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In this Q&A with Dr Boris Fedoric, we learn that rehabilitation counsellors put injured workers...
Practical advice for people who experience persistent pain, based on the work of musculoskeletal...
In this webinar, Michael Di Donato reports on his recent research into imaging and opioid use in...
A conversation with the NSW State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA).
For patients with high distress or low self efficacy, health care can inadvertently do harm. How...
A quick guide to understanding, accommodating and preventing migraines at work.
Practical advice for accommodating non-infectious workers with persistent Covid symptoms during...
Progressive think-tank The Australia Institute has released a report that quantifies the costs...
Patient / treater rapport, emotional validation and education backed by experiences that...
Doctors and allied health professionals aiming to avoid over-treatment can actually make things...
Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist Wendy Ng & Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist Tim...
State Insurance Regulatory Authority of NSW
Determined to reverse a decline in RTW rates in NSW, SIRA (the State Insurance Regulatory...
Positive change may be inspired by centers of excellence and everyday positivity emulated by...
Dr Wyatt explains how problems with agency, explanation deficits, delays and disputes,...
Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist Professor Peter O'Sullivan from Curtin University,...
Petrina Casey of SIRA discusses the benefits and challenges of value-based healthcare (VBH) in...
The road to the de-adoption of low value healthcare is littered with good intentions, backseat...
Friendly telephone contact from laypeople with no psychological training alleviates loneliness,...
In this webinar Dr Wyatt explores what constitutes good healthcare in work injury management and...
What’s the difference, and why does it matter in workers’ compensation?
Value-based healthcare promises to improve outcomes and reduce waste in workers’ compensation....
Seven potential benefits of value-based healthcare (VBH) in the context of workers’...
Efficient, evidence-based and directed by what matters to patients: what’s not to like about...
The Recovery Blueprint project is a partnership between Monash University and WorkCover...
A symptoms-based approach is a smart and humane way to make return to work decisions,...
Almost as many Covid-related mental health claims as infection claims were lodged in Australia...
Francisco Gallegos, Wake Forest University and Carlos Alberto Sánchez, San José State University
It's called 'zozobra,' and Mexican philosophers have some advice.
How should employers measure RTW performance? We dig into Safe Work Australia’s national...
This webinar outlines the key learnings from the WISE study and the core components that made a...
They call themselves the long-haulers – people who struggle with persistent symptoms months...
Andrew McGarity of Fire and Rescue NSW speaks with Dr Mary Wyatt via video link about an...
By creating a therapeutic "pain story," proponents of cognitive functional therapy claim the...
Dr Petrina Casey, Director, Health Policy, Prevention & Supervision at the State Insurance...
In the third and final installment of this excellent series, Dr Pam Garton talks challenges,...
There are deep, systemic problems with the way we manage mental health claims, according to Dr...
In part two of a three part series on identifying and managing psychosocial issues in RTW, Dr...
An individual's response to pain is unique to them and changes over time, so giving people the...
Yes, workers' compensation schemes have been poorly managed. Real change will come when there is...
A change to the definition of pain offered by a key international organisation could change...
It's a tough gig, but expert advice suggests that it is possible to maintain the wellbeing of...