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The term silos is used quite often in discussions about health care quality improvement, but perhaps not quite as frequently when it comes to occupational health. Changing that trend could lead to significant improvement in employee health, asserts Robin F. Foust, PAHM, president of Zoe Consulting Inc., a Catawba, SC-based occupational health consulting firm.
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The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Inc. (AAOHN) and the Case Management Society of America (CMSA) have released a joint position statement providing further guidance to nurse case managers and occupational and environmental health nurses in protecting employees/clients privacy rights.
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As a principal of Work Loss Data Institute and publisher of Official Disability Guidelines and ODG Treatment in Workers' Comp, guest columnist Patricia Whelan was asked to comment on the current state of productivity as it relates to health, absence, and disability in the workplace. The Work Loss Data Institute focuses on workplace health and productivity.
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The Chicago-based American Hospital Association has published another 135 examples of strategies that are helping hospitals and health systems recruit and retain needed employees.
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While the issues of safety and productivity may not, at first glance, seem directly related, the two are inextricably linked, says Wayne Lednar, MD, corporate medical director of Eastman Kodak Co. in Rochester, NY.
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Compliance with the National Patient Safety Goals top the list of items that Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations surveyors examine, according to home health managers who recently have undergone accreditation surveys.
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Since January 2003, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations requires that all accredited home care organizations implement recommendations associated with National Patient Safety Goals that are relevant to the services the agency provides. Compliance with the goals will be evaluated during all unannounced and regularly scheduled surveys.
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Hospital Home Health begins the year with a look at the challenges that will be faced by home health managers in 2004. This months cover story introduces a few of the key issues addressed by this new legislation. Next month, we will discuss other demonstration projects included in HR 1, such as the homebound definition, collaboration with adult day care, reimbursement based upon performance, and employee background checks.
