Implemented by organizations worldwide to address workforce absence and disability challenges, Stay at Work/Return to Work programs are utilized to control health costs, reduce lost-time and increase productivity. This is done through a set of processes designed to proactively prevent injury and illness before they occur and expedite the safe return to work for injured and ill workers who incur lost-time. The entire approach requires a fundamental shift in the focus of workplace injury and illness management initiatives, moving away from the disability mentality to look at people’s abilities.
While a large number of employers currently have Stay at Work/Return to Work programs in place, the vast majority of these are still in their beginning stages. ‘3 Simple Steps to REV UP Your “Stay at Work/Return to Work” Program’ provides techniques that are based on an accumulation of experience and analysis and that can be used to enhance programs. The steps include, increasing front-line stakeholder involvement, facilitating collaborative communication, and supporting consistent, high-quality analysis for continual process evaluation and refinement. It concludes with a unique perspective on how technology can support these steps, offering valuable advice at a time when organizations often look to technology to drive process efficiency.
The best-practices outlined in this whitepaper can be applied to virtually any Stay at Work/Return to Work program to develop more effective processes and greatly improve results. ‘3 Simple Steps to REV UP Your “Stay at Work/Return to Work” Program’ is available at http://www.presagia.com/
About Presagia Corp.
For two decades, Presagia has been developing and implementing intelligent health management software solutions to address the health, safety and wellness requirements of employers, healthcare practitioners and athletics organizations worldwide. These solutions streamline information flow and improve communication for more effective management and analysis of key health and wellness information. http://www.presagia.com
