Category: Occupational Medicine

Primary Care and the Working Patient — Occupational Health Principles in Practice

  What someone does for work, and where and when they do it, can have broad health impacts. This includes direct effects from physical job exposures and hazards. Many aspects of work also affect health in other ways such as through sleep and eating patterns, social connectedness, mental health stressors, and access to benefits like Read More >

Posted on by Nadia Saif, MD, MPH; Christina Socias-Morales, DrPH; Vidisha Parasram, DrPH; Audrey Reichard, MPH; Sara Luckhaupt, MD, MPH; Marianne Cloeren, MD, MPH; Stella Hines, MD, MSPH; Sophia Chiu, MD, MPH; Dallas Shi, MD, PhD; and Nicholas Somerville, MD, MPH1 Comment
Categories Occupational Medicine, Social Determinants of Health

Long COVID and Occupational Medicine Practice

  Some individuals with COVID-19 do not recover to their usual state of health, experiencing a broad array of new or continuing debilitating symptoms collectively referred to as “long COVID.”  Long COVID can have a significant impact on a worker’s return to work. In June 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hosted the Read More >

Posted on by John Howard, MD; Marianne Cloeren, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FACP; Greg Vanichkachorn, MD, MPH2 Comments
Categories COVID-19, Occupational Medicine

Taking Action on Health Equity: A Tale of 2 Clinics

It was the best of timing, it was the worst of timing. As an Occupational Medicine physician, my patients describe their work to me every day. Through these descriptions, I learn a lot about their health and well-being. Managing health in the work environment is important to overall health; yet work information is not captured Read More >

Posted on by Michele Kowalski-McGraw, MD, MPH, FACOEM1 Comment
Categories Occupational Health Equity, Occupational Medicine, Safety and Health Data

Connecting Occupational Public Health and Patient Care Through Electronic Health Records (EHRs)

This week is Health IT Week which recognizes efforts to improve the quality of healthcare delivery, increase patient safety, decrease medical errors, and strengthen the interaction between patients and healthcare providers via electronic health records (EHR).  NIOSH is working to improve occupational safety and health through health information technology. In 2007, NIOSH undertook a seemingly straightforward Read More >

Posted on by Margaret Filios, M.Sc., RN; Genevieve Barkocy Luensman, Ph.D.; John R Myers, MS; Marie Haring Sweeney, Ph.D.; Kerry Souza, Sc.D., MPH11 Comments
Categories Occupational Medicine, Safety and Health Data, Technology