Parkview Occupational Health Centers Inc

Programs: Parkview occupational health centers, inc. (pohci) provides a full range of occupational health services in prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation. These services are delivered with an emphasis on cost containment through early intervention and expert case management. Employee assistance programs (eap) and worksite wellness services are also available. Pohci performs a wide variety of pre-placement physical examinations for a wide cross section of the northeast indiana area business community. These examinations are specific to the job for which the individual is being considered, and with the advent of the americans(see schedule o for continuation)with disabilities act (ada), are matching potential job applicants with the essential functions of their jobs. This assistance is critical to employers as they comply with ada. The organization also offers a nationally certified drug screen program, which is operated in compliance with guidelines established by the national institute for drug abuse. Further, the organization provides on-site medical monitoring examination protocol development, e. G. , assisting companies with their compliance under occupational safety and health administration guidelines, ergonomic compliance assistance, and assistance in compliance with the americans with disabilities act reasonable accommodation guidelines. Additionally, the organization provides industrial hygiene services to assist in analyzing noise levels, indoor air quality, and other mandated surveillance programs under the authorization of the occupational safety and health administration. Pohci's clinics are equipped to conduct injury care, physical examinations, and the following ancillary services: x-ray, collection of specimens for laboratory analysis, pulmonary function testing, audiometry, electrocardiograms (ekg), and vision screening. Pohci specializes in the treatment of workers' compensation injuries and offers physician referrals complimentary to the specialized treatment of an injury, such as hand surgery, neurology, and ophthalmology, as well as in-house pharmacy services. The concept of the organization's treatment plan is centered around the early intervention/early to work concept. Through early intervention and a variety of treatment and rehabilitative modalities, patients are assured the most expeditious return to work, thus saving the employers tremendous expense in lost productivity, overtime, training costs, etc. Pohci provides physical therapy on-site at the central, north and south locations. Pohci has partnered with parkview hospitals physical therapy departments in other areas of the region. The therapists are trained in rehabilitation of work related injuries and are supervised by the organization's occupational health physicians. The focus of the therapist is to return the injured worker to the job. During physical therapy rehabilitation, the injured worker is taught proper lifting techniques to avoid re-injury. The occupational therapy department specializes in hand rehabilitation, utilizing various exercises and splints that assist in expediting the recovery process. Pohci also provides a comprehensive work conditioning program, which operates within a work simulation environment, thus assisting the individual with building a physical tolerance level in order to return to work in a fully rehabilitated condition, if at all possible. Pohci is committed to cost containment for its employer clients and/or their insurance carriers. Since the organization specializes in occupational health, approximately ninety-nine percent (99%) of the fees for all cases are paid either through the employers' workers' compensation insurance or directly by the employers.