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A case study shows how ‘intermediaries’ — like work injury scheme stakeholders — can take the...
What would a workers’ compensation scheme designed by people with lived experience of such...
What would a workers’ compensation scheme designed by people with lived experience of such...
In this webinar, Jamie Macdonald discusses SIRA’s approach to implementing value, their key...
A partnership between researchers and a workers compensation insurer (WorkCover Queensland) is...
Our standard pathway of care in injury management leads to low value care and...
An important policy paper — It pays to care — calls for a conversation about, and action on, how...
Evidence from a US jurisdiction shows that top-down reforms can improve RTW outcomes, improving...
A conversation with the NSW State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA).
Patient / treater rapport, emotional validation and education backed by experiences that...
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...
What’s the difference, and why does it matter in workers’ compensation?
Yes, workers' compensation schemes have been poorly managed. Real change will come when there is...
The COVID-19 Work and Health Study is tracking the impact of the pandemic on those who lose work...
icare engaged with the evidence-base around best practice injury management, and tried to reform...
New report concludes: “Nothing short of wholesale changes to the system will address the issues...
Safe Work Australia's National Return to Work Strategy shows promise. Will they deliver on the...
“Who’s the fairest?” matters to compensation recipients. Researchers find associations between...
In some jurisdictions, claim lodgement processes have become more user friendly and proactive...
Nine priorities for Australian businesses seeking to prevent harm, promote the positive, and...
Why have “fit notes” failed to transform sickness certification in the UK - and what can the UK...
In which we introduce the National Return to Work Survey, describe how Dr Wyatt has analysed the...
The American Medical Association's Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment were never...
A study shows that Victorian GPs are unlikely to recommend alternate duties for injured workers.
Professor Niki Ellis, CEO, talks about the return to work agenda of The Institute for Safety,...
How much do we know about how different workers' comp systems influence health outcomes? And...
Some regard the courts as a necessary evil in injury compensation; but how can they be used to...
Why are the numbers of people making return to work more difficult increasing?
Is it useful to know the pathology of a wrinkle?
Epidemiological studies show that whiplash rates vary enormously between jurisdictions. Why?
What does "evidence based medicine" refer to exactly, and why should we care to know?
In this interview with UK expert we learn that modern vocational rehabilitation is not about...
The Cochrane Occupational Health Field gathers evidence on the effectiveness of occupational...