How to Encourage Employee Participation in Preventive Health Services
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…
Net Health Webinar Talks About Occupational Health Standardization Do’s and Don’ts
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…
The Necessity of Keeping Occupational Health Records Separate from General Medical Records
With abundant compliance restrictions from governing bodies such as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) and regulations such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), it is imperative to be sure your healthcare organization is protected from legal risks. This whitepaper serves…
5 Ways Health and Safety Managers Can Help Prevent the Most Common Injuries in Retail and Manufacturing
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), or “ergonomic injuries,” are the most common type of injury in the retail and manufacturing (R&M) sectors.1 These injuries affect muscles, nerves, tendons, joints, cartilage, and spinal discs and are typically caused by overexertion while lifting, pushing, pulling, and other actions required to move objects.2 In retail, the incidence rate for MSDs was 34.8%,…
Net Health Community Brings Healthcare Industry Peers Closer Together
Many EHR software solutions nowadays help those in the healthcare field provide optimal care to their patients as well as navigate their day-to-day tasks and responsibilities via a paperless format. But what happens when you have questions about certain features within the software or you’d like to interact with other professional experts who can provide…
Webinar: Providing Occupational Medicine Services – Net Health
For companies considering providing Occupational Medicine (OccMed) services for their employees or planning to offer OccMed services to businesses such as retailers and manufacturers, there’s much to learn when it comes to the decision-making and planning processes. In May, Net Health co-sponsored a webinar titled “Getting Started: Providing Occupational Medicine Services,” and it reviewed the…
Incentivizing Retail and Manufacturing Employees to Use Company-Sponsored OccMed Clinics
Occupational health is a critical component of profitable businesses. But despite employees being a company’s greatest resource, on a global scale, only 10 to 15% of workers have access to occupational medicine (OccMed).1 In retail and manufacturing industries, injury rates are currently 3.1% among U.S. workers.2 And while both industries see roughly the same rates and…