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Improving injury outcomes in Tasmania — An evidence-based transformation

Lauren Finestone

When the data revealed a troubling truth, the WorkCover Board Tasmania chose real change over quick fixes.

Between 2019 and 2022, something was wrong in Tasmania's government offices. Workers' compensation claims were going up. They were lasting longer and costing more.This data showed a system that wasn't working well. It pointed to problems in the compensation process that hurt both injured workers and organisations. So the WorkCover Board decided to ask some fundamental questions: What's really happening to our injured workers? And what needed to ...

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