Impact of case manager training on worksite accommodations in workers' compensation claimants with upper extremity disorders

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Andrew E LincolnVirginia I Miller

Abstract

Management of the return-to-work process in claimants with work-related upper extremity disorders often poses challenges to the health care provider, claimant, and employer. Modifying workplace ergonomic risk factors as a component of the workplace accommodation process may improve return-to-work outcomes by reducing recurrent pain and discomfort. The present study is a case-control evaluation of the effects of a 2-day training program for nurse case managers that was designed to facilitate the implementation of workplace accommodations within a workers' compensation health care delivery system. After the training, 101 claimants with compensable upper extremity disorders were randomly assigned to case managers with and without training. Overall, 208 accommodations were recommended and 155 of these were implemented (75%). Claimants of trained nurses received 1.5 times as many recommendations for accommodations as claimants managed by nurses not trained in the process, and 1.4 times as many accommodations were implemented, although no differences were found between the two groups in implementation rates. Trained nurses were more likely to recommend accommodations addressing workstation layout, computer-related improvements, furni...Continue Reading

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