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ACOEM Task Force Releases Guidance On Fatigue Risk Management - Safety Online...
2 Feb 2012 at 1:56am
ACOEM Task Force Releases Guidance On Fatigue Risk Management
Safety Online (press release)
Guidelines assist Occupational and Environmental Medicine Physicians in enhancing health, safety, and productivity through the development of a Fatigue Risk Management System (FRMS). Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) - The American College of Occupational and ...
Labor Department maintains rosy outlook for veterinarians - VIN News Service
1 Feb 2012 at 10:48pm
Labor Department maintains rosy outlook for veterinarians
VIN News Service
"Flat is the new up, and that certainly applies to veterinary medicine right now," Thomas said of the profession's economic health. Job projections released Wednesday by government analysts place veterinarians on a list of 30 occupations in America ...
Alvarez's lobbying clients - Chicago Sun-Times
30 Jan 2012 at 12:59pm
Alvarez's lobbying clients
Chicago Sun-Times
These are the clients he has represented since July: † Advanced Occupational Medicine Specialists paid Alvarez $3000 to lobby city finance officials on “workers' compensation matters.” † Avaya Inc. paid Alvarez $5000 to lobby city technology officials ...
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Helping to minimise the risks of sharps injuries - PersonnelToday.com
1 Feb 2012 at 6:41am
Helping to minimise the risks of sharps injuries
PersonnelToday.com
Occupational Health01 February 2012 11:00This article first appeared in Occupational Health magazine. Subscribe online and save 20%. Professional bodies and medical firms should take a lead role as pressure mounts on healthcare organisations to prepare ...
Case Studies Program Seeks Collaborative Solutions - iBerkshires.com
1 Feb 2012 at 2:38pm
Case Studies Program Seeks Collaborative Solutions
iBerkshires.com
It is open to patients in chronic pain who are seeking solutions; physicians and therapists (such as orthopedics, osteopathy, sports medicine, physiatry, physical and occupational therapy, psychiatric) and complementary practitioners (massage therapy, ...
Out of breath and running out of time - China Daily
31 Jan 2012 at 7:45pm
China Daily
Out of breath and running out of time
China Daily
For Lu Quanjun, an amendment to the Law on Occupational Illness Prevention and Control offers a ray of hope. The 38-year-old was formerly a mineworker in Dabao village in Hanyuan county, Sichuan province, and has suffered from pneumoconiosis for about ...
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Leave for Mental Health Recurs Sooner Than Physical Health Leave, Study Shows...
1 Feb 2012 at 6:01am
Leave for Mental Health Recurs Sooner Than Physical Health Leave, Study Shows
HR.BLR.com
The study was published in the June issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. For their study, Dr. Dewa and colleagues looked at the records of a Canadian company with 13000 employees from 2003 to 2006.
U.S. HealthWorks Acquires Company With Clinic in Bridgewater - Patch.com
12 Jan 2012 at 3:51pm
U.S. HealthWorks Acquires Company With Clinic in Bridgewater
Patch.com
Priority Medical Care, in Bridgewater, is located on Grove Street, and there is another facility locally in Somerset. Both of the facilities, according to the release, have occupational healthcare services with diagnosis and treatments for injury and ...
US HealthWorks Acquires Two New Jersey Medical CentersMarketWatch (press release)
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MacKay surrenders his medical license - StandardNet
28 Jan 2012 at 1:04am
StandardNet
MacKay surrenders his medical license
StandardNet
By Tim Gurrister SALT LAKE CITY -- Embattled Brigham City doctor Dewey MacKay has surrendered his medical license to state regulators. Terms of the "disciplinary surrender" between MacKay and the state Division of Occupational and Professional ...
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Passing The Torch: A Day In The Life Of An Attending Physician - Health Affai...
1 Feb 2012 at 3:32pm
Passing The Torch: A Day In The Life Of An Attending Physician
Health Affairs (blog)
I'm the attending physician on a busy family medicine inpatient service, and it's been a long week of patient care and meetings. I rush out of the hospital somewhere near 5 pm, hoping to go for a short run before the season changes to winter.
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