Workers' Compensation

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Understanding Geographic Variation in the Use of Treatment Guidelines for Occupational Injuries
Posted on 5 Feb 2015 by Thomas A. Robinson

Greater medical consensus could reduce geographic variability A recent study published by the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine suggests that there is geographic variation in the use of medical treatment guidelines that reaches... Read More

Tags: geographic variabilty , physical therapy , ACOEM guidelines , opioids , shoulder injury , shoulder bracing , Official Disability Guidelines , back injury , ODG , surgery , home care , Workers compensation , medical consensus , medical treatment guidelines , occupational injuries , steroids

JOEM Study Supports Contention that EBM Guidelines Result in Better Outcomes for Injured Workers and Reduced Costs for Employers
Posted on 15 Jun 2016 by Thomas A. Robinson

First Comprehensive Study Evaluating EBM Guidelines in Comp Setting In recent years within the workers’ compensation (WC) arena, proponents of evidence-based medicine (EBM) have contended that managing an injured worker’s care according... Read More

Tags: evidence-based medicine , ACOEM guidelines , managed care , ODG Guidelines , EBM

Opioids – The Grand Debate
Posted on 8 Jan 2015 by Robert G. Rassp, Esq.

An examination of ACOEM’s newly revised opioid practice guidelines for treatment of pain By Robert G. Rassp, Esq. We hate statistics but policymakers can’t live without them. For example, 100 million residents of the United States... Read More

Tags: acute pain , Medicare , acetaminophen , sub-acute pain , evidence-based medicine , ACOEM guidelines , opioids , post-operative pain , California workers compensation , FDA , Chronic pain , morphine equivalent dose , pain management , MED , intrathecal pain pumps , ibuprofen , lower pain threshold