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Trying to determine exactly what drives your biggest workers' compensation costs? The devil is in the details.
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When Emily Wallace, RN, BS, COHN-S, currently a Sanford, NC-based occupational health consultant, began her career as an occupational health nurse in the clinic of a large textile firm in Georgia with over 2000 employees and a terrible safety record, she learned something very quickly.
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Consider yourself a member of the "worker's compensation team" as a strategy to reduce costs, says Mary (Penny) B. Nicholls, RN, CCM, COHN-S, a disability consultant with Alabama Power Company in Birmingham and a member of the advisory board for the Deep South Center for Occupational Health & Safety at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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When Minneapolis, MN-based General Mills surveyed employees about wellness, they got some good news. "We were quite surprised by finding that employees were very positive, and in fact, wanted more health and fitness activities and events," says Tim Crimmins, MD, vice president of Health, Safety and Environment.
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Susan A. Randolph, MSN, RN, COHN-S, FAAOHN, clinical assistant professor of the Occupational Health Nursing Program at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, says that you should plan occupational health programs and services with these factors in mind:
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Kathleen Liever, an Employment Law Associate at Fowler White Boggs in Tampa, FL, says that you should take these steps now to comply with the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) of 2008:
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Do some health care workers infected with HIV or hepatitis B or C pose a risk to their patients? Should they be restricted from performing exposure-prone procedures?
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Spinal cord sarcoidosis is difficult to diagnose and may be confused with multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica. Treatment response is variable.
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Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the brain may be a promising new therapy for the treatment of chronic tinnitus.
