by Joe Flynn | Jan 3, 2018 | Contract Nursing, Hearing Conservation, Online Data Management, Respiratory Protection, Wellness Programs |
Trends are showing more and more organizations across the United States are transitioning to a comprehensive Occupational Health Management System (OHMS) and electronic health record to streamline and efficiently manage their occupational health program. Occupational...
by Joe Flynn | Oct 10, 2017 | Contract Nursing, Occupational Health, Wellness Programs |
Promoting health, improving workplace productivity, reducing absenteeism and controlling workers compensation as well as short and long-term disability spend is a daunting task for US companies. Employers of all dimensions and business types, either fully insured or...
by Laurel Gallion, RN, BSN, MPH | Sep 20, 2017 | Contract Nursing, Occupational Health Training, Wellness Programs |
Influenza (also known as the “flu”) is a contagious respiratory illness caused by the Influenza virus. The flu can result in mild to severe illness and even though healthy individuals can contract the virus, it can seriously affect young children, adults...
by Christopher B. Murray, CIH, CSP | Apr 5, 2017 | Wellness Programs |
Comparing WELL to LEED presents quite a challenge because it is easy to measure the return on investment (ROI) for LEED. Building owners are guaranteed energy and water savings which are both easy to document and track savings. WELL tries to demonstrate this by...
by David E. Rice, RN, BSN, CCM | Feb 15, 2017 | Wellness Programs |
Not even close. The CDC reports widespread activity in 43 states, including all of the Deep South, Southeast, and Middle Atlantic. Many of these states are currently heading toward or reaching their peak. For example, North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human...
by David E. Rice, RN, BSN, CCM | Oct 26, 2016 | Wellness Programs |
What Is Wellness? For years, the concept of wellness followed the medical model of its time, “the absence of illness.” As companies who took a genuine interest in their employees “discovered” wellness, the concept moved into the workplace. Early projects looked at...
