What are the arguments that support occupational health and urgent care integration?

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Health OccMed for receiving
Certification from the NAOHP.

What do office workers and miners have in common with professional athletes? Injuries.

After more than 26 years of publication, VISIONS still features stories about something worth writing about best practices in occupational health.

We no longer have a salesperson, What can we do?

“Why? Has the position been eliminated and is it permanent? Every program needs a sales and marketing program. You need to resist organizational pushback.”

Who determines what we benchmark? “It takes more than one person. We involve staff with computer knowledge and key clinicians.”

Who does the provider orientation?

A rise in workplace stress and an increase in substance abuse, among other issues, have some occupational health professionals pondering the question: will employee assistance programs (EAP) become integrated into the broader scope of occupational health services?

Donna Lee Gardner
• What information can I share with the employer for health screenings? HIPAA is very specific regarding personal health information. You need to have the client company’s employees sign consent for the release of any PHI to the employer, from blood pressure results, lab results, and general screening like vision, weight, and BMI. Aggregated data of the employer screening identifying the total number of employees screened and the high risks identified like a number of elevated blood pressures or glucose abnormal numbers are appropriate as long as no reference to a specific employee is made.