Throughout 2020, our experts and thought leaders will monitor, share and explore the common threads that connect us all, and keep you tied into how they evolve to help us all prepare for the future.
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OSHA offers suggestions for preventing workplace assaults in healthcare settings. (image courtesy of OSHA.gov) Despite several unfortunate and tragic instances in the news recently, workplace violence rates as a whole have been declining. Accordin…
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As drones gain in popularity, there are a number of ideas and opportunities for them to add value to the insurance industry. They can prove valuable in disaster response efforts, underwriting surveys, claims investigations and in situations where a…
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Ann Gaffey, SVP healthcare risk management, is highlighted and quoted in her role as President of the American Society of Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM). Enterprise risk management (ERM), patient safety, and root cause analysis are priority issu…
From Sedgwick Connection: Mary Beth Sanford was honored by Business Insurance as one of their 25 Women to Watch in insurance last week at their annual gala and conference. Mary Beth shares her thoughts on leadership in the following blog and intervie…
Whether it is a product recall, cyber attack or customer accident, companies work hard to protect their brands. They want to make sure that everything communicated and shared with their marketplace – customers, employees, investors and media – can …
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN ACTION Today’s workforce is becoming increasingly diverse and includes individuals from four separate generations and various racial and ethnic backgrounds, as well as those with other defining characteristics and experienc…
It’s time to expand use of EDR tech By Mario RodriguezDirector, National Technical Compliance, Sedgwick After the crash at the Oklahoma State homecoming this past October, one of the key elements in the investigation was the car’s event data recorder…
edge:What are you working on right now that will have an impact on our customers in the near future? Darrell:We are focusing on two key areas. The first is continuing to ensure our claims colleagues have the best possible technology and resources to …
This expanded approach involves being an advocate for the employee by listening, communicating, providing information and proper medical care, explaining how this complicated process works – and being there to assist them at every turn. From the time…
Just over 18 years after the ADA was enacted, the law was amended with the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act (ADAAA) that was effective on January 1, 2009. The ADAAA retained the ADA definition of disability, but it expanded the interpretati…
According to a 2014 drug trends report, antipsychotics accounted for 2.3% of the total drug cost for workers’ compensation claims, with a 2.0% increase in the average cost per prescription in 2014 compared to 2013. Not only are these medications exp…
FUN FOR HOBBYISTS, VALUABLE FOR BUSINESSES With the expanded use of drones on the horizon, the FAA has been updating the rules for flying them. Beginning December 21, 2015, individuals who fly small unmanned aircraft for recreational use will be requ…