Prevention, Treatment, And rehabilitation of workplace injuries
Prevention, Treatment, And rehabilitation of workplace injuries
Fitness for Duty is the go to terminology for an assessment on a worker for a non-work related injury or illness. IOH offer medical, physical and psychological assessments in this space to assist employers determine the potential risk of their condition impacting on their health, safety and welfare or that of their colleagues or others. IOH […]
Read moreFitness for Duty is the go to terminology for an assessment on a worker for a non-work related injury or illness. IOH offer medical, physical and psychological assessments in this space to assist employers determine the potential risk of their condition impacting on their health, safety and welfare or that of their colleagues or others. IOH […]
Read moreOccupational therapy (OT) is a client-centred health profession concerned with promoting health and well being through occupation. The primary goal of occupational therapy is to enable people to participate in the activities of everyday life. Occupational therapists achieve this outcome by working with people and communities to enhance their ability to engage in the occupations […]
Read moreExercise physiologists (EPs) hold a four-year university degree and are allied health professionals who specialise in the delivery of exercise when recovering from injury or to manage chronic diseases. You might see an EP to help you: overcome persisting pain caused by injury or overuse improve health to achieve medical clearance for high risk work such as commercial […]
Read moreIOH Wollongong offers medical treatment for injuries. IOH doctors work almost exclusively on assessing the fitness of individuals or treating injuries, with 90% of injuries being work related. This means the IOH team, including doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and administration, are clear on the workplace injury management process and your Work Health and Safety (WHS) requirements […]
Read moreIndependent medical examiners (IMEs) are registered medical practitioners who provide impartial medical assessments. The worker, worker’s legal representative or the insurer can request an independent medical examination (IME). A referral for an independent medical examination (IME) occurs when medical information is inadequate, unavailable or inconsistent, and the referrer has been unable to resolve the problem […]
Read moreAn injury management consultant is a registered medical practitioner (doctor), approved by SIRA NSW, and experienced in occupational injury and workplace based rehabilitation. Injury management consultants (IMCs) are facilitators who assist insurers, employers, workers and nominated treating doctors in overcoming barriers to complex return to work and injury management situations. They assess the nature of […]
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