Occupational Health
A Healthy Workforce Adds To Your Bottom Line
On-the-job illness and injury cost businesses billions of dollars each year in lost productivity and medical expenses. The appropriate evaluation and treatment of worker's compensation injuries are critical to keeping costs under control. Keeping employees healthy helps lower healthcare costs, maintains productivity, increases morale, and reduces absenteeism - all major objectives of businesses today.
Health Surveillance
HCA Physician Services' Occupational Health Services, located on the Parkridge Medical Center campus, provides employers with the resources to evaluate a potential employee's physical fitness for the job with customized screening and testing to meet your individual needs. Occupational Health Services (OHS) provides a wide variety of medical evaluations and testing that are regulated by state and federal agencies such as DATIA, OSHA and NIOSH. Compliance in monitoring the health of a business's employees is OHS's expertise. Some services OHS can provide include:
- Physicals (preplacement, annual, fitness for duty, DOT, executive)
- Urine Drug Screen
- Medical Review Officer (Substance Abuse Professional)
- Officer, Substance Abuse Professional)
- Audiograms
- Vision Screening
- Pulmonary Function
- Breath Alcohol Testing
- Laboratory Tests
- X-Ray Procedures
- Biological Testing
- Hepatitis Screening / Vaccinations
- Medical Approval for Respirator Use
- Injury Management and Rehabilitation
OHS's computerized injury tracking system can closely monitor appropriate treatment of each individual's progress. Case management and employer communication begins at the time of injury.
Key components of this process include: verbal and written communication between all parties involved, work status reports to the employer, early "return to work" directives, appropriate referral networks, daily and monthly computerized reports, preferential care for injured workers, job assessments, and impairment ratings. In the area of rehabilitation services, we provide physical therapy and functional capacity examinations.
Preventive Medicine / Wellness
Health promotion and wellness programs are simply positive health strategies which help to control medical costs. Programs provided can impact both the quality of your employees' lives as well as how your healthcare dollars are spent. Many of these programs can be offered at the workplace, thus providing convenience and a significant cost-savings to employers. Services that can be provided on-site for businesses include:
- Immunizations
- Randomized Urine Drug Screen Testing
- Nurse Placement
- Health Screenings
- Safety and Medical Audits
- Educational Programs (ie. back safety)
- Smoking Cessation
The most comprehensive program of its kind in the tri-state region, HCA Physician Services' OHS help is available through a regional delivery system at eight locations throughout the region, including this site in Chattanooga:
- Parkridge Medical Center
For more information, visit our website at www.Occupationalhealthservicestn.com.
You may also call or write:
HCA Physician Services' Occupational Health Services
2337 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37404
Regional Office 423-493-1700
