Insights
Disaster Recovery and Work Comp
January 26, 2020
1 MIN READIn just the past few years, natural disasters have generated startling headlines and produced enormous challenges for many, including for workers’ compensation systems.
Social Determinants of-Health Whitepaper
January 26, 2020
1 MIN READIn the last five years terms such as advocacy, engagement, coaching, and even “whole-person approach” have been much talked about within workers’ compensation — for good reason. The discussion around a whole-person approach generates a number of important questions. For one, how do we support the whole person by offering one comprehensive solution?
My Way, Right Now
January 20, 2020
3 MIN READHow quickly do you get frustrated with slow service? Whether you are waiting a little longer for your food to be served at a restaurant, or even waiting on that red light that took forever this morning on the way to work, our patience continues to lessen.
Destination Care
January 13, 2020
5 MIN READDestination care, centers of excellence, medical tourism, benefit driven travel and geographically recognized care centers – mean what exactly? And if the concept is quickly growing in popularity for group health patients, can it be applied for workers’ compensation claimants too?
Why use anticonvulsants to treat pain?
January 6, 2020
2 MIN READA fuller awareness of the risks, costs, and consequences of opioid medication use in clinical pain management is growing, and the search for safe, effective, and affordable alternatives to them has taken on new urgency. The quest for opioid alternatives that offer a measure of effective analgesia (without craving, tolerance, and addiction) is taking on an increased priority in discovery laboratories and across the ranks of practicing clinicians and other health care professionals. Beyond new discovery, another potential source of such alternatives is in reevaluating existing medications approved for pain as well as those approved for other uses that may also hold promise for use as analgesics.
In workers’ comp, the topics we talk about will continue to broaden in 2020
December 31, 2019
2 MIN READWhen thinking about the future, one often looks back, determines what might not have been accomplished and adds things that haven’t been attempted. In workers’ comp, it can often feel like we deal with the same challenges over and over and are disappointed that things aren’t moving fast enough. Some topics have been mainstays in the industry. Think of opioid use, misuse, and abuse; return-to-work programs; ergonomics and safety; new and improved approaches to case management.
2019 Recap
December 23, 2019
3 MIN READAs we wrap up the year, we’d like to thank everyone who supported The Sounding Board blog in 2019. The official launch took place in July and since then we have shared 47 posts.
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