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Generating workplace accommodations: lessons learned from the integrated case management study.

William S Shaw1, Michael Feuerstein

  • 1Liberty Mutual Center for Disability Research, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation
|May 26, 2004
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Employers can improve workplace disability management with modified duty. Developing better tools for assessing job function and ergonomic exposures is key to creating effective accommodations and return-to-work programs.

Area of Science:

  • Occupational Health
  • Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Ergonomics

Background:

  • Workplace accommodations, including modified duty, aid in managing disability from injuries and illnesses.
  • Benefits of accommodations are linked to reduced physical and psychosocial exposures.
  • Standardized methods for specifying appropriate accommodations remain a challenge for employers.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe challenges in using self-report measures of function and exposure assessment for generating workplace accommodations.
  • To identify issues in applying current assessment methods based on a randomized controlled study of case management for upper extremity disorders.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized experiences and results from a randomized controlled study on case management for work-related upper extremity disorders.

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  • Examined the application of self-report measures for assessing physical function and ergonomic exposures.
  • Analyzed the process of generating accommodations based on functional and exposure assessments.

    • Main Results:

    • Challenges include integrating specific work tasks into function measures.
    • Improving concordance between ergonomic exposure categories and accommodation methods is difficult.
    • Establishing a structured negotiation process for employee and employer preferences is needed.

    Conclusions:

    • Current methods for assessing function and exposure present challenges in specifying accommodations.
    • New tools are needed to directly specify accommodations for improved effectiveness and efficiency.
    • Enhanced assessment tools can better support return-to-work programs and manage workplace disability.