Recent Press Releases
ATLANTA, April 11, 2006 -- Crawford & Company is pleased to announce that Crawford Claims Advantage has been rolled out to all of its integrated branch offices. Crawford Claims Advantage is a new proprietary web-based application powered by e-Triage that incorporates structured interviews into the workers’ compensation claims process.
ATLANTA, November 14, 2005 -- Crawford & Company is pleased to introduce Crawford Claims Advantage, its proprietary web-based application powered by e-Triage® that incorporates structured interviews into the workers' compensation claims process.
ATLANTA, October 26, 2005 -- Following a successful pilot project, Crawford & Company (NYSE: CRDA; CRDB) and e-Triage® have signed a global agreement, where Crawford & Company will use the e-Triage® system to enhance Crawford's early intervention approach to workers' compensation claims handling.
- e-Triage® participated at MEDICA in Dusseldorf, Germany November 24 - 26, 2004. MEDICA is the largest bio-technology and medical device trade show in Europe. e-Triage®'s participation at MEDICA was arranged in conjunction with the Mason Enterprise Center of George Mason University. Meeting space at MEDICA was hosted by the Saarland Economic Promotion Corporation. (Overview of e-Triage®in German)
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e-Triage® founders Sharon O'Shea (right) and David Henderson (left) at the Saarland booth at MEDICA in Dusseldorf, Germany. Roland Schmitt (second from left) is Project Manager of the Saarland Economic Promotion Corporation in Saarbrucken, Germany. Marshall Ferrin (second from right) is Director of International Business Development at the Mason Enterprise Center in Fairfax, Virginia. |
- The Alf Nachemson Lectureship. The Alf Nachemson Lectureship was established by the Foundation for Research in Education in Work & Health Studies in 2002, to honour the significant contribution of Dr. Alf Nachemson, a distinguished orthopedic surgeon, researcher, and teacher, to the Institute for Work & Health (IWH).
Related Articles
Return-to-Work Revolution by Maddy Bowling and Dave Huth. Risk & Insurance: November 2005. Workers' Compensation expert Maddy Bowling tackles the challenges of return-to-work programs and urges employers to change their cultures as well as their policies.
Randomised controlled trial of physiotherapy compared with advice for low back pain. Helen Frost, Sarah E Lamb, Helen A Doll, Patricia Taffe Carver, Sarah Stewart-Brown. Conclusions: Routine physiotherapy seemed to be no more effective than one session of assessment and advice from a physiotherapist. BMJ 2004;329:708 (25 September).
Lost Productive Time and Cost Due to Common Pain Conditions in the US Workforce Walter F. Stewart, PhD, MPH; Judith A. Ricci, ScD, MS; Elsbeth Chee, ScD; David Morganstein, MS; Richard Lipton,MD. JAMA. 2003;290:2443-2454.
New Avenues for the Prevention of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain and Disability; Pain Research and Clinical Management, Vol 12. Steven J. Linton, PhD, ed. Elsevier Science B.V.: 2002.
Occupational Psychological Factors Increase the Risk for Back Pain: A Systematic Review, Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation: 11(1): 53-66; Mar 2001 - Steven James Linton, PhD
Book Review: The New England Journal of Medicine -- January 11, 2001 -- Vol. 344, No. 2: Neck and Back Pain:The Scientific Evidence of Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment. Edited by Alf L. Nachemson and Egon Jonsson.
Insomnia and Its Relationship to Work Health in a Working-Age Population, Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation: 10(2): 169-183; Jun 2000 - Steven James Linton, PhD
Web Sites of Interest
There are many industry organizations that have placed their data and other interesting information on the Internet. You may find the following of interest.
The Cochrane Collaboration
Working Backs Scotland Online
The Evidence-based Medicine Resource Center
Centre for Evidence Based Medicine
Canadian Institute of Stress
American Health Information Management Association
