Fit-for-Duty Exam: A Deep Dive

Fit-for-Duty Exam: A Deep Dive

Occupational medicine physicians have the task of conducting one of the most important employee safety assessments: the fit-for-duty exam. Without this exam, workplaces can become much more dangerous, accident-prone environments. Employees may also suffer from substance abuse and mental health issues that go unchecked without the exam. Use the guide below to ensure you’re prepared…

The Occupational Medicine Physician: A Unique Career

The Occupational Medicine Physician: A Unique Career

Work injuries cost significant time and money for employers, individuals, and the nation as a whole. In fact, the National Safety Council (NSC) estimates the cost to be $167 billion annually. Who can help reduce these costs and keep people safer at work? Occupational medicine physicians. If you’re interested in specializing in occupational medicine or…

6 Key Performance Indicators for Your Occupational Medicine Practice

6 Key Performance Indicators for Your Occupational Medicine Practice

No matter how busy your occupational medicine practice is, you know there is always room for improvement, but knowing what those items are and how to evaluate them can be challenging. Performance tracking isn’t only for stocks and Olympic athletes; regardless of size, every business can measure and adjust its methods to improve its practice…

Occupational Health Software Must-Haves

Occupational Health Software Must-Haves

Occupational health software is a required component of any company’s system. The 21st Century Cures Act was passed by Congress in 2016 and required that all healthcare providers move from paper records to electronic health records (EHR). Because occupational health provides healthcare services to employees, it falls under this mandate. However, providers in occupational health…

What Is Occupational Health?

What Is Occupational Health?

Occupational health will touch nearly every working person at some point in their lives. Companies in industries ranging from manufacturing to retail to office environments are ramping up their focus on employee health and well-being and adding staff to their occupational health departments to support these efforts. The forecast for the field of occupational health…

Valuable Updates in Occupational Health

Valuable Updates in Occupational Health

From Todd Wilkins, Division President, Net Health Occupational Health Despite a challenging few months, which most recently involved a worldwide outage that impacted many of you, I would like to share some positive news involving our Occupational Health solutions. To start, Release 11.16 of the Net Health Occupational Health application is scheduled to be released…

How Employee Health and OccMed Can Manage Flu Vaccine Reporting During COVID

How Employee Health and OccMed Can Manage Flu Vaccine Reporting During COVID

Organizing year-round immunization programs for healthcare workers (HCWs) is already challenging for Employee Health (EH) departments and Occupational Medicine (OccMed) clinics. But ensuring that HCWs receive their annual flu shot is crucial to the health of both practitioners and their patients, and it’s doubly challenging during the current pandemic when EH and OccMed employees are…