Occupational Health Management Archives – October 1, 2003
October 1, 2003
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Money matters when measuring success of occ-health program
In these days of tight budgets and economic uncertainty, running your occ-health operation as efficiently and effectively as possible is more important than ever. -
New workers’ comp plan covers psych treatments
An innovative new set of workers compensation guidelines developed by the Washington Department of Labor and Industries offers coverage for psychiatric conditions that are either a direct result of an industrial injury or are unrelated, but retarding recovery from an industrial injury. -
Guideline offers examples for providers
The new workers comp guidelines from the state of Washingtons Department of Labor and Industries offer specific examples to help providers communicate effectively with claims managers. Here is an example to describe assessments of psychiatric treatment and recommendations. -
NIOSH using GPS to spot workplace hazards
Researchers with The National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health are adapting global positioning system (GPS)-type technology to pinpoint locations at outdoor worksites where employees may be exposed to hazardous levels of dusts, gases, fumes, noise, and heat. -
HeartMath: Stress buster becomes turnover buster
Everyone knows that health care is a high-stress industry. But stress is a known factor in many illnesses and causes numerous lost workdays per year. Finding a way to get staff to relax both on and off the job could be a way to combat burnout and, as two hospitals are finding, improve employee retention. -
The dangers of workplace stress
High stress is leading to employee burnout, according to the StressPulse survey by Chicago-based ComPsych Corp., a company specializing in employee assistance programs, managed behavioral health, work-life issues, and crisis intervention services. -
Labor Department starts Hispanic worker program
The U.S. Department of Labor, in conjunction with the Mexican and Salvadoran consulates in Dallas and other community, faith-based, and governmental organizations, has launched the Justice and Equality in the Workplace Program of Dallas. -
AAOHN offers support For Bone & Joint Decade
Citing the aging work force as one of its ongoing concerns, the Atlanta-based American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN) has thrown its support behind the United States Bone and Joint Decade, which is part of the international Bone and Joint Decade initiative. -
Correction
On page 87 of our August 2003 issue, we presented an outlined box titled, How to Develop a Strategy: Suggested Points For Analysis, to accompany our cover story. The four key elements of a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis were to be included, but two of the elements were inadvertently omitted. We regret the error, and we are reprinting below the entire outline for a SWOT analysis.