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ACOEM OEM COMPETENCY: OEM RELATED MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
The OEM physician has the administrative and management knowledge and skills to plan, design, implement, manage, and evaluate comprehensive occupational/environmental health programs, projects, and protocols that enhance the health, safety, and productivity of workers, their families, and members of the community. The spectrum of activities may vary substantially depending upon the physician's practice setting and the characteristics of the organization(s) served.
Design, implement, and evaluate clinical practice guidelines, quality management/quality improvement programs, utilization management, case management, and other activities to enhance an organization's performance.
Identify potential customers and develop a marketing plan for an occupational/environmental health program.
Communicate technical and clinical information to professional and lay audiences.
Give presentations to employees, employers, labor unions, and others on occupational and environmental health and safety topics.
Determine management information needs and apply medical informatics, electronic health and patient care data, management information systems, and other computer technologies to an OEM program.
Apply information systems to medical surveillance programs (e.g., scheduling exams, documenting clinical data, and tracking, reporting and analyzing outcomes).
Apply information systems to track worker disability and return-to-work.
Apply information systems to manage medical and exposure records.
Apply information systems to manage revenues and expenditures, including departmental budgets, billing, and collections.
Apply information systems for scheduling of occupational and environmental health services.
Use information technology (e.g., e-mail, local and wide area networks, Internet) to communicate with colleagues, clients, and others.
Use information technology to write reports (e.g., word processing), as well as to manage and present data (spreadsheets, databases, presentation graphics).
Establish protocols to manage patient records and protect confidentiality.
Work effectively as a team member with administrators, occupational health nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants, demonstrating an understanding of their roles in an occupational health service.
Design cost-containment strategies for workers’ compensation, health benefits, and disability management programs to allocate and manage clinical and financial resources.
Obtain necessary demographic and cost data.
Ensure patient/individual confidentiality in the process.
Evaluate the effectiveness of occupational health services and risk reduction methods.
Design and implement process and outcome measures and be able to benchmark with other organizations.
Apply techniques of process improvement.
Demonstrate program cost-effectiveness.
Work effectively with both labor and management to maximize workplace health, safety, and productivity.
Resources for Comprehensive Occupational Health Programs
