Welcome to Providence Business News’ inaugural Healthiest Employers program special section. In these pages you will find out a little about some of the state’s most enlightened companies, ones that take the needs of the employees very seriously, and as a result, deliver better products and services to their customers. more

Preventure is a health-improvement company that knows how to take its own medicine. more

Seven years ago, West Warwick-based West View Health Care Center, the nursing and rehabilitation center, had just received a cautioning from its health insurer. more

A healthy employee is a happy employee. more

The wellness goal at Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP is simple: Keep the employees healthy and happy for as long as possible. more

It is easy to strain a back or pinch a nerve by moving heavy boxes. Imagine doing it for a living. more

The road to a healthy workplace starts the first day of work at The Beacon Mutual Insurance Co., when an in-house ergonomics professional helps new employees set up their workstations. more

Employees at BankNewport are not just standing behind the teller counter anymore. They are walking. more

When University Medicine Foundation, a medical practice employing about 200 physicians and 110 support staff, met recently with its representative from Health Advocate, the third-party administrator of its wellness program, the group was pleasantly surprised to learn that “no other client was as active as we were.” This, despite the fact that the firm’s wellness program was only a year old, said Tammy Lederer, University Medicine’s chief human resources officer. more

At Rhode Island Medical Imaging Inc., employees have no excuse for skipping fresh fruit and vegetables. more