Voice of the Provider is a collaboration between Brooks Rehabilitation and WorkCompCollege.com and the name defines its purpose. Many stakeholders in work comp do not understand or appreciate all of the various clinical providers that help an injured employee return to and stay at work. Whether recovery from the injury / illness is easy or hard, there are clinicians along the way that utilize their education, expertise and experience to help.
In this 3:23 episode, Josh defines the term “progress” from a clinical standpoint. One successful milestone (in Josh’s example, a 10 percent gain in strength after the first month) is not the time for a victory lap. If progress reverses the next month, the injured worker may be back to where they started. Two steps forward and three steps backwards is not progress. If that up and down clinical progress trend is evident over time, bring everyone together and objectively reevaluate the approach.
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