General Toolkit

Employers can play a pivotal role in reducing cancer incidence and premature death. Healthier employees and healthier bottom lines can be achieved by providing evidence-based prevention and early detection services and encouraging employee engagement. By providing access and encouraging participation, more lives – and more money - can be saved.

Employers of all sizes, from diverse industries, and across geographies that have earned CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation are making a difference.

Are You Ready?

Access your readiness to begin the online application. Download Print version here.

Gold Standard Application Guide:

Use this guide to structure your approach to completing the online application. Download Print version here.

Application Download for Review

For reference only. The CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ application must be submitted online.

Gold Standard Organizations

Client reminders, provider assessment and feedback, and colorectal cancer screening champions were associated with increased clinic-level colorectal cancer screening rates. Universal implementation of these strategies can substantially increase colorectal cancer screening rates in the U.S.

Evidence-Based Interventions and Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates: The Colorectal Cancer Screening Program, 2015-2017

Sharma KP, DeGroff A, Maxwell AE, Cole AM, Escoffery NC, Hannon PA

Am J Prev Med .

We are proud to receive the CEO Cancer Gold Standard accreditation, which emphasizes Labcorp’s mission to improve the health and lives of the patients we serve and of our employees and their families. We are committed to providing access to care for our employees and to incorporating programs such as those focused on cancer prevention, risk reduction and overall wellbeing.

Adam Schechter

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Labcorp

General Best Practices

Screenings at Work

Amgen

Screening

Screenings at Work

Amgen Inc. is committed to the health of their patients, while also focusing on the wellbeing of their staff and families. Amgen’s dedicated wellness team holds a variety of onsite health screenings throughout the year. Screenings include skin cancer, mammography, and bone density. These wellness offerings are complimentary or included in staff member’s medical plan. Further, the onsite nutrition team holds biometric screenings (e.g. BMI, blood pressure, waist circumference) throughout the year. For instance, during Heart Health Month, blood...

Articles of Interest

tobacco nation: the deadly state of smoking disparity in the u.s.

The Truth Initiative

Health Groups Sue FDA for Delayed E-Cig Regulation: Delay poses a threat to children's health

Boyles, Salynn

MedPage Today

Research & Evidence

Cancer Screening: Payer Cost/Benefit thru Employee Benefits Programs

Bruce Pyenson, FSA, MAAA, and Patricia A. Zenner, RN

Milliman: Consultants and Actuaries

Effect of smokefree workplaces on smoking behaviour: systematic review

Fichtenberg, Caroline M.; Stanton A Glantz

British Medical Journal

Press Releases

CEO Roundtable on Cancer Celebrates Employers marking Ten-Year CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ Anniversary

Brochures/Reference

Manager's Kit

After you’ve told your manager about your diagnosis, it will help to have a framework for discussions about your job. Understand that your manager will probably be worried for you — and for the company. The best antidote is information, which is why we created this kit. It contains need-to-know laws relating to cancer in the workplace; successful workplace strategies; tips for dealing with your HR department; and more. We recommend detaching this page and sharing the rest of the kit with your manager. Additional resources for both you and your employer can be found at cancerandcareers.org.

From Evidence to Practice: Workplace Wellness that Works

Employers know that keeping employees healthy is good for both the employees themselves and for the productivity and profitability of the business. However, most employers do not know precisely how to create a healthy workplace or healthy workforce. This workplace health promotion guide for employers fills that need: using the latest scientific evidence combined with expert opinion from business leaders, this guide offers easy to use, real world recommendations on the design, implementation, and evaluation of workplace health promotion programs. Employers can use this guide to implement best and promising practices in their workplaces, thereby maximizing the impact of their program and the benefits to employees and business alike.

Prepared by: Institute for Health and Productivity Studies Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health In collaboration with Transamerica Center for Health Studies®

Taking Part in Cancer Treatment Research Studies

If you have cancer, you may want to think about taking part in a clinical trial. Clinical trials are a treatment option for many people with cancer. This book explains cancer treatment clinical trials and gives you some things to think about when deciding whether to take part. This booklet is for people with cancer, their family, and friends.

External Resources

Nutrition & Healthy Weight

Winnable Battles: Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

The Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Winnable Battle materials below provide a snapshot of the context and background for this priority area, as well as descriptions of some of the systems, policy, and programmatic interventions pursued by CDC and our public health partners at the federal, state and local levels.

Healthy Eating

American Heart Association

Healthy eating starts with healthy food choices. You don’t need to be a chef to create nutritious, heart-healthy meals your family will love. Learn what to look for at the grocery store, restaurants, your workplace and any eating occasion.

Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems

E-Cigarettes and Vaping-Related Disease

The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)

The use of e-cigarettes has increased rapidly. Although vaping has been shown to assist with smoking cessation, cases of severe vaping-related pulmonary disease and a number of deaths have recently been reported. Here we present a collection of articles and other resources on e-cigarettes and vaping-related disease, including clinical reports and commentary.

Vaporizers, E-Cigarettes, and other Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS)

Food and Drug Administration

Respiratory Illnesses Associated with Use of Vaping Products

Both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are working tirelessly to investigate the distressing incidents of severe respiratory illness associated with use of vaping products.

Learn about FDA’s actions and recommendations for the public.

Tobacco Cessation

Be Tobacco Free

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

BeTobaccoFree.gov provides information from various Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) operating and staff divisions. Topics covered include:About Tobacco | Health Effects | Quit Now | Don't Start

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