Occupational Health Services (3 ed)
A Practical Approach

Edited by Tee L. Guidotti,M. Suzanne Arnold,Paula Lantsberger

ISBN13: 9781041072805

Imprint: Routledge

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Published: 07/10/2025

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Description
The new edition of Occupational Health Services provides an essential guide in setting up, running, and improving healthcare services either in an organization or within the community. The book offers an invaluable toolkit for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and occupational management of work-related health issues. The text covers: An overview of occupational health care in the US and Canada - how it is organized, who pays for what, how it is regulated, and how workers’ compensation works. It explains how occupational health services are managed in practice whether within a company, as a global network, in a hospital or medical group practice, as a free-standing clinic, or following other models The management of core services including record-keeping, marketing, service delivery options, staff recruitment and evaluation, and program evaluation. It provides detail on specific services such as clinical service delivery for injured workers, periodic health surveillance, impairment assessment, fitness for duty, alcohol and drug testing, employee assistance, mental health, health promotion, emergency management, global health management, and medico-legal services. Thoroughly updated throughout, and including a new chapter on Consulting, this unique book will be a key reference work for managers and health practitioners from a range of backgrounds, including but not limited to medicine, nursing, health services administration, and physical therapy, as well as students training in these fields.
Preface. 1.The Occupational Health Care System. 2.Workers’ Compensation. 3.Occupational Health Law. 4.Occupational Safety and Health Regulation. 5.Ethics. 6.Corporate and In-House Occupational Health Services. 7.Global Occupational Health. 8.Strategic Planning. 9.Hospitals and Medical Centers. 10.Staffing and Personnel. 11.Facilities and Equipment. 12.Office Procedures and Protocols. 13.Medical Records. 14.Occupational Health-Specific Marketing and Sales. 15.Quality Assurance. 16.Primary-Care Occupational Medicine Services. 17.Periodic Health Surveillance and Monitoring. 18.Hazard Evaluation and Management. 19.Psychological Health and Safety. 20.Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing. 21.Employee Assistance Programs. 22.Absence and Leave. 23.Fitness for Duty. 24.Impairment Assessment. 25.Independent Medical Evaluation. 26.Consulting Services. 27.Medicolegal Services. 28.Lifestyle Medicine and Health Promotion. Appendix 1.Occupational Health and Safety Audit* Toolbox (inclusive of Self-Assessment and Gap Analysis reviews). Appendix 2.Essential Bookshelf in Occupational and Environmental Medicine and Occupational Health Services
  • Health & safety issues
  • Occupational medicine
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
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