The Occupational Health Blog

• NMS
• Dec 17, 2018
• Tags: TB Testing, QuantiFERON, vendor credentialing

A comparison of the standard testing procedures for tuberculosis "TB" testing (QuantiFERON Gold, QuantiFERON Gold Plus and PPD Skin Test).

• NMS
• Dec 06, 2018
• Tags: vendor credentialing, HCIR

What is Vendor Credentialing? How does it affect companies with HCIRs? Vendor credentialing was born out of a growing need for enforced measures to oversee access to healthcare facilities and patient information during an age of rapid technological advancement.

• NMS
• Nov 02, 2018
• Tags: standardization, vendor credentialing

The importance of moving towards standardization in HCIR Vendor Credentialing

• NMS
• Apr 17, 2013
• Tags: oxycodone, oxymorphone, expanded opiates

Ever since drug testing became a tool that employers used to screen their new hires, we have seen new trends in drug use. 30 years ago hallucinogens likes LSD and PCP were popular amongst illicit drug users.

• NMS
• Apr 02, 2013
• Tags: functional capacity evaluation, fce, physical ability assessment, workers comp

In working environments today, it is an employer’s duty to make sure his or her employees are physically healthy and able to complete work related tasks with no health related risk. This is where a functional capacity evaluation comes in to play. This exam reliably measures the functional and physical ability of a person to perform work related tasks...