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This article launches a fortnightly series that will examine how healthcare delivery in workers'...
Despite being designed to support recovery, low-value healthcare, overtreatment and perverse...
Professor Alex Collie, Director of the Healthy Working Lives Research Group at Monash...
Hear from Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, James Weir on his research into the wellbeing...
What would a workers’ compensation scheme designed by people with lived experience of such...
In a study, one in 4 workers with long-duration workers compensation claims moved onto...
“Who’s the fairest?” matters to compensation recipients. Researchers find associations between...
We eavesdrop on a conversation (ok, polite but passionate debate) between RTW professionals with...
Notions of wrongdoing, blame and guilt can seem dangerous in the context of RTW. Are we missing...
What is qualitative research? Can it help solve the puzzle of why workers’ compensation seems to...
Australians are turning to spinal fusions to control lower back pain despite a lack of evidence....
If an employee is suspected of 'gaming the system,' is it worth investigating the matter further...
The CPM report provides information on disputation rates and dispute resolution rates across...
When a worker is injured, there might be fears for their job stability, financial burdens, or...
Monash University in association with the Transport Accident Commission conducted a study into...
Professor Ian Cameron from the University of Sydney spoke at the 2016 ISCRR Forum on ways that...
Rob Aurbach talks about the neuroplasticity, and the impact of negative messages on pain and...
An introduction to Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) processes and their application in the...
Gabrielle Lis and Dr Mary Wyatt
Occupational Physicians have brought together a broad group to join forces on changing beliefs...
Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Occupational Physicians garner stakeholder support to influence policy initiatives and...
Another must read for claims / case managers: how you cannot afford to get it wrong, and how you...
A prominent South Australian back surgeon has called for workers' comp for back pain to be...
Should workers' comp recipients share treatment costs with their employers?
Gabrielle Lis and Dr Mary Wyatt
Etymology - the archaeology of words - sometimes uncovers a contemporary resonance in ancient digs.
Lara (not her real name) recovers from brain trauma but eventually quits her job and abandons...
Satisfaction with the claims process affects the long term financial, social and health outcomes...
There is a correlation between compensation and poorer surgical outcomes. What can be done?
In the first of our two-part series on the risks and limitations of litigation in workers'...
In the second part of a two-part series on preparing for a workers' compensation dispute we look...
Gabrielle Lis and Dr Mary Wyatt
This fact sheet for workers considering a common law claim outlines pros, cons and survival tips.
Rosemary McKenzie-Ferguson and Gabrielle Lis
What's it like to enter the workers' comp system as an ill or injured worker?
Workers' comp and RTW systems can exacerbate chronic pain, but as Coralie Wales from Chronic...
We don't talk enough about the poor outcomes associated with workers' compensation.
Studies show that workers are less likely to recover from illness or injury if they enter the...