Articles tagged under ‘System Organisations’

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• Barriers to VBH

  Value-based healthcare promises to improve outcomes and reduce waste in workers’ compensation. What are some potential speed humps along the way?

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• Gold medal for relationship management goes to...

  WorkCover Queensland! But unlike the Olympics, we'll happily hand out more golds to others with similar relationship development.

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• New insurer approach reduces delays in decisions about healthcare

  Delays and disputes are stressful and can have a negative impact on recovery and return to work. The Medical Support Panel in NSW gives speedy, evidence-based answers to questions around work causation and medical treatment.

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• And now what?

  For ten years, national RTW rates have remained stagnant. Why? And what hope does Dr Wyatt see on the horizon for injury management and RTW?

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• The importance of a positive culture

  An internal culture that fosters dialogue and discussion produces longer term benefits

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• Return to work research down under - Video interview with Niki Ellis

  Professor Niki Ellis, CEO, talks about the return to work agenda of The Institute for Safety, Compensation and Recovery Research

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• Leading the pack or dragging it down?

  When one part of the system underperforms, the others follow suit.

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• Decision-making justice: Part three

  What works and what does not work in the decision making process. A must read for claims / case managers.

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• Decision-making justice: Part two

  Another must read for claims / case managers: how you cannot afford to get it wrong, and how you can get it right.

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• Preventing further harm to the harmed

  Etymology - the archaeology of words - sometimes uncovers a contemporary resonance in ancient digs.

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• Judging the judges

  SuperDoc reminisces about his time in the Courts and asks whether judges see the broader consequences of their decisions.

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• Are worker's comp boards serving return to work?

  And can you pick the Australian jurisdiction in which board members have NO hands-on experience of workers' comp?

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• We need an Industry Association, how about it?

  Let's get better organised - our response to a reader's request.

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• Court between a rock and a hard place

  Some regard the courts as a necessary evil in injury compensation; but how can they be used to foster good?

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• Durable RTW - was life meant to be this hard?

  Why are the numbers of people making return to work more difficult increasing?

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• I flew over the cuckoo's nest

  Looking at what does and doesn't work in other systems might seem futile - but comparisons can make for powerful lessons. Here are some I flew back with from the US.

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• Decision-making: a job for sharing

  There's no such thing as too many chefs in the problem-solving kitchen. Share for improved RTW.

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• Does workers' compensation affect suicide rates?

  If you're in vocational rehab you should be concerned about lack of data on work injury-suicide link, says grief support provider Creative Ministries Network.

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• All bad news or incentive to improve?

  The financial crisis provides employers opportunity to support employees to better health - but there are pitfalls to avoid.

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• Superdoc (11) - Claims staff turnover? No surprises when you think about it

  Job turnover in claims staff is high; if staff felt they could make a positive difference, they'd be more likely to hang around.

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• Disability management pegged: Part 3

  Iron out problems by taking action

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• Disability management pegged: Part 2

  Identify "dirty" laundry and take it to the cleaners

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• Disability management pegged: Part 1

  You don't have to hang anybody out to dry to get your systems pegged. Instead, make plans and make friends.

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• Strategic planning - how can I and why should I?

  Arranging resources helps to achieve long-term workplace objectives. Here's how to make injury management planning work.

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• Backing up case management with software

  Intuition Software's Paul Eastman gets technical, explaining the ins and outs of an underused resource - workers comp software.

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• Is work good for you? Professor Kim Burton explains the UK's changing answer

  In this interview with UK expert we learn that modern vocational rehabilitation is not about delivering an expensive service.

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• How one company turned 13 workers' compensation claims into two

  Seventy work-sites to manage, different styles of management, a tough work culture, misconceptions about what's involved. Annette Photios had her work cut out when she stepped into her role.

Archived Articles 1 - 22 of 22

• Singing from the same songsheet on workers' comp

  The release of Safe Work Australia's Workers' Compensation Action Plan foresees greater moves towards national harmonisation over the coming years.

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• Brand WorkSafe

  WorkSafe Victoria aspires to be a centre of excellence for RTW. But with long term RTW rates now below 2006-07 levels, is rhetoric outstripping performance in the smallest mainland state?

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• RTW helps and hindrances

  Employers, insurers, doctors, plans, participation. According to the RTW Monitor, all can help--or hinder--RTW. What makes the difference?

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• What's happening in Queensland?

  We investigate what is really going on in return to work in Queensland - and find very little.

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• The jurisdictions that win or lose in return to work

  An all in comparison finds return to work performance in decline.

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• Money, morals and the NZ RTW Monitor

  Supporters say NZ's workers' comp system promotes social justice. Detractors say it is financially unviable. What do the stats suggest?

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• Divided data does not conquer in NSW

  The lack of a centralised RTW data source is disabling RTW in NSW

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• Update: WorkSafe Vic

  Hold onto your hats! We've learnt that WorkSafe Vic plans to stick with the RTW Monitor Survey.

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• Trust and WorkSafe

  Reaction to return to work approaches in Victoria

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• Victoria not victorious in RTW

  RTWMatters looks at the declining Victorian results in the RTW Monitor and finds the principles of RTW missing.

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• South Australia heads north

  The positive spikes in SA's once below-par workers' comp and RTW rates is cause for celebration - and observation. Let's learn from their turnaround.

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• Stamping out LTIs to post a profit

  RTW Matters weighs in on the people issues of RTW @ Australia Post.

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• Our take on the RTW performance of Comcare

  With Australia's safest workplaces, is it good management or good luck that puts them ahead?

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• RTW Monitor Summary - Part Two

  Return to work outcomes in most jurisdictions have been declining since before the Global Financial Crisis began. Why?

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• RTW Monitor Summary - Part One

  The annual RTW Monitor is out - RTW Matters summarises it's findings.

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• 60 Summits Project hits Oz

  60 Summits promotes a new model for RTW with 16 specific recommendations; in the lead-up to an Australian visit Jennifer Christian, the project's leader, gives insight into how it works.

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• Debriefing after Safe Work Australia's first meeting

  A slow beginning or hitting the ground running? Read this and make up your own mind.

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• Review - WorkSafe Victoria 2008/09 Corporate Plan Strategy 2012 - Year 2

  "In theory there's no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is." - Yogi Berra

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• Return to Work Matters Strategic Summer Reading Package

  Three volumes of RTWMatters Greatest Hits to get you pointed in the right direction

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• It's time to reconceptualise injury management

  Rethinking things: Professor Niki Ellis says we need to consider why we're failing on a few fronts in workers' comp and RTW.

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• Not good enough: SA's WorkCover losses unacceptable

  Things in South Australia have gone from bad to worse.

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• Towards a better WorkCover scheme in Victoria

  WorkCover improvements would benefit patients, practitioners, employers and the community.

Research 1 - 5 of 5

• Experiments in workers’ compensation

  In Minnesota, USA, an alternative workers compensation scheme has reduced conflict amongst stakeholders and lowered time off work.

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• Snapshot of Australian claims, 2015-16

  The latest in Australian workers compensation data: we summarise claims numbers by gender, profession, industry, body part and type of injury or illness.

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• Stakeholders explain GP sickness certification practices

  Patient advocacy, workplace conflict, social circumstances and fee structures all influence sickness certification, according to GPs, injured workers, employers and compensation agents.

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• Fair winners, fair losers in dispute resolution

  What makes dispute resolution outcomes seem fair to workers?

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• The history of compensation in Australia

  With harmonisation hopefully imminent, it's a good time to look at and learn from Australia's history of workers' comp.