What will the field of occupational health look like 10 years down the road? Industry veterans are trying hard to unravel some of the most vexing unknowns so providers and managers can steer their ships to success.
What are the arguments that support occupational health and urgent care integration?
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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.”
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?
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