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Is There a Crisis of Confidence in IME Assessments?
While I personally have had concerns about the ‘quality’ of many IME assessments for some time, I did not realise how widespread the concerns were about the fairness of such assessments until relatively recently. Injured workers representatives are certainly concerned, … Continue reading
Beware – Risks from use of Independent Doctors for Disability Pensioners
ABC News 24 recently reported: “The Federal Government is considering using independent doctors to examine disability pensioners and assess whether they should continue to receive payments.” While this idea sounds attractive, it is important to consider how systems that currently … Continue reading
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National Pain Conference in Hobart – Implications for Workers Compensation Systems
I had the pleasure over the last 3 days to attend the national conference of the Australian Pain Society. Luckily for me it was held in Hobart, just a stone’s throw from my practice on the outskirts of the Hobart CBD … Continue reading
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Is the role of the treating doctor undervalued ?
While the amount of time a practitioner spends on a case is not always a measure of their value, it is a measurable input that can be compared to the outcomes achieved in the management of people with work-related injury and illness. … Continue reading
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Workers Compensation – Quality Health Care or target for Cost Reduction?
Doctors (and workers too) see a Workers Compensation system as a Health Care system, providing for the needs of those unfortunate to be injured or become ill as a result of their work. Workers Compensation however is different to most other types … Continue reading
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Double Whammy for Insurers from Tasmanian Impairment Guidelines
The WorkCover Tasmania Guidelines to Impairment Assessment that modify the American AMA (4th Edition) Guides are used to assess impairment of Tasmanian workers. Without going into some more fundamental issues about the use of impairment assessment systems (such as the … Continue reading
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Perspective – What do doctor’s think about Workers Compensation?
Through my work as an occupational physician, I regularly interact with doctors who have a variety of roles in the assessment and management of work-related injuries. Most often I am a member of a team of treating health professionals, but … Continue reading
Why Insult and Injury?
As a young doctor working as the Health & Safety Manager with Hydro Tasmania (then the Hydro-Electric Commission), I had experience of main stream media. I was asked by management to participate in an interview with the Mercury newspaper about some … Continue reading
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About Tasworkdoc and an overview of compensation systems in Tasmania
I am occupational physician, Dr Peter Sharman. I work in a private medical practice in Hobart, Tasmania – the southernmost state of Australia. In my practice I see workers referred by their general practitioners with various types of work-related injuries. … Continue reading
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