Newly announced ACOEM guidelines simplify occupational EHR system evaluation
by Enterprise Health on Dec 11, 2024 10:58:22 AM
Making the shift from D-I-Y to certified best practices for OEHRs Employer-operated employee health clinics continue to increase in adoption and sophistication. Home-grown OEHRs, cobbled together from general-purpose EHRs and industry-specific databases, are being replaced by purpose- …
Healthcare IT News article showcases benefits of Enterprise Health for Northwell Health
by Enterprise Health on Feb 28, 2023 10:05:32 AM
New York's largest health system sees marked improvements using Enterprise Health In May 2022, Healthcare IT News published a story that examines how Northwell Health's pandemic experience made the case for robust occupational health IT — a story that prominently highlights Enterprise …
Work from where? Employers struggle to determine the ideal location.
by Jeff Donnell on Dec 14, 2022 8:00:00 AM
Remote? Fully back in the office? A hybrid arrangement? There is a raging debate on the future of where work should happen. Will it be mostly remote? Fully back in the office? Some sort of hybrid arrangement? In the wake of the COVID pandemic, many employers are struggling to determin …
Employers, are you ready for monkeypox?
by Enterprise Health on Sep 19, 2022 10:18:55 AM
IT Infrastructure is key to managing monkeypox exposures and cases When the World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global health emergency, employers quickly started developing response plans. Many of our clients’ occupational and employee health teams are applying what they l …
Moving at the "Speed of Trust"
by Enterprise Health on Jul 13, 2021 10:00:00 AM
Enterprise Health delivers functionality to meet OSHA's new COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) On June 21, OSHA adopted a new COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) that requires healthcare employers to report all work-related COVID-19 fatalities and in-patient hospitali …
Interoperability 101: What is it and why is it important?
by Enterprise Health on Jun 17, 2021 1:00:00 PM
Interoperability has become a hot topic of late, thanks in part to the pandemic and the official start of new rules that went into effect in April pertaining to how healthcare providers must provide health information to patients. In fact, the need for healthcare providers, public hea …
How to select an occupational health IT solution
by Enterprise Health on Jan 1, 2021 2:09:00 PM
A best practice road map for selecting an occupational health and compliance solution Choosing an occupational health IT solution is no simple assignment. After all, the application selected will help your organization manage employee health, wellness and regulatory compliance.
Shining a light on occ health: how to build a better business case
by Jeff Donnell on Jun 16, 2020 11:00:00 AM
Oh, the irony. For many years, occupational health was viewed as a compliance-driven operational necessity — a mechanism for managing worksite injury and illness and meeting medical surveillance requirements. The perceived importance of the investment in occupational health was often …
Addressing the need for coding standards in occupational health
by Enterprise Health on Jun 9, 2020 11:00:00 AM
Standard terminology and codes in healthcare provide an important foundation for information exchange between health information systems. Every aspect of patient care requires the use of structured vocabularies, terminologies, code sets and classification systems so that senders and r …
Occ Health 101: Why a certified EHR is important in your clinic
by Enterprise Health on Jun 2, 2020 11:00:00 AM
The concept of a certified EHR in an occupational health IT solution is an important one, especially as more onsite employee health clinics expand operations beyond traditional medical surveillance, case management of worksite injury and illness and regulatory compliance.
Occ health experts share return-to-work strategies
by Enterprise Health on May 7, 2020 11:22:32 AM
COVID-19 return-to-work strategies from Fortune 100 organization and health systems In April, nearly 300 people attended a panel discussion Enterprise Health hosted via webinar with several leaders in the occupational health industry and an employment legal expert to discuss how their …
Wake Forest’s Samantha Lodish highlights benefits of mass immunization automation at BRI
by Enterprise Health on Feb 14, 2020 11:00:00 AM
It's Valentine’s Day, so we’d like to give a little love to one of our awesome clients. As a featured speaker at BRI Network's recent Onsite Employee Health Clinics Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona, Samantha Lodish, administrative manager at Wake Forest Baptist Health showcased the benef …
Are you ready if OSHA comes calling?
by Enterprise Health on Jan 28, 2020 11:00:00 AM
OSHA just released statistics that show a significant increase in the number of inspections in their fiscal year 2019. The Federal department conducted 33,401 inspections — more inspections than the previous three years — addressing violations related to trenching, falls, chemical exp …
3 ways to make your occupational flu program less chaotic
by Enterprise Health on Dec 11, 2019 11:00:00 AM
Managing a large-scale flu vaccination program, especially one that is mandatory for employees, is a huge undertaking. With the open clinic portion of this year’s campaign complete, it’s time to turn your focus toward assessing the program. As you look for ways to improve efficiency a …
Amplify hearing surveillance through audiometer interface
by Enterprise Health on Oct 9, 2019 11:00:00 AM
OSHA calls noise one of the most pervasive occupational health problems with more than 22 million U.S. workers being exposed to potentially damaging noise at work each year (www.osha.gov). Monitoring employees for the effects of exposure to high levels of noise and complying with OSHA …