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However this flu season plays out in your workplace, occupational health will be in the "hot seat" when it comes to keeping both employees and senior leaders up to date on H1N1. At least, that is how it should be.
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In an intense effort to improve influenza vaccination rates, more hospitals and health systems are moving toward mandatory policies for immunizing health care workers.
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If an employee is newly diagnosed with diabetes, he or she would likely be able to obtain a significant amount of resources for prevention, screening and treatment of this condition. Would this also be true if that employee suffered from depression?
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Since employees with medical conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer often have co-morbid mental conditions, it makes sense to screen these workers for depression...
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It's a moment dreaded by every occupational health manager-learning that an employee was seriously injured at work. It's also the "moment of truth" for how well the occupational health manager does his or her job.
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These days, many workers have a high amount of anxiety over job security, with good reason. Now, a new study shows this poses a major threat to worker health.
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The nation's rising rate of obesity has required hospitals to rethink patient care, including different beds and lift equipment. But obesity also poses issues for hospitals as employers.
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The new focus on record keeping by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration - OSHA's National Emphasis Program (NEP) - zeroes in on workplaces with the highest rate of serious injury. Those include injuries that lead to days away from work, restricted activity or job transfer (DART).
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In a prospective randomized trial, use of a post-operative drain was associated with lower mortality and less recurrence in the treatment of chronic subdural hematoma (SDH)
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