IRMS Workers' Compensation Best Practices
Illinois Risk Management Services (IRMS) Workers' Compensation program, a part of IHA Business Resources, has released the fifth installment in their Capstone series on member best practices. "Return to Work" features a community health system's successful approach to re-engaging employees injured on the job while simultaneously reducing hospital cost and fostering a culture of caring.
This best practice was presented at the IRMS' 2014 Workers' Compensation Symposium, illustrating how information sharing and collaboration can assist in reducing overall workers' compensation costs.
Staff contact: Beth McKay-Anaya
Employee hazard prevention awareness and accountability is the topic of the fourth installment in the Capstone member best practice series by Illinois Risk Management Services (IRMS) Workers' Compensation program, a part of IHA Business Resources. A community hospital implemented a top-down safety awareness culture using creative measures which include hazard identification, surprise safety inspections, employee learning opportunities, awards for safety violation identification, and website "Tip of the Day" reminders.
Staff contact: Beth McKay-Anaya
Illinois Risk Management Services (IRMS) Workers' Compensation program, a part of IHA Business Resources, has released the third in a series of member best practices. Learn how a community health system successfully reduced annual workers' compensation claims by 20% and decreased lost employee work days by 90% at one of its hospitals through a top-down safety awareness culture focused on injury prevention.
Staff contact: Beth McKay-Anaya
Illinois Risk Management Services (IRMS) Workers' Compensation program, a part of IHA Business Resources, has released the second in a series of member best practices. This next best practice focuses on slip, trip and fall prevention strategies implemented by two central Illinois hospitals.
Staff contact: Beth McKay-Anaya
Illinois Risk Management Services (IRMS) Workers' Compensation program, a part of IHA Business Resources, has released the first in a series of member best practices. This first best practice focuses on pre-employment testing policies successfully implemented by two community hospitals. This best practice series, presented during last year's Workers' Compensation symposium, is an example of the value derived by attending the annual Symposium scheduled for May 1-2, 2014 in East Peoria. Click here for the Save the Date notice. More details to follow.
Staff contact: Beth McKay-Anaya