Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford ranked as one of the healthiest employers in the Bay Area

Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford-Stanford Medicine Children’s Health has again ranked as one of the healthiest employers in the Bay Area, according to the San Francisco Business Times.

Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital ranked #2 healthiest employer in the large category, with 2,000 or more workers, according to the list released Friday.

Greg Souza, Chief Human Resources Officer said that he thinks that the success of the Healthy Steps program helped Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital earn its ranking. Healthy Steps is a robust interactive Wellness Program that provides incentives for employees who participate in the program and achieve wellness goals. Employees are encouraged to be active and engaged in a variety of free health improvement programs and classes.

The San Francisco Business Times and the Silicon Valley Business Journal produce the annual Healthiest Employers award in conjunction with their research partner, Healthiest Employer LLC.