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Turning challenges into opportunities — promoting clinician well-being in compensable injury schemes

Lauren Finestone

Treating people with an injury compensation claim has its challenges. But it can also be a source of fulfilment for healthcare providers in this field.

People with compensable injuries often face difficulties accessing healthcare, which leads to poorer outcomes. Australia has some healthcare workforce challenges that exacerbate this problem — an ageing workforce, staff shortages and burnout from working with highly distressed patients.   To make matters worse, we know that many healthcare providers avoid workers' compensation cases due to administrative burdens, complex cases and low...

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