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HOOR ALALIAA AESTHETIC MEDICAL CENTER
until 1960[1] called industrial medicine,[2][3] is the branch of medicine which is concerned with the maintenance of health in the workplace, including prevention and treatment of diseases and injuries, with secondary objectives of maintaining and increasing productivity and social adjustment in the workplace.[2][4]
It is, thus, the branch of clinical medicine active in the field of occupational health and safety. OM specialists work to ensure that the highest standards of occupational health and safety are achieved and maintained in the workplace. While OM may involve a wide number of disciplines, it centers on preventive medicine and the management of illness, injury, and disability related to the workplace.[5] Occupational physicians must have a wide knowledge of clinical medicine and be competent in a number of important areas. They often advise international bodies, governmental and state agencies, organizations and trade unions. There are contextual links to physical medicine and rehabilitation and to insurance medicine.
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Occupational medicine aims to prevent diseases and promote wellness among workers. Occupational health physicians must:
Employers rely on fit-for-duty exams (or fit-for-duty tests) to make sure their workers can safely perform specific jobs. These exams are an essential part of workplace safety and safe return to work. Fit-for-duty exams can be performed for employees who are working or who are returning to work after injury.
When fit-for-duty exams are performed for return to work, they’re often called “return-to-work exams.” An employer may want a fit-for-duty exam for an employee who is completing treatment and is ready to return to work after a serious illness or injury. The information captured on a return-to-work application assists employers in understanding if the employee can safely perform their job again, and they can return to work without risking re-injury.
Sometimes, employers may worry that an employee’s medical condition makes it unsafe for them to perform their job. A fit-for-duty exam determines if the employee is physically and/or psychologically able to safely perform their current role. These specialized exams are typically reserved for more labor-intensive roles, and the exams are unique to each employer and their positions. What’s examined depends can be customized to an employee’s role and unique circumstances. This may include lifting heavy objects overhead, crouching and bending for prolonged periods of time, and maneuvering into small spaces.
After a work-related injury, Concentra provides your injured worker with the medical care and return-to-work program they need to ensure a safe, quick recovery. Concentra has been treating work-related injuries for nearly 39 years. Today, we provide injury care for 1 in every 7 workplace injuries in the United States. We work with employers to make it easy for you and your employees to navigate the workers’ compensation process with minimal business interruption.
Urgent care is ideal for those common conditions that employees may suffer, but are not necessarily work-related. While these conditions may not be associated with their job, we know they can still have an impact on job performance. We offer prompt care for many medical conditions.
Healthy workers are more productive! To help your workers be healthier, you should develop a preventive health program that includes:
Healthy workers are more productive! To help your workers be healthier, you should develop a preventive health program that includes:
Work-related injuries can also be very expensive. The direct costs of injuries that are easy to measure, like the cost of medical care and insurance costs, are small when compared to indirect costs associated with workplace disruption, retraining, lost productivity, and the like.
The 2011 Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index states that the most disabling workplace injuries cost industry $50 billion a year in direct workers compensation costs.
According to the Integrated Benefits Institute (IBI), a national, non-profit organization based in San Francisco, CA, the full costs of absence are more than four times total medical payments for employers in IBI’s Full-Cost Study when the productivity lost from absence is added to wage replacement payments.
In fact, IBI states that on average, employers leave an equivalent of 85 percent of net income on the table in excess benefit costs compared to companies with best-in-group performance in industry comparison groups.
Fit-for-duty testing, done before employment, is used to determine the job applicant's physical suitability for the job at hand. Tests can be custom-designed for the specific job function and are typically used to identify pre-existing injuries.
Fit-for-duty testing, done before employment, is used to determine the job applicant's physical suitability for the job at hand. Tests can be custom-designed for the specific job function and are typically used to identify pre-existing injuries.
OSHA 1904.7 states that a recordable event is usually defined as