"Healthways is pleased to be recognized for its innovative capabilities and honored to be included with the other technology visionaries represented by the InformationWeek 500," said Scott Blanchette, Healthways senior vice president and chief information officer. "This designation underscores the belief that we are continuing to revolutionize the integrated, well-being space with capabilities such as Embrace, the most sophisticated and advanced platform in the marketplace."

The Healthways Embrace platform delivers a robust, customizable web experience to physicians, nurses, health coaches, employers and other member benefit suppliers by processing and populating more than one billion data sets per month, providing a comprehensive view of member health and well-being. Embrace will leverage the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index to provide benchmarks for members, providers, employers, payers, city, state and federal government entities on comparable health and well-being progress.

"For over 20 years, the InformationWeek 500 has honored the most innovative users of business technology," said InformationWeek Editor-in-Chief Rob Preston. "Year after year, InformationWeek 500 companies harness technology to improve efficiency, boost productivity, drive revenue and establish a competitive advantage. We applaud this year's winners, and the CIOs and other executives whose ingenuity and risk taking are at the center of business technology innovation."

InformationWeek identifies and honors the nation's most innovative users of information technology with its annual 500 listing, now in its 21st year, and also tracks the technology, strategies, investments and administrative practices of America's best-known companies. Previous winners have included: Conway, National Semiconductor, Kimberly-Clark, Hilton Hotels and Unum.