CHR Newsletter – January 1, 2015

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CHR Newsletter – January 1, 2015

Happy New Year! We Wish You the Best in 2015!

AOHNP Annual Meeting Calls for Single Voice for Occupational Health

 

The Association of Occupational Health Nurse Practitioners (AOHNP) held its 2014 annual meeting and good practice forum in November in London. The title of the event was: “Mind games — identifying the game plan, not just being part of it.”

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NIOSH Highlights Climate Change’s Impact on Workers

 

Higher ambient temperatures, more extreme weather events, air pollution, and the possibility of increased prevalence and distribution of water-borne and foodborne pathogens could affect workers, according to the agency’s discussion of the issue.

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Mobile Apps for Occupational Health Professionals on the Move

 

With a predicted seven billion mobile smartphone owners worldwide by the end of 2014, and increasing numbers of applications downloaded on a daily basis to both the iOS and Android operating systems (OS), statistics suggest that the number of mobile applications (apps) available has already exceeded one million for each OS. Here’s how occupational health (OH) practitioners can take advantage of them.

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Stress, Fatigue & Reduced Productivity: The True Cost of Sleepless Workers

 

Holiday parties aren’t the only reason your employees are showing up for work bleary-eyed. A new study finds that one in five employees are sleep-deprived, and more than half of those are at risk for absenteeism, injuries and accidents.

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How to Prevent Health Risks to “Nomadic” Workers

 

Workers are becoming increasingly “nomadic” in where they work thanks to the availability of mobile technology. But employers are not providing the same risk assessments and support for these employees as they do for those in traditional office-based work. Here are the results of a recent large-scale European survey.

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ASSE Files Comments on NIOSH’S Total Worker Health Agenda

 

The American Society of Safety Engineers this week filed comments on NIOSH’s proposed Total Worker Health agenda. One suggestion in the comment submitted over the signature of Patricia M. Ennis, CSP, ARM, the ASSE president, is that NIOSH add another strategy encouraging research that helps employers determine how best to implement TWH organizationally.

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  • More to come; Stay tuned…

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CHR has the following immediate openings:

RN, Occupational Health Case Management

RN, Occupational Travel Health Nurse

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RN/WC Case Manager Opportunity

CHR is expanding our team and needs a FT WC, Expatriate and Executive Case Manager for our Rockville, MD HQ

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About Karen Cohen

Karen Cohen, RHIA, President and Owner of Corporate Health Resources, Inc., has over 30 years of experience designing, implementing, and managing occupational health record keeping systems and medical surveillance programs to meet the needs of clients in industry.

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