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Disability Management
- See Also
- Disability
- Disability Evaluation
- Assistive Technology
- Letter of Medical Necessity
- Disability Referral
- Enlist team approach
- Foster early patient-employer communication
- Employer defines alternative work duties
- Consider Occupational Health for difficulties
- Health-care team
- Physical Therapy
- Lay out anticipated course
- Discuss realistic healing and recovery times
- Early progressive activity maximizes outcome
- Write activity prescription
- Reduces Chronic Pain risk
- Avoids illness reinforcement (see Somatization)
- Approach recommendations systematically
- Maintain patient confidentiality
- Obtain all relevant medical records
- Clearly notify patient when ready to return to work
- Patient should receive a copy of work recommendations
- Specifically define work capabilities
- Consider workplace policies, resources, and demands
- Foremost, protect public and co-worker safety
- Clearly outline recovery plan (see above)
- Approach to Medical Disability Claims
- Criteria for medical Disability
- Physiologic or psychologic Impairment
- Work status affected by Impairment
- Protocol
- Assess that patient meets Disability criteria above
- What Disability certification is patient seeking?
- See Worker's Compensation Disability
- See Private Disability Insurance
- See Social Security Disability Insurance
- See Americans with Disabilities Act
- See Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- What defines Disability for certification requested?
- References
- (1997) Can Med Assoc J 156:680A
- Barron (2001) Am Fam Physician 64(9):1579
- Derebry (1983) J Occup Med 25:829
- McGrail (2001) Am Fam Physician 63(4):679
- Soderstrom (1998) Occup Med 13:273
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