Occupational Health Management Archives – April 1, 2005
April 1, 2005
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Employer ultimatum: Get off cigarettes or get out resumes
A Michigan medical benefits company has kicked up a firestorm over its zero-tolerance policy toward tobacco use. Employees at Weyco Inc. in Okemos, MI, are not just barred from using tobacco products at work theyre banned from using them at all. And if they do or refuse to be tested for tobacco use they lose their jobs. -
NIH tailors RTW program specifically for nurses
Nurses are among the highest risk professions for back injury, and when a nurse is injured, devising their return to work in an environment that demands physical tasks lifting patients, pushing gurneys, etc. can be a challenge. -
Integrated disability management a slow sell
Though research and anecdotal evidence seem to show that integrating disability and health care programs for all injuries and illnesses whether suffered on the job or off can get employees back to work more quickly, prevent absences, and lower total benefit costs, most employers are slow to warm up to the idea. -
Some chronic pain may be easy to treat
The office manager who is certain she has carpal tunnel syndrome, and the grocery store checkout clerk who is convinced he has a pinched nerve might be correct; but it may be more likely that they are suffering musculoskeletal pain that is both easier to treat and less likely to be chronic, given correct diagnosis and treatment. -
Define the product, know the market
When it comes to letting people know about their services, health care professionals have historically had the If we build it, they will come mentality, according to one consultant. But that mentality has reached extinction, she says. -
AAOHN policy platform pushes healthy lifestyle
Wellness and disease prevention remain at the top of the list of areas of emphasis and concern for occupational health nurses, as reflected by the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN) 2005 public policy platform.