We have added information for workplace rehabilitation providers to our website. See link below: Information for Workplace Rehabilitation Providers
Adverse Event Reporting
Hobart Occupational Medicine has introduced Adverse Event Reporting to flag issues that arise in managing patients with comps enable injuries. The report format is included below: adverse-event-report What is an Adverse Event? Any act or omission by a participant in the injury management process (in its broadest sense), breakdown in communication or unplanned event that […]
We now send medical correspondence electronically!
Hobart Occupational Medicine has chosen to use HealthLink to send and receive referrals and correspondence from GPs and Specialists. Our HealthLink EDI is HOBOCMED, and is also listed on our ‘Contact Us’ page. We prefer to use this method instead of faxing, and will continue to send and receive correspondence through the post for those practitioners […]
ACHRF ‘Committee’s Choice’ Poster Award
I made a presentation at the recent Australasian Compensation Health Research Forum in Melbourne. The presentation was in the form of a Poster presenting the work the AMA had done in promoting the concept of ‘Complex Case Management’ as an alternative ‘clinical pathway’ for workers with potentially poor-prognosis work injuries. I was pleased to be awarded […]
Welcome to our new Practice Manager
Laura recently joined the practice as Practice Manager. Her role is to help the practitioners provide an efficient service to the patients and clients of the practice. Welcome Laura!
Dr McArdle joins Hobart Occupational Medicine
The practice is pleased to welcome Helen to join the practice after a long period of service with the Tasmanian Health Department in various roles. Helen brings to the practice a wealth of knowledge and experience. Helen is available to accept referrals from general practitioners and provide expert opinion in her fields of expertise. See […]
Dr Sharman on leave – June/July 2016
Dr Sharman will not be available for patient consultations from Tuesday 21 June to Friday 22 July 2016. During that period Dr Troy Crowell is available each Tuesday and Wednesday for appointments. Dr Helen McArdle, Consultant Occupational Physician will also be available to provide specialist occupational advice during Dr Sharman’s absence. Any queries about availability of appointments should be […]
ANZSOM Meeting in Hobart
The Australian & New Zealand Society of Occupational Medicine – ANZSOM held a weekend meeting in Hobart last weekend. Although I have not been a member of ANZSOM for some years, I attended the various sessions of the weekend meeting held at JLT’s offices in Hobart, Tassal and Willie Smith’s in the Huon Valley and at […]
Adverse Event Reporting
As from 01 March 2016, this practice has introduced a new system to systematically record adverse events affecting workers being managed with the various compensation systems that operate in Tasmania. This has come about in response to an apparent recent increase in such events and the lack of any available means to track such events through […]
Tilting at Windmills – Light Easter Reading?
There is an interesting discussion in the comments section of the Tilting at Windmills article I recently posted on Insult & Injury Blog. Richard Gilley from RiskNet is providing some data about the proportion of income earned from treating workers compensation cases which seems ‘out of kilter’ with my understanding. I am planning a ‘Fact […]
