When it comes to employee health care, business and industry managers find a similar situation. Given today s economic climate and morass of regulatory health requirements, there is a decided trend away from in-house health care, toward occupational medicine departments, like those at our county s two hospitals.
Hospitals offer an impressive menu of health services to industry.
Through occupational medicine departments, companies have access to technology they could not feasibly match. The cost of drug screening that meets National Institute of Drug Abuse requirements alone, can be prohibitive on an individual basis. Hospitals also meet job injury and first aid needs through occupational medicine s urgent case management. Much like hiring a caterer, occupational medicine brings customized on-site services right to a company s physical plant. These range from vision screening, audiometric and pulmonary function testing, to exposure control, inoculations, vaccinations, CPR training and nutritional intervention programs, plus many more.