MediKeeper Trends White paper link
I’m happy to share some of my recent thoughts on trends in the #wellbeingatwork and #wellnesstech space as we move into 2022. https://medikeeper.com/resources/content-library/employee-wellness-trends-for-2022/
ETS MediKeeper blog link
Guidance of great interest to US employers was released by the Department of Labor’s Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) recently. The COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) is long-awaited and provides workplaces with binding requirements designed to protect worker health during the Pandemic. Although currently under challenge, employers should be planning for…
Mobile App Based Feedback for Those with Hip or Knee Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis impacts millions of employees, and assessment, treatment and prevention options are of great importance in workplace health programming. The disease that impacts the protective cartilage of bones and joints can be linked to how people work, and being active and maintaining a healthy weight is quite important for prevention purposes as part of a…
Global Prevalence of Mental Health Problems in Healthcare Workers
This review study published in the International al Journal of Nursing Studies aimed to estimate the burden of brain health/mental health problems during the COVID19 Pandemic. A total of 38 studies were identified that reported the mental health problems of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The distribution of healthcare workers analyzed in this review…
What mental health/brain health support do frontline health and social care workers want?
This interesting study, published in PLoS One, looked at Mental Health/Brain Health needs of frontline workers during the COVID19 pandemic. This is often overlooked, even though participatory workplace health is a very useful strategy. They researchers conducted 25 interviews with frontline workers from a variety of professional groups working in health and social care settings…
Factors Associated with Sickness Absence in a Large Healthcare Organization
Understanding drivers of absenteeism is very important for employers and their people focused on promoting and protecting workplace health. In this large UK based study, published in the Oxford Academic Occupational Medicine Journal, the researchers uncovered some interesting data in healthcare workers. In over 9362 staff, cost centre sickness absence was significantly positively associated with…
How to Eliminate Burnout and Retain Top Talent
I’m a supporter of Gallup’s quality applied research into workplace health issues. This posting is looking at issues of importance during the COVID pandemic, particularly the rust out and burn out we are seeing, not just in healthcare, but in many other industries as well. This article highlights what separates people at risk of burn…
Heart Rate Variability and Allostatic Load
Heart Rate Variability (HRV) is a measure commonly incorporated into wearable tech, and workplace wellbeing strategies, and a good marker to look at in relation to stress in the workplace. It is the time difference between heart beats, and HRV increases during relaxing activities, and decreases during stress, such as purposeful physical activity, or stressful…
Telemedicine vs in Office: How did People Manage their Hemoglobin A1C Testing During COVID?
Telehealth or Telemedicine appointments offer tremendous value to many stakeholders, based upon the results of this JAMA study in the diabetic population. Based upon review of 521 234 outpatient encounters during the study period, 63 722 met inclusion criteria. Rates of office-only HbA1c laboratory test completion decreased from the 3-year historical prepandemic average of 74.2% to 60.2% during…
Examining the interplay among social media news use, misinformation and conspiracy
As an occupational epidemiologist, I have faced some rather strange questions over the past 1.5 years, many of which make me scratch my head attempting to understand the logic. The COVID19 pandemic is forcing us to reconsider how to address workplace health issues, as well as public health issues related to communicable and non-communicable diseases.…
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