Latest post highlights how getting better provider facetime begins with a better EHR One of the more common complaints among patients and providers these days is that some electronic health record systems (EHRs) make it difficult to connect and engage. Doctors and nurses are stuck looking at the screens, and patients feel like numbers – […]
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Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are considered a key element of a company’s culture. As a matter of fact, it’s these groups that foster inclusion in the workplace.1 At Net Health, this role continues to evolve with the creation of more ERGs every year. Currently, we have 8 ERGs with a new one that just launched. […]
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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 […]
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Back pain is the most common work-related musculoskeletal disorder related to absenteeism in every occupation.1 Low back pain (LBP) is the most common type of back pain, affecting 1 in 4 American workers.2 It costs the nation $100 billion annually.3 Recent research suggests that current health and safety measures are insufficient when dealing with workplace […]
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Occupational Medicine (OccMed) medical assistants/nurses are in a leadership position, whether they work on-site for a business or at an independent or hospital-owned clinic. By working directly with patients and their employers, OccMed nurses play an integral role in keeping businesses operational. Yet, amid long-standing nursing shortages1 and budget cuts, OccMed medical assistants/nurses sometimes […]
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Healthcare workers (HCWs) have a high risk of coming into contact with infectious agents and bloodborne pathogens (BBP), including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B, hepatitis C, influenza (whether it’s seasonal flu or an outbreak of swine or avian flu), methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), measles, and now, SARS-CoV-2 (which causes COVID-19). Because U.S. hospitals admit […]
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Occupational Medicine (OccMed) safety managers face the challenge of supporting an organization’s endeavors while ensuring that employee activity is safe, healthy, and consistent with regulatory requirements. It’s also necessary to try and predict what new tasks may become dangerous and enforce new safety standards as we learn more about issues such as ergonomic injuries and […]
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Amid COVID precautions, employers are now facing the challenge of reducing the new public health threat posed by the monkeypox virus (MPV). As of October 4, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control recorded 26,194 cases of monkeypox in the U.S.1 Because this is the first time MPV has caused widespread illness, it can be difficult […]
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Even before the COVID pandemic, the workforce was changing – more people were working remotely, the workforce was aging, and employee demographics were becoming more diverse.1 In light of new challenges to occupational health and the growing importance of employee wellbeing in addition to safety, Occupational Medicine (OccMed) executives will likely need to rethink how […]
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Preventive care is crucial to long-term health and can help reduce employees’ need for medical services provided by their employer-sponsored health plans or Occupational Medicine (OccMed) clinics. Even before the pandemic, employees used few – if any – employer-sponsored medical services each year.1 As a result, employers saw a reduction in claims in 2020 and […]
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On September 9, 2022, Net Health co-sponsored a webinar with Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) titled “Process Standardization Do’s and Don’ts.” The webinar covered: The definition of process standardization The types of Standard Operating Policies and Procedures (SOPs) Reasons companies (from healthcare to retail and manufacturing) should create SOPs Steps for writing an SOP What […]
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