One of the questions I’m asked most often—especially by hospital systems—is where Occupational Medicine should report. HR? Legal? Ambulatory? Employee Health? Risk? After working with hundreds of NAOHP member programs over the years, I can tell you this: there is no single universal structure, because every organization brings its own
September 2025 – The National Association of Occupational Health Professionals (NAOHP) strongly condemns the recent mismanagement and misdirected guidance at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the influence of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In the past months, RFK Jr. has repeatedly interfered with the CDC’s
Occupational health professionals play a balancing act protecting workers while supporting employers in meeting regulatory requirements. But even experienced providers can inadvertently stumble into legal trouble through the way they document visits, exams, and employer communications. Unlike general medical records, occupational medicine documentation operates within a narrow channel of legal
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Congrats to our current members passing the Individual Certification exam and earning the designation COHPM. Join the next class here and get certified! Nathalia Allen Hackensack Meridian Vanessa Archuleta Yuma Regional Health Mary Katherine Bell Hackensack Meridian Patty Brundage UHS Occupational Medicine Edileen Ina Daclan Hackensack Meridian Thomas Deskin Meritas
Are your clinic teams aligned at the start of each day—or putting out fires by 9:15 AM? Occupational medicine clinics are fast-paced, complex environments. We serve a unique blend of stakeholders—patients, employers, case managers, and regulatory bodies. Success hinges on coordination, communication, and the ability to adapt in real-time. That’s
Many medium-to-large health systems are evolving their occupational medicine (employee health) programs to have registered nurses (RNs) or other licensed staff take on dual roles: providing traditional employee health services and actively managing workplace risk and safety programs. In these models, including Total Worker Health®, RNs not only handle immunizations,
In September 2020, Universal Health Services, a hospital system spanning 400 facilities and 90,000 employees, fell victim to a Ryuk ransomware attack that crippled its IT systems overnight. Clinicians were suddenly locked out of electronic health records and lab results. They were forced to revert to pen-and-paper workflows. “It was
By Dr. Larry Earl, NAOHP As occupational health professionals, we play a pivotal role in facilitating reasonable accommodations for workers with medical conditions—while also recognizing the complex demands of essential, around-the-clock operations. Nowhere is this balance more challenging than when employees in 24/7 environments, such as first responders, healthcare workers,