Worksite Assessment / Job Analysis
Early Intervention
Medical Management Services
Wellness
Worksite Assessments
The WorkSTEPS® system of medical and functional testing for employment is not only designed to reduce injury risk, control injury related costs, and combat fraudulent claims, additionally and equally as important, the program is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and thereby:
- Ensures fairness in hiring practices
- Reduces employer liability
The worksite assessment is an integral measure in ADA compliance. The onsite, individualized job assessment through medical and functional testing decreases the employer’s liability of negligence as it provides: · Administration by independent, third party clinician · Due process to support the employer’s hiring decision · Objective, content valid, and job specific criteria Such worksite medical and functional testing are required by the ADA in order to perform post offer / post employment evaluations, as the ADA specifically addresses the necessity of a job analysis that identifies essential job requirements of each category of employee to be tested.
Early Intervention
With a corporate culture of wellness and safety, employers can keep employees healthy and at work with functional testing. Begin the dialogue of risk reduction; early identification is the key to prevention and treatment of injury.
As the workforce continues to age, and life activities result in musculoskeletal soreness, Early Intervention with functional testing as a starting point provides the employee with an option before “waiting for it to get bad enough to go to the doctor”. The medical and functional testing is recognized by OSHA as an appropriate method for prevention of recordable injuries and illnesses. By intervening with an injury prevention regimen, over 50% of the people seen for Early Intervention never have to move forward into the traditional medical system. Businesses and municipalities that have implemented onsite, early intervention programs have seen a drastic reduction of work injuries and lost time.
Program Benefits Include:
- Best practice identification and training
- Improved employee morale
- Increased company productivity and profitability
Injury Risk:
- Work related and previously sustained injuries
- Costs associated with work and non-work related injuries
- Worker turnover
- Process improvement through ergonomic interventions
Quantify essential physical demand criteria used for job descriptions by starting with functional testing.
Who gains from injuries? The traditional medical model and health care system. Who gains from Early Intervention? Your workers, your company, your families!
WorkSTEPS medical and functional testing is your resource to support a more productive work environment.
Medical Management Services
Employers contact WorkSTEPS as a resource to provide innovative “single point of contact” management that addresses the entire continuum of medical management, beginning with prevention and throughout the claims and injury management process to achieve maximum work-injury reductions through medical and functional testing. This proprietary system of policies, procedures, and processes can assist in identifying areas of risk and provide needed solutions in prevention, safety ergonomics, loss control, claims management, early return-to-work, and rapid claims closure. To help move the employee through the system more efficiently, and oversee the healthcare provider network, medical professionals accomplish the following:
- Become employer advocates
- Control unnecessary treatment
- Implement innovative proprietary processes
- Provide direct interaction with the employers
These systems and processes work together to provide:
- Aggressive injury process management
- Facilitating early return to work
- Quality clinical outcomes
- Case resolution
- Prevention & Pre-injury services
- Early Intervention
- Wellness
The combination of these services in our medical and functional testing results in significant, measurable reductions in work injuries and the costs associated therewith.
Wellness
Wellness solutions are designed around unique and effective health coaching. Individually tailored behavior modification programs are designed specific to each client’s corporate culture, goals, and financial constraints.
- Wellness goals may include: · Get fit · Improve eating habits · Lose weight · Reduce stress · Stop smoking
Healthcare professionals with backgrounds in nutrition, exercise physiology, health education, public health, and health promotion maximize communication, and therefore results, through:
- One-on-one phone calls. Online instant messaging.
Onsite programs to help clients specifically targeted wellness programs include:
- Blood pressure management
- Cholesterol management
- Diabetes education
- Pre- and postnatal health.
- Self-management of chronic conditions
In order for wellness programs to be successful, and have a positive return on investment, individual proactive outreach and ongoing support is critical. The individualized focus extends across a range of offerings, from customized programs to turnkey solutions. Contact WorkSTEPS for more information on medical and functional testing.
CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OUR SERVICES:
1-888-5WSTEPS (1-888-597-8377)
