The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions (IAIABC) and American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) have joined forces to promote better outcomes in workers’ compensation.
The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM)has published new medical treatment guidelines for providing care to workers with injuries and disorders of the hip and groin. The new guidelines represent the latest chapter in ACOEM’s comprehensive Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines.
URS Corporation, an engineering and construction firm, has received the ACOEM Corporate Health Achievement Award’s Exemplary Practice Citations for its employee illness and injury management program which focuses on enhanced communications.
Baptist Health South Florida receives American College of Occupational Medicine's Corporate Health Achievement Award. Health provider cited for outstanding health, safety, and environmental management practices.
The Nation’s largest occupational and environmental medicine conference, the 2010 American Occupational Health Conference (AOHC®) will be held May 2-5 at Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Fla.
The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) has published new medical treatment guidelines for providing care to workers with injuries of the hand, wrist, and forearm.
The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) has created a new webinar designed to help physicians more effectively treat low back pain and injuries using its Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines.
On Monday, June 1, 2009, leaders from the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) will urge Congress to bolster and expand programs that promote prevention and improve the health of the Nation's workforce during a special Capitol Hill briefing to be held from 2 to 3 p.m. EST in the Capitol Visitors Center Room 217 "“ Congressional Meeting Room South.
Pamela A. Hymel, MD, MPH, FACOEM, senior director of Integrated Health and corporate medical director at Cisco Systems, has been named the president of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM), the nation's largest association representing occupational and environmental physicians.
The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) and the National Business Group on Health (NBGH) have announced a new award recognizing achievements in corporate health. The Global Leadership in Corporate Health Award honors the achievements of individuals who demonstrate excellence and leadership in implementing programs that improve the health and productivity of the workforce.
Poor health among workers is far costlier to U.S. employers than they realize, impacting their profitability and undercutting the nation's overall productivity. This large multi-employer study indicates that the costs of poor health are much greater for employers than medical and pharmaceutical spending alone.
The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is distributing new "mini-guides" derived from its formal chronic pain clinical guidelines. The mini-guides offer targeted information on fibromyalgia and the use of opioids in chronic pain cases.
The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is introducing APG-I, a new online portal to its Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines that will speed access to decision-making information that is based on the most current comparative research.
Depression in the workplace is an increasing drain on workforce productivity states the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine in a new position statement that calls for a new approach to managing the disorder, including programs to improve coping skills, screening programs, and the promotion of early treatment.
The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) expressed its disappointed that the United States Senate has taken out the provision for $5.8 billion aimed at wellness and prevention in the stimulus spending package. ACOEM urges the House and Senate to protect funding for prevention and wellness in the workplace as they create a final stimulus bill.
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) calls on the Health and Human Services Secretary-designee Tom Daschle to address the critical link between the health, safety, and productivity of America's workers and the long-term stability of its health care system and economy as he begins work on the Obama administration's health care agenda.
The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) is urging health care workers and their employers to follow three basic steps this flu season to help prevent influenza infections in the health care workforce. Flu shots for employees tops the list, followed by adherence to well-proven infection control practices when interacting with patients and the use of educational programs on infection avoidance in the workplace.
A group of more than 30 national experts in workforce health and productivity issued a call for action to U.S. employers urging them to adopt health prevention measures for their employees to avert the "dire consequences" of chronic disease and changing demographic trends in the workplace.
Private and public sector leaders to issue recommendations; focus on prevention and health promotion.
Latest update of Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines offers expanded treatment recommendations and new chapters.
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