3 Ways to Keep Track of EH During COVID-19/Flu Season

3 Ways to Keep Track of EH During COVID-19/Flu Season

Hospitals, healthcare systems and skilled nursing facilities are now receiving valuable doses of COVID-19 vaccine and must find solutions to efficiently deploy immunizations to staff and patients. Employee Health (EH) managers know that the key to the task is a flexible, comprehensive plan to track compliance and communicate with subjects.  What’s making vaccine tracking more…

Protect Against COVID-19 and Prevent the Flu Too!

Protect Against COVID-19 and Prevent the Flu Too!

We all love a good two-for-one deal, especially around the holidays. With the vaccine becoming available, now is not the time to back down from precautions against COVID-19. Cases are at all-time highs, and cold weather means more time spent indoors. Complicating the pandemic, flu season is nearing its peak,1 which adds to the danger…

5 Ways OccMed Can Help Employers Promote Workplace Health

5 Ways OccMed Can Help Employers Promote Workplace Health

In these ever-changing COVID times, occupational medicine (OccMed) can play an integral role in helping employers to promote workplace health. While OccMed is the go-to source for work-related injuries, it can also offer assistance to help employer clients prevent avoidable workplace injuries and accidents.  Here are a few suggestions for how OccMed can help: 1)…

Wake-up Call: Eddie Stahl Talks Flu Season and Adjusting to COVID

Wake-up Call: Eddie Stahl Talks Flu Season and Adjusting to COVID

The COVID pandemic has been a wake-up call for healthcare facilities.  There’s no way we could have prepared or predicted the sheer devastation this virus would cause, nor can we predict its ultimate impact. But if there’s a lesson to learn from this pandemic, it’s that we must learn from our mistakes and do better…

Tips for OccMed to Start Telehealth

Tips for OccMed to Start Telehealth

One of the trends that has increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic is the use of telehealth to keep the American workforce healthy and safe. I’m Eddie Stahl and Net Health’s expert to support clinical solutions in Occupational Medicine (OccMed) and have seen how telehealth has benefited practices and patients. OccMed providers have already been…

Tips for Starting Telehealth in Hospital Employee Health Departments

Tips for Starting Telehealth in Hospital Employee Health Departments

We’ve seen hospital employee health (EH) programs adopt telehealth for good reason. Virtual technology enables safer, healthier workplaces that promote productivity and satisfaction. Hospital workers have specialized safety and health needs that can be fulfilled, in part, with telehealth. Before we talk about how to put a telehealth system into place, let’s first ask why….

Get the Scoop on E&M Codes and How to Use Them

Get the Scoop on E&M Codes and How to Use Them

What are E&M codes? Evaluation Management, commonly referred to as E&M, is known in medical clinics as the office CPT code that’s assigned to each patient visit. These codes range from level one to five and can be broken into two different categories: new and established. However, determining the code assignment is more complex than…