Onsite Treatment to Revolutionize Employee Health Management

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Workplace injuries are a constant concern among a variety of industries in the nation. Rising costs and inflation associated with medical care can also negatively impact employers as they respond to injury claims. Businesses also lose money from days of leave taken by injured employees and many additional costs can quickly add up. 

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) has published data suggesting that there are 2.5 injuries for every 100 construction workers in the United States. Statistics for this past year of reported injuries totalled more than 21,000 nonfatal cases caused by falls, slips, and trips. OSHA also publishes extensive safety protocols and education materials each year targeting at limiting these kinds of workplace injuries. American businesses are required to implement many forms of safety education, facilitation, and treatment for their employees. While there are a variety of tools aimed at preventing workplace injuries, they are still likely to occur and additional measures are being developed to further reduce the response time to employee claims. 

Treating Injuries Onsite

Treating injuries onsite is a newer method of response for employee injuries. Onsite clinics are equipped with the facilities, tools, and staff to effectively treat injuries that occur in a work environment. Onsite clinics allow professionals to take the necessary steps to mitigate and identify risks that could lead to accidents that pose additional risks to the company. The thought is that by having these onsite clinics available to employees, there will be improvements in the environment of safety on the job and a reduced response time to effectively treat minor injuries before they become more serious. 

Onsite Clinic Duties

  • Rapid Evaluation of Injury

    • The main role of an onsite clinic will be to rapidly identify and evaluate an employee’s injury. The professional report will determine the extent of the injury, cause, any trends, and lead to a diagnosis of treatment. 

  • Knowledgeable Assessment of First Aid

    • Many workplace injuries can be remedied by simple first aid administered by medical professionals.

    • The official background and experienced staff employed by the onsite clinic will be able to translate their experience to the condition of the affected employee. 

  • Recommend Treatment

    • After identifying and evaluating the employee’s injury the medical staff will be able to address a diagnosis attached to treatment plans. 

    • Having medically trained professionals administer diagnosis and evaluation will prevent minor injuries from getting referred to more serious and expensive practitioners. The professionals will also be able to facilitate many in house treatments that will additionally cut costs for employers and insurance lenders. 

All the nuances of treating onsite injuries without the medical professionals associated with an official clinic can add many complications to effective diagnosis and treatment of an injured employee. These complications result in exponentially higher costs harbored by the company as injury claims and workman’s compensation can be a lingering process. Last year the average worker’s compensation claim cost more than $41,000 according to the National Safety Council. With claim costs averaging such high amounts, it is vital employers and businesses across the nations develop methods to save money and adequately support their employees.

Industry Specific Customizations

By establishing a personal onsite clinic at work sites, employers will be able to customize the kind of specific care and capabilities they provide. Construction sites will be able to attribute more resources devoted toward bodily mobility injuries most commonly faced in their industry. Another feature that could be added to clinics are the ability to effectively respond to specific chemical exposures at different locations, which offers a much higher level of care and efficiency to patients.By allowing specifications to personal onsite clinics, employers will be able to save on injury costs in the future by preventing them before they happen and promptly responding when they do. 

Other Customizations

  • Mobility injuries

  • Bone and soft tissue treatments

  • Respirator fit testing

  • Medical surveillance

  • Hazardous material exposure protocols

  • Drug and alcohol screening

Implementing Prevention Protocols

With the breadth of knowledge and experience that will be associated with establishing an onsite clinic, employees will be able to access vital resources to treat their mental and physical well beings. It is crucial for employers who want to cut costs to not only engage in treatment and evaluation of workplace injuries, but also to invest in prevention programs that can stop injuries from ever occurring. Onsite clinics can design these prevention programs by establishing the knowledge and necessary designs to implement wellness programs that maintain a healthy and productive employee environment. 

Prevention programs will not only work to improve employee education and awareness of potential workplace injuries, but will also provide vital tools they can use to instill responsibility with employees themselves. Providing vital safety tools to employees will help them recognize safety hazards, onsite injuries, and indicators for compromised mental and physical health.