Healthiest Employees: 150-499 Employees | #5. Providence Community Health Centers
CEO (or equivalent): Merrill R. Thomas
Number of employees: 402
As the largest primary-care provider in the city, Providence Community Health Centers looks to go beyond treating the symptoms of the nonprofit’s more than 400 staff members. The organization is in the business of medicine, after all, which means prevention is the key to quality health.
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Encouraging wellness habits is part of the PCHC goal, as is raising awareness about health-risk factors and inspiring its employees to live healthy lifestyles while empowering them with the information to do so.
Cash rewards are given to employees that complete personal health assessments to review their current status.
PCHC also works to motivate employees with events. Each month, a nominee – chosen by another employee to foster accountability, unity and teamwork – is selected for how they have embodied a healthy lifestyle. Wellness points are awarded to the nominator and nominee.
As a result of these efforts and others, employee hospital stays as well as emergency-room visits have fallen, PCHC reports.
A healthy thought:
‘PCHC incorporates an internal wellness event each month to ensure we keep the momentum up.’
Brenda Ketner, Director of benefits, compensation and humanresources information system Providence Community Health Centers
