It’s no secret that physical inactivity can be detrimental to overall wellness. But, just how significant is a lack of physical activity for medical staff on their feet all day and for employees who sit at desks hunched over their computers, operate heavy machinery or drive vehicles for hours at a time? For a bit of perspective,…
Most employers are well aware of how important it is to safeguard the health of their employees. Even so, every 7 seconds, a U.S worker is injured on the job. This translates to nearly 13,000 workers injured each day and close to 4.6 million people a year. 1 These figures are staggering, but the best…
In early 2020, the COVID-19 global pandemic overwhelmed our healthcare system with an unprecedented influx of seriously ill patients. Healthcare providers placed themselves at personal risk to treat patients who were infected with this new and unfamiliar virus. Since those early days, healthcare providers made great strides in adapting to this “new normal” that is…
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…
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…
The rapid growth of telehealth hit warp speed in 2020 with precautions surrounding COVID-19 driving more medicine out of providers’ brick and mortar offices and into virtual meeting places. Remote provider visits promise to be of particular value to occupational medicine practices serving busy patients and fiscally focused employers. A Spring 2020 McKinsey survey revealed that 76…
While you may think your busy occupational medicine practice (OccMed) is successful, how do you really know? Performance tracking isn’t only reserved to satisfy regulators, as it can make your work more satisfying and successful. KPIs may sound like marketing jargon or magic numbers, but physicians and managers can use them to improve day-to-day and…
The best strategic decision-making should be backed by accurate data. When evaluating your occupational medicine (OccMed) practice’s data, it’s imperative that your data is accurate and tells an actionable story. Having a solid understanding and plan for your data will help establish key performance indicators (KPIs), which will help manage your business and team more…
A special version of Agility® employee health software solution created to support healthcare organizations during pandemic Pittsburgh, PA, April 21, 2020 – Net Health announced today that it is offering a new software solution to help hospital and provider employee health departments track, monitor and report on employee exposures to COVID-19. The solution – Net…
We’ve been thinking about what we can do to help as the provider of a documentation solution designed to monitor the wellness of healthcare employees, Agility®, and believe that sharing best practices we’ve picked up from our customers may be the best approach. So here comes the first in a series that could provide value…