Occupational Medicine
The medical specialty focused on the prevention and management of workplace injury and illness and on keeping workers healthy.
Key facts
- Medical specialty for preventing and managing workplace injury and illness.
- Spans injury care, surveillance, fitness-for-duty and travel health.
- Emphasizes prevention and early intervention.
What it means
Occupational medicine spans injury care, medical surveillance, fitness-for-duty, travel health and prevention. Its resources are geared toward maintaining overall health and treating workplace injuries, with an emphasis on prevention and early intervention. An occupational-health platform gives these clinicians the protocols, scheduling and documentation the specialty depends on.
Frequently asked
What does occupational medicine cover?
Injury care, medical surveillance, fitness-for-duty, travel health and prevention — keeping workers healthy and treating work-related conditions. Its focus is prevention and early intervention.
What do occupational-medicine clinicians need from a platform?
The protocols, scheduling and documentation the specialty depends on — surveillance panels, clearances, recall logic and reporting — in one system of record.
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