Healthcare in Work Injuries - Article Series
Tanya Cambey & Dr Mary Wyatt
This series is published in partnership with It Pays to Care, articles by Tanya Cambey and Dr Mary Wyatt
This article series will examine how healthcare delivery in workers' compensation can inadvertently harm the people it aims to help. Over the coming months, we'll explore the evidence in depth.
We encourage you to share these articles with colleagues, stakeholders, and anyone working to improve outcomes for injured workers—these conversations are essential for driving meaningful change in our system.
Series introduction — Healthcare in work injuries isn’t neutral
Appendix: Evidence of harm from back pain imaging
Pain medicines cause harm — Opioids in workers’ compensation
The assessment carousel — Part 1: When proving replaces improving
The assessment carousel — Part 2: Procedural justice and system impacts
IMEs for return to work: are we answering the wrong questions?
The waiting room — How administrative delay creates perpetual patients
The treatment lottery — When postcode and pathways shape recovery
When 'abnormal' is normal — rethinking how we report spinal imaging
Feeling better, getting worse — How passive care extends disability
The hidden challenge of health literacy and its impact on injured workers