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What You Need To Know About Healthcare Workers, Covid-19’s Mental Health Impact, And Workers’ Compensation

Posted on March 8, 2021

Many California Healthcare Workers are in the frontline of treating COVID-19 treatment.  Treating pandemic patients can take an emotional toll on healthcare professionals. A recent study looked into this psychological impact of COVID-19 on frontline healthcare workers. Healthcare workers who suffer emotional symptoms as a result of their work may need to seek medical attention.  If this is the circumstance, these emotional symptoms may give rise to a work injury claim.   As a result, a workers’ compensation case may be claimed. This article will look into COVID-19’s emotional impact on...

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What You Need To Know About The Cage-aid Questionnaire And Workers’ Compensation

Posted on March 3, 2021

Workers’ Compensation Medical Treatment can employ various questionnaires to assess an Injured Workers’ need for treatment.  One of these questionnaires is called CAGE-AID. This article will discuss the purpose of the CAGE-AID questionnaire, how it is used in an industrial treatment setting, and how it may impact an injured worker’s treatment. What is the CAGE-AID Questionnaire?  The CAGE-Aid questionnaire is a substance abuse screening tool.  Substance abuse applies to alcohol, legal drugs and street drugs. Why is Substance Abuse a Problem with Workers’ Compensation Treatment? Substance...

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What You Need To Know About Workers’ With Pre-existing Mental Health Issues And Workers’ Compensation

Posted on February 26, 2021

Many Workers, prior to starting employment, have diagnosed medical illnesses.  There are a variety of forms of mental illness. A study looked into mentally ill individuals in the workplace.  This study discusses how work impacts the mentally ill. This information is important with respect to workers’ compensation stress claims. This article will discuss mental illness, forms of mental illness, work’s impact on mentally ill individuals, and what it means in the context of workers' compensation stress claims. What Is Mental Illness?  Mental illnesses are health conditions involving changes...

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VISUAL ANALOG PAIN SCALE (VAPS) AND WORKERS’ COMPENSATION: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Posted on February 24, 2021

In the Workers’ Compensation System, Doctors and Medical Evaluators ask Injured Workers to fill out various scales and questionnaires. One of these scales is the Visual Analog Pain Scale (VAPS.) Scales and questionnaires can impact an Injured Worker’s ability to get treatment and disability payments. Therefore, Injured Worker should understand how to answer them properly. This article will discuss the Visual Analog Pain Scale(VAPS), how the VAPS is administered, how VAPS is to be answered, how VAPS is graded, and how VAPS can be used within the workers’ compensation setting. What is...

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