Alternative therapies are mentioned often by participants in the workers compensation sector trying to manage injured workers' pain while shifting away from the industry's dependence on opioids — and acupuncture is the talk of the town.
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Changing Consumer Expectations: What Workers' Compensation Can Learn from the Healthcare Industry
What can workers’ compensation stakeholders learn from other industries in the age of automation and technology? In this article, we will explore how advances in the general healthcare industry and healthcare technology might influence changes in the workers’ compensation space.
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WorkCompCentral.com: Focus Intensifies on Diagnostic Imaging Quality (subscription required)
Medical imaging can be a key step in the diagnosis and treatment of an injured worker, but a recent debate has raised questions about whether
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Mitchell Adds Dynamic Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) Recalibrations within Mitchell Diagnostics
Enables repairers to recalibrate ADAS systems in-house for dozens of popular vehicle models via partnership with Bosch Automotive Service Solutions
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Opioid Overdose Prevention and Treatment
Opioid management presents complex challenges, and early intervention is imperative to reduce risk and avoid dependence, addiction, or diversion.
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The Other Drug Issue - When Addiction is a Pre-Work Injury Problem
Addiction in workers’ comp has been a hot-button topic over the past decade, mostly due to the staggering number of injured workers who have become addicted and, in the more tragic cases, have succumbed to prescription opioids. Yet, the same level of attention hasn’t been given to another addiction issue, treating those injured employees whose struggles with drugs and alcohol predate their injury.
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Advanced Driver-Assistance System Trends and Challenges
Automotive safety trends have come a long way from the first seatbelts offered in the 1950s. Today's advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) do more than reduce the risk of injuries during a crash; some features are designed to help avoid accidents altogether.