Sharing the below, in case it might be of interest to members. On January 13, 2026, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM ET, the film entitled " Forgetting to Remember – Lessons from a Vaccine Lost " will premiere. The approximately 30 minute film draws on the experience ...
Please accept a newsletter which I have put together covering current and future environmental health issues. The additional attachments are useful references: Click on the enviro-news attachment. ------------------------------ Warren Silverman ...
Ms. Myers: In response to your itemized questions: We used at registration a general form that did cover ROI with respect to not only HIPAA, but acceptable communications with employers under best practice OccMed parameters. Whereas diagnosis ...
Good afternoon, Firstly, I'd like to thank everyone who took the time to consider and respond to my last question about safety investigations. Your experience and insight was greatly appreciated. My next question relates to ROI. I realize the statues/rules ...
The ACOEM Council on Government Affairs (COGA), in partnership with our advocacy and legislative affairs consultant, Katie Vanlandingham , is planning a series of virtual and in-person meetings with members of Congress in Washington, D.C., in late ...
Hi Amanda Good question. Yes...when I was the Director of Employee Health at a community hospital in Massachusetts, we did include the incident-specific safety investigation report in the injured worker's medical record for the main reasons you ...
To me the answer to whether a safety / incident investigation belongs in an occupational health record is "yes". This assumes it was sent to me with an email or letter mentioning the patient I was seeing. To fail to incorporate it in the record would ...
Dear Ms Myers (Amanda), Thank you and our colleagues on this important question, important because we are in the business of diagnosis as well as causality in work injury, illness, and over-exposure situations. OSHA has a rule on BBPs that requires ...
What a great question. And what an opportunity to think about the quality of the corporate safety report and whether putting that in the medical record gives you an opportunity to comment in a safe and structured fashion. There are multiple ways to ...
Ms. Myers: Whether it is a workers compensation injury, or an OSHA based exposure illness it is not customary to have the safety investigation report in the OM providers medical record. And having practiced in several states, and as an employee of ...
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