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Professional networking and education on effective occupational health business practices is particularly essential in tight economic times.

Dr. Marketing is Jack Harms, President of The Marketing Department, where he specializes in helping companies, including health systems and occupational health programs, improve their competitive advantage.

During a recent online course sponsored by RYAN Associates, four occupational health and wellness professionals discussed Workforce Health and Productivity Management. The following article features excerpts from that discussion.

Q: These are challenging economic times for many occupational health programs. Why should a program make the investment to come to this year’s national conference?

The National Association of Occupational Health Professionals (NAOHP) has awarded Meridian Occupational Health a three-year Quality Certification under its Site Certification Program.

A clinically based utilization management (UM) system produced significant decreases in practice pattern variation for workers’ compensation diagnostically related groups in an outcome study conducted by Select Medical Corporation, Chicago.