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Frances Humphrey-Carothers1, Nimisha Kalia, Clarence K Lam
1Frances Humphrey-Carothers is associate director, Occupational Health Services, Department of Health, Safety and Environment, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Nimisha Kalia is chief medical officer, General Electric, Norwalk, CT, and an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Clarence K. Lam is an assistant scientist in the Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University. Sebastian A. Minor is assistant director of Insurance and Information Technology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Edward J. Bernacki is a professor in the Department of Population Health, Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin, and director of the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Xuguang (Grant) Tao is a professor and research director of the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Contact author: Xuguang (Grant) Tao, xtao1@jhmi.edu . The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a significant increase in accommodation requests from employees seeking temporary alterations to or relief from their job demands. To maintain consistency and ensure a standard approach, Johns Hopkins Medicine established a COVID-19 Accommodation Review committee that includes experts from the occupational health, legal, and human resources departments, as well as an Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator. In this article, the authors describe the workflow and various components of their institution's accommodations review process, which has resulted in a more consistent and equitable approach to granting requests.
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