CINCINNATI (WKRC) - An employer's decision to make it easier for workers to get mammograms may have saved a woman's life.

Joretta Kidd works for the Cincinnati- Hamilton County Community Action Agency in Bond Hill. In the summer of 2015, she got a rough diagnosis.

"Nobody wants to have breast cancer, but if you're going to have breast cancer, you want to know early," said Kidd.

She did catch it early because her job brought in a mobile mammography van from Mercy Health. Joretta had a lumpectomy and radiation and said the van coming to her job made things easier.

She said, "I was trying to get scheduled for my mammogram and I was having some difficulty with working and my schedule and having the time to be off. So, it was convenient. It was right here."

Mary Lou Cieslak is the nurse navigator at The Jewish Hospital Women's Center.

She said, "A lot of times it's a lot easier if they go to their work environment. They can go at lunch time, have the mammogram, not miss a day of work. We go all around the Cincinnati area. The Walgreens, we offer the service to the community because we want women to not be denied the service."

Joretta hopes that more employers use the vans to help workers get quality health care and hopefully save more lives, "Now I can say that I'm a breast cancer survivor," she said.

Businesses and organizations can call Mary Catherine Alley at Mercy Health Mobile Mammography to arrange for a van on site for employee screenings. Women can make an appointment for a mobile mammography screening by calling 513-686-3300. The vans accept insurance and mammograms are usually a covered benefit for women 40-years-old and older. If you are uninsured or under-insured (have high deductibles), Mercy has financial need-based assistance programs available to help.