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What is Surgery Optimization and How Much Can It Save You?
With so many parties involved in a patient's medical care—even more so in the event of a work-related MSK disorder, each serves to benefit from a safe and quick return to normal. Enter Surgery optimization, a process built to improve outcomes for patients, employers,...
Is Wearable Healthcare Technology Too Much for the Average Patient?
Recently, we've watched companies pop up, promising injury recovery and digital physical therapy using wearable devices. Using this technology, these companies promise to reduce recovery time and provide data to clinicians. But here's the thing. Wearables are great...
What’s Next for Telehealth Services? Giving End-to-End Virtual Care to Patients
In the past year, we've seen telehealth move from an exciting investment opportunity to a necessary part of care. As many health systems scrambled to switch to virtual during the pandemic, there was uncertainty about the value to the patients. After all, can patients...
Stress and Musculoskeletal Disorders: The Psychological Side of MSK
Stress, isolation, and disconnection—three things that the last year has made all too familiar. People have spent the last year watching death counts and unemployment numbers climb, moved from offices and meetings to Zoom calls, and replaced office chairs with kitchen...
The Cost of a Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorder
When it comes to workplace injuries, all too often, the methods of prevention are designed around citation-worthy offenses. Highly cited violations like those pertaining to fall protection, machine guarding, and lockout/tagout are easy to spot and failures are likely...
Alcohol Cessation Before Surgery: Why it’s Critical for Your Injured Workers
Alcohol, prescription medications, surgery, and a safe recovery certainly do not go together. Whether your patient is an occasional drinker or fully dependent on alcohol (about 8% of the US), it’s a good idea for your injured workers to stop drinking before surgery....
Why We Have Musculoskeletal Aches, Pains in Cold Weather & What to Do About It
"This weather makes my hip act up." Musculoskeletal aches and pains seem to worsen with colder temperatures. Read on to learn why and what you and your patients or injured workers' can do about it. Whether it's a torn muscle, an injury at work, or a stiff arthritic...
Why Prehab & Rehab For Rotator Cuff Repair and Shoulder Surgery
The shoulder is a large and complex joint that is responsible for a lot of movement and mobility. However, the great mobility of the shoulder comes at the cost of stability. As a result, the shoulder joint is prone to injury caused by overuse, sprains, straining, and...
Does Your Digital Health Solution Support Patient Inclusion and Diversity
With social movements garnering mainstream coverage, there is a heightened awareness around delivering more inclusive products. As people, and creators of digital solutions used by diverse groups of patients, we've been forced to take stock. We've found ourselves...
PeerWell Unified Care Connects Distributed Care Teams in Real-Time
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a catalyst for telemedicine and virtual health. What was already in motion, but may have taken years to reach today's adoption rate by patients, providers, and payers, got pushed to the forefront. Telemedicine has exploded, forever...
Managing Musculoskeletal Pain & Recovery with Kids Back to School
Living with a musculoskeletal condition, pain and immobility is difficult at the best of times. Then add: a global pandemic, being a parent, and having kids return back to school (or attending class from home) and it's downright overwhelming. Although easier said than...
Treating Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Grocery Industry
With revenues around $682 billion annually, the grocery store and supermarket industry is a massive market employing millions of Americans. Additionally, the grocery industry has seen exponential growth during COVID-19 with grocery store sales spiking 77% in...