L&I has also undertaken projects to incentivize surgeons to expedite injured worker recovery and rehabilitation, and it is working on the development of an occupational health management tracking system as well as best practices for behavioral health and chronic pain management.
On Monday, June 8th, at 10 am, a 54-year-old certified nurse assistant presented in the Emergency Department (ED) with complaints of severe low-back pain.
It began with papers filed at the Sudbury, MA, Town Hall in September 1985 and ended—my proprietorship that is—in May 2016, with the sale of the company to two respected colleagues.
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?
Congratulations to Sanford
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.”