Published on Aug 10, 2019 | Occupational Medicine, Productivity, Worker's Compensation
Should you [continue to] operate your occupational medicine clinic as a standalone practice or in a blended model, combining with your urgent care services? If you have a hospital affiliated occupational medicine clinic, it may have operated the same way year after...
Last updated Jul 20, 2018 at 6:57AM | Published on Mar 21, 2017 | Occupational Medicine, Worker's Compensation
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Last updated Aug 31, 2019 at 9:38AM | Published on Jun 23, 2016 | Occupational Medicine, Worker's Compensation
Successful Occupational Medicine Programs As with many other industries, in order to run a successful occupational medicine program, “service” has to be delivered from the customer’s perspective. You’ve set up your center and trained your staff for drug screens,...
Last updated Sep 11, 2019 at 5:30PM | Published on Jul 1, 2015 | Occupational Medicine, Worker's Compensation
Should there be an Employer in the Exam Room? We wear two hats in the occupational medicine environment. Evaluation and management of injured workers is at times a delicate balance of sometimes misaligned interests. Communication is key. The worker needs to...
Published on Mar 27, 2013 | Occupational Medicine, Urgent Care, Worker's Compensation
A frustrated PA I interviewed recently told me a story that really burns me on two levels: Inconsistency and discontinuity in urgent care practice Bad worker’s compensation return to work policy And a 3rd is probably lack of management support for a rational...
Last updated Mar 5, 2019 at 6:40PM | Published on Aug 16, 2012 | Occupational Medicine, Worker's Compensation
The OSHA 300 Log http://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/new-osha300form1-1-04.pdf Work Relatedness/Causality: An injury or illness is considered work-related if the condition Arose Out of Employment during the Course Of Employment (AOE/COE), due to an event or exposure...
