Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
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J. Occup. Environ. Med. · Jan 2014
Use of automated external defibrillators in US federal buildings: implementation of the Federal Occupational Health public access defibrillation program.
Federal Occupational Health (FOH) administers a nationwide public access defibrillation program in US federal buildings. We describe the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in federal buildings and evaluate survival after cardiac arrest. ⋯ Public access defibrillation, along with protocols to install, maintain, and deploy AEDs and train first responders, benefits survival after cardiac arrest in the workplace.
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The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine has updated the treatment guidelines in its Elbow Disorders chapter through revision processes begun in 2006. This abbreviated version of that chapter highlights some of the evidence and recommendations developed. ⋯ Quality evidence is now available to guide treatment for elbow disorders, particularly for lateral epicondylalgia.
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J. Occup. Environ. Med. · Oct 2013
Work-related and health care cost burden of community-acquired pneumonia in an employed population.
To estimate community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) incidence, turnover, episode length, inpatient length-of-stay, and cost burden. ⋯ CAP and underlying comorbidity are associated with increased medical, pharmacy, and STD costs and employee turnover rates.
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J. Occup. Environ. Med. · Oct 2013
Electronic medical record use among US occupational medicine physicians: a national survey.
To examine the use of electronic medical records (EMRs) among US occupational medicine physicians (OMPs). ⋯ Occupational physicians' use of EMRs was relatively high. They also seemed to be satisfied with their EMRs and believed that EMRs improve both safety and quality of clinical care.
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Cancer is one of the top five most costly diseases in the United States and leads to substantial work loss. Nevertheless, limited state-level estimates of cancer absenteeism costs have been published. ⋯ The results from this study suggest that lost productivity attributable to cancer is a substantial cost to employees and employers and contributes to estimates of the overall impact of cancer in a state population.