Expediting Return to Work Full Duty with Successful Onsite Medical Management

Kathy Norris Pt,ceas,comt
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Kathy Norris Pt,ceas,comt: Emory Healthcare, USA

Current Trends in Biomedical Engineering & Biosciences, 2017, vol. 5, issue 5, 103-107

Abstract: Emory Healthcare with Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia is the largest employer in DeKalb County with 39,075 employees. Originally, the Employee Health Department handled all work related injuries. Contract onsite physical therapy and ergonomic services were added in 2001. Emory employees with work related musculoskeletal injures were discharged after five onsite physical therapy visits on average versus the national average of fourteen outpatient visits. With the cost of physical therapy and labor costs only, the estimated cost savings was $887,574 in 2006. In 2008, Emory’s Occupational Injury Management Department separated from the Employee Health Department to handle injured employees.

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Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.19080/CTBEB.2017.05.555673

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