Optimizing After-Hours Occupational Medicine Services
In occupational medicine, we face a variety of dynamic challenges on a daily basis. Our average day is anything but routine. When handling Workers’ Compensation cases, employers rely upon their Occupational Medicine providers to limit OSHA recordable claims, manage the injury and costs, and promote the timely resolution of the claim.
FMCSA has issued an extended Emergency Declaration covering multiple regulations, including a deferral for medical certification examinations for drivers performing essential pandemic-related services.
Occupational health programs performing firefighter (FF) medical evaluations should be familiar with the responsibilities associated with these evaluations, and understand the physiological, psychological, and environmental demands of FF. See NFPA 1582 (4.2). NFPA 1582 (Standard on Comprehensive Occupational Medical Program for Fire Departments 2018) provides information and guidance for physicians and other healthcare providers responsible for fire department occupational medical programs.
These last few months have been difficult for all of us: businesses, families, and individuals. As we begin to move towards a new normal, the need to continue growing your business by attracting new employers and retaining existing ones is as important as ever.
The majority of people understand the importance of muscle to perform physical tasks such as walking, driving, working, and even more importantly, chewing, swallowing, and breathing. While these are important everyday tasks, muscle plays a critical role in injury and disease prevention/management.
Little did I know that picking up the phone in mid-April would lead to responding to one of Wisconsin’s largest COVID-19 clusters. Our mantra, which begins with listening, became the foundation for understanding and developing the specifications for the solution, followed by co-designing strategies with local health officials and employers, and finally delivering solutions that brought the outbreaks under control.
The risk of complicating seizures is associated with the location of the lesions.
OSHA agencies require employers to fit test workers who must wear respirators on the job.
Anyone working with medical information quickly begins to hear about the need to maintain HIPAA practices for privacy and security to maintain the confidentiality of medical information.
At the 2018 NAOHP National Conference, there was a preview of the proposed Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rules for updating the evaluation and management (E/M) guidelines.