assessment tool grades hospital tobacco cessation programs and proves recommendations for improvement.

New archived presentation details how organizations can establish Quit-Tobacco systems for employees.

Congratulations to Southeastern Regional Medical Center for being the 27th hospital in North Carolina to earn Gold Star status for excellent tobacco cessation programs for employees.

NC Prevention Partners staff members met with the Director of Food and Nutrition this morning at the kick-off event at Carolinas Medical Center-Union.

At Grace Hospital, SC hospital representatives saw how offering healthy options can increase sales in the cafeteria.

NC Prevention Partners, along with the Working Well SC staff, are touring Ashe Memorial Hospital, Caldwell Memorial Hospital and Grace Hospital today to give South Carolina hospital representatives a glimpse of the Gold Star and Red Apple initiatives in action.

Several North Carolina Hospitals received awards Wednesday, June 8th at the Carolina Club in Chapel Hill from NC Prevention Partners.