At some point in the development of your occupational medicine services you are going to be looking at effective ways to expand the practice.
As I think about the “core” services, we are actually interacting with a very small percentage of our employee populations.
The concept of total worker health (TWH) represents a fundamental transformation in how occupational safety and health is recognized in the workplace.
There’s probably nothing more aggravating to your employer clients than when they have sent an injured worker for care in your office or to the ED if after hours and they get … silence.
I was asked recently by a program director about a physician who routinely schedules work comp recheck visits out for 2 to 3 weeks, even after the first visit.
From our friends at Trestletree and special thanks to Becky Parker, PhD, for sharing —
The week of Thanksgiving. A time to be thankful. A time to pause and count our blessings. A time to connect with others. Yet, the stressors of life don’t stop this week. For our patients, our coworkers, our family, our friends, and even ourselves, life continues to be stressful and messy for some of us at this time.
Preplacement exams, DOT physicals, injury treatment, drug testing. . . a list of the day to day services offered in an Occupational Medicine facility.