http://safetyconcepts.com.au/online-health-management-for-employees/ Workplace Health and Safety Information and OHS Resources for Australian Workers Tue, 01 May 2012 11:28:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://safetyconcepts.com.au/online-health-management-for-employees/comment-page-1/#comment-2502 Les Henley Mon, 05 Jul 2010 05:38:15 +0000 http://safetyconcepts.com.au/?p=629#comment-2502 It doesn't surprise me that online health management returns results 'straight to the bottom line'. This approach in the USA is less about risk management in the workplace (OHS) and more to do with Health Insurance Risk Management. Refer my comments in response to the article at 'Corporate Yoga and Safety Issues' - there is a fairly radical separation between 'health costs' in USA firms and improvements in OHS management processes. To date I am not ware of any studies showing any identifiable correlation between this financial outcome resulting from reducing medical and related health costs (covered by Medicare & Private health insurance in Australia) and a reduction in workplace related health or safety performance and a reduction in workers compensation. I tyhink that, as OHS professionals, we need to be careful that we don't inadvertantly portray one issue (personal health) as a means to improve another (OHS). It doesn’t surprise me that online health management returns results ‘straight to the bottom line’. This approach in the USA is less about risk management in the workplace (OHS) and more to do with Health Insurance Risk Management.
Refer my comments in response to the article at ‘Corporate Yoga and Safety Issues’ – there is a fairly radical separation between ‘health costs’ in USA firms and improvements in OHS management processes.
To date I am not ware of any studies showing any identifiable correlation between this financial outcome resulting from reducing medical and related health costs (covered by Medicare & Private health insurance in Australia) and a reduction in workplace related health or safety performance and a reduction in workers compensation.
I tyhink that, as OHS professionals, we need to be careful that we don’t inadvertantly portray one issue (personal health) as a means to improve another (OHS).

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