A healthcare leader’s keys to success: Creating value through safety
Making progress in healthcare starts with leaders setting performance goals at the limit of what is theoretically possible, focusing on safety and quality, and pursuing them with vigor.
View ArticleOccupational medicine in a primary care world
The looming physician shortage, coupled with expanded health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act and other pressures on the U.S. healthcare system are driving some occupational medicine...
View ArticleInformation technology changing occupational health landscape
We've seen a significant increase in the use of health information technology in occupational health.This mega-trend will influence workers’ compensation management; reimbursement practices; safety...
View ArticleLost-time employee injuries cost healthcare billions
Healthcare’s struggle with safety is no secret, and in its 2010 Request for Information, OSHA stated frankly that healthcare has “a weak culture of safety.” The continual posting of some of the highest...
View ArticleMixed signals on healthcare disaster preparedness
When a disaster strikes, occupational health and safety professionals deployed in healthcare organizations often are what stands between a bad outcome and a good one for victims.
View ArticleUpdate on ambulatory health employee safety
As a whole, ambulatory health lost $2 billion and 306,500 work days to lost-time injuries last year. The message remains the same: investing in safety culture pays off, and $2 billion would buy...
View ArticleHospital employee safety and health update
OSHA thinks too many healthcare employees are getting sick at work and that voluntary standards are not working, largely due to poor safety programs and lack of regulatory oversight.
View ArticleProfessional myopia impedes industrial hygiene progress in healthcare
Typically, an industrial hygienist is asked to conduct an indoor air quality assessment or monitor a chemical exposure. But there is so much more an industrial hygienist can bring to the table,...
View ArticleHealthcare industry finally attracts OSHA’s attention
OSHA sees healthcare organizations as poor safety performers. These targeted inspections and national/regional emphasis programs represent a major shift from the historically low amount of OSHA...
View ArticleFlu vaccination policies give rise to discourse on employer rights and...
As the number of healthcare organizations and jurisdictions adopting influenza vaccination policies continues to grow, so do questions about employer rights, employee freedom of choice, and exemptions...
View ArticleCost of healthcare employee injuries increases by $800 million
The healthcare industry spent $13.1 billion on 179,000 lost-time injuries in 2011. That was bad enough, but the latest injury data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reveals that healthcare had...
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