The ABC Catalyst programme that aired on Tuesday night is worth watching. Prominent and respected practitioners put central sensitisation and its relationship to ‘nociceptive’ pain into perspective as well as interesting pieces about the place for surgery and neuro-stimulators in the management of chronic pain Worth the 28 minutes to watch it. Catalyst Episode 8 […]
Towards Simplicity – Complex Case Management by Doctors
This article explains how proactive doctors can cut through the complexity of workers compensation systems for their patients and help them recover. Link to article on ‘Insult & Injury’ Blog
The Insult of Complexity
See my blog post summarising a presentation by Dr Jason Thompson at the ISCRR Research Forum held in Melbourne in December 2015. The Insult of Complexity
Holiday Period Closure
Hobart Occupational Medicine will be closed over the holiday period from Monday 21 December and re-open on Monday 11 January 2016 for business as usual. Dr Crowell will be in attendance at the practice on the morning of 06 January 2015, but Dr Sharman will not resume consulting until 11 January 2016. If you are a patient […]
Medical Dispute Resolution Survey – Last Days
We have had more than 75 people complete the survey, providing information about the views of people who attend the practice about IME assessments and whether they have had any experience with alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. I am planning to collate the results in final preparation for my presentation to the ALA Conference next week. […]
AMA Presents Reform Submission to the WorkCover Board
Neurosurgeon, Mr Andrew Hunn, AMA CEO, Mr Tony Steven and Occupational Physician, Dr Peter Sharman were invited to attend the September meeting of the WorkCover Board to present a submission about the AMA’s ideas for workers compensation reform. The centrepiece of the submission were ideas about how ‘complex’ cases can be streamed into an alternate […]
WorkSafe releases ‘Consultation Overview Paper” Potential Act Amendments
During 2014 the Tasmanian Government requested that the WorkCover Board engage with scheme participants and stakeholders about opportunities to reduce ‘red tape’ in the Tasmanian Compensation Scheme. A ‘Consultation Overview Paper’ has been released by WorkSafe Tasmania listing the potential amendments to the legislation. The amendments relevant to workers, rehabilitation providers and doctors include changes relating […]
The Myth of Workers Compensation Fraud?
Alex Collie, CEO of ISCRR recently drew attention to this article. See article on Insult and Injury Blog: The Myth of Workers Compensation Fraud
Changes to the WorkCover Tasmania Board
In the latest WorkCover Annual Report the members of the WorkCover Board as listed as follows: Mr Robert Gozzi has been replaced by Mr Paul Arnold and Mr Kevin Harkins has been replaced by Mr Steve Walsh. The position of Insurance Advisor to the Board has also recently changed. Mr Peter Donaldson has recently been […]
ALA Conference in Hobart October 2015
Dr Sharman has been invited to make a presentation to the Australian Lawyer’s Alliance National Conference to be held in Hobart from 22 to 24 October 2015. His topic will be ‘Medical Dispute Resolution – Where Are We Headed?’. If you come into the practice shortly you will see a survey questionnaire exploring views about compensation […]