What Went Right? Recovery after a workplace injury develops through changes in function, capacity, confidence, routine, and independence. An injured employee may move from being completely off work to completing a modified schedule. A lifting […]

By Harvey Warren, Author, The Optimized Patient  When I was asked if optimizing patients for surgery or injury recovery was possible in workers’ compensation, I enthusiastically embraced the idea of helping injured workers get better faster and stay better longer.   What could go wrong?  The savings that […]

By Harvey Warren, Author, The Optimized Patient   Employers frequently pay a high price for unnecessary or avoidable services when a worker is injured because the worker rarely understands their role in their own recovery.  Adjusters, case managers, doctors, physical therapists, and pharmacists are educated about their role in the workers’ […]

Workers' Comp Playbook Recovery from a workplace injury rarely follows a perfectly predictable timeline. Medical treatment plans evolve as physicians evaluate how the body responds to therapy, medication, or physical rehabilitation. Employees may experience progress […]

Conference Connections David Vittoria, Carisk's Chief Behavioral Officer, will cover a range of topics at National Comp next month in two panel discussions. On Nov 11, he'll be a part of The Intelligence Multiplier: Unlocking […]

Understanding Pain, Part 1 One of my physical therapy professors concluded a lecture by emphatically stating that the biggest piece of career advice he would impart was to never assume anything. As we exited the […]

Case Management Focus Return to work is a key outcome nurse case managers strive to achieve. In the article, discuss some strategies that can help injured workers return to gainful employment.  I hope these tips […]

Too often, our workers’ compensation systems are designed as one-way transactions: we identify an injury, authorize treatment, pay benefits, and try to return the worker to duty. We have been locked into this industrial-age thinking […]