Reduce Workers Compensation Claims By Using Wearables in The Workplace
According to the Application Resource Center, 1 in 6 Americans currently own a wearable device. While fitness is still the top priority for most wearable owners, when used in the workplace, these devices have the potential to prevent accidents, streamline the recovery process, and ultimately, improve health and financial outcomes for employees, employers and the workers’ compensation industry.
Corporate Responsibility: How Employee Engagement and Community Engagement Go Hand-in-Hand
Employee engagement is a top priority for every human resources executive, and for good reason. According to a PWC study, employees who are committed to the companies they work for put in 57 percent more effort and are 87 percent less likely to resign. Despite these powerful statistics, Gallup reports that only about one third of U.S. workers are engaged at work.
Five P&C Hot Topics and the Trends Fueling Them
Does virtual reality have practical applications for the P&C and collision repair industries? While it may be too soon to say what the overall impact will be, we are seeing interesting applications that go beyond entertainment. Virtual reality is being used to train doctors, create architectural models, and test the safety of new car models in a virtual setting before manufacturing them. It’s easier to see the potential benefits of augmented reality.
How Employers and Insurers Can Create The Most Effective Return to Work Programs
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No one wins when employees miss work due to job-related injuries. Company productivity goes down and injured workers are often left vulnerable, confused, or feeling frustrated at what they believe is a complex workers' compensation program. With this in mind, employers and carriers are continuously looking for ways to ensure their return-to-work programs are effective and focused on what's best for injured workers.
Help Combat Opioid Misuse
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The worst drug overdose crisis in U.S. history is driving policymakers to declare opioid-use disorder a national emergency and to seek new ways to battle the epidemic. The workers’ compensation industry must likewise step up efforts to protect patients and better understand how the number one drug class among injured workers affects return-to-work and quality of life.
Resiliency in Irma’s Wake
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Headlines pulled from today’s news feed present a cataclysmic picture of the wrath Hurricane Irma is expected to inflict on Florida and the Southeast when it makes landfall Sunday.
Is Your Data Program Dated?
Data analytics programs are supposed to help you determine workers’ comp trends and predictive analysis. So why isn’t your program delivering? In today’s Inside Workers’ Comp, data analytics expert Jim Harris explains how factors such as aging claims systems and inconsistent data input could be preventing you from capturing, reporting, and trending the information you need to make important claims decisions.