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Effective communication, whether speaking or listening, is an important part of successful return to work. Whether communicating with the worker, treater, claims manager, senior management or coworkers, our helpful articles will help build the skills required to improve outcomes.
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Lauren Finestone
A UK study highlights the important role that supervisors, senior managers and workplace culture play in how well workers do when they return to work after being on sick leave.
Lauren Finestone
The fears that the people around injured workers — their employers, family members and GPs — have about pain and (re)injury can influence RTW. Everyone involved in the RTW process must get the message that the benefits of returning to work out
RTWMatters team
This 4 minute video features Dr Mary Wyatt and is an excerpt from our series of 20 elearning modules.
Dr Mary Wyatt & Rhea Mercado
Dr. Mary Wyatt and Rhea Mercado share practical insights from the new It Pays to Care initiative Messaging Matters - The IECCC Framework.
Lauren Finestone
A study suggests some basic conditions are needed for achieving ‘easy’ collaboration between stakeholders supporting people RTW.
Rhea Mercado
Rhea Mercado of The Intelligent Rebellion delivers an engaging webinar that explores the elements of trust in medical case conferences. Learn practical strategies and messages to build a collaborative and trusting relationship with doctors and workers, es
Dr Mary Wyatt
Dr Mary Wyatt explores the effects of communication on work-related injuries.
RTWMatters team
Ten reasons to share the key messages from It Pays To Care with everyone who works with workers’ compensation claimants.
Lauren Finestone
An important message for healthcare providers to give injured workers is that inactivity is more risky than moving.
Lauren Finestone
Anne’s story compares how positive and negative messages about the body have a huge impact on how they recover from back pain (or not).
Lauren Finestone
Five suggestions for how clinicians can shift the conversation from an ‘impairment’ to a ‘participatory-based’ approach to osteoarthritis.
Lauren Finestone
Clinicians and people with knee osteoarthritis can shift the conversation about osteoarthritis from an ‘impairment-based‘ conversation to a ‘participatory-based’ one.
Lauren Finestone
How we talk about health profoundly impacts how we think and act when managing our well-being.
Lauren Finestone
Four experts discuss the idea of ‘good work’ and how collaboration can achieve better outcomes for injured workers.
