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Michael Francis, CEO, ReturntoWorkSA
Effective case management is a key element for successful recovery and RTW. In this webinar,...
Value-based healthcare promises to improve outcomes and reduce waste in workers’ compensation....
Michael Di Donato reports on the project undertaken by the Insurance Work and Health Group,...
In some jurisdictions, claim lodgement processes have become more user friendly and proactive...
We summarise the Victorian Ombudsman's investigation into WorkSafe's handling of complex claims,...
Regulatory bodies set the standard for other organisations in their industry. In relation to...
Improving return to work rates means re-thinking leadership in the return to work system
How much do we know about how different workers' comp systems influence health outcomes? And...
Does Australia have anything to learn from an American expose of the influence drug companies...
Our advice for legislators? Don't rearrange the lounge suite while there is mildew growing up...
It's time to question whether some workers should be spared the compensation process.
Satisfaction with the claims process affects the long term financial, social and health outcomes...
Looking at what does and doesn't work in other systems might seem futile - but comparisons can...
If you're in vocational rehab you should be concerned about lack of data on work injury-suicide...
There is a correlation between compensation and poorer surgical outcomes. What can be done?
During recession, claim numbers go down but claim duration goes up. What happens to costs?
Job turnover in claims staff is high; if staff felt they could make a positive difference,...
Better than a blog - it's a monologue! Not the Great Decider, who is this guy?
If patients who see an occupational doctor get better results, why isn't it common practice?
We consider why doctors fail to communicate well about return to work, and offer strategies for...
Rosemary McKenzie-Ferguson and Gabrielle Lis
What's it like to enter the workers' comp system as an ill or injured worker?
What happens in the first five minutes after injury affects health outcomes and costs. And your...
Smaller businesses don't necessarily have fewer problems with return to work - simply different...
A process-driven acrimonious workers' compensation system is a dark place - let's shed some...
Dutch occupational physician Frederieke Schaafsma describes a new Netherlands system of return...
After return to work coordinators expressed to us a lack of formal guidance in their role as...
In the second part of RTW Matters' interview with Occupational Therapist Kate Roylance, she...
In this interview with UK expert we learn that modern vocational rehabilitation is not about...
An investment in occupational health, safety and welfare has paid dividends for a South...
Terminally ill patients are LIVING with their illness, and so deserve the same rehab attention...