Collaboration and information flow between occupational medicine and primary heath care physicians

The lack of established rules of collaboration and information flow between occupational medicine doctors and primary health care doctors not only hinders the health prophylactics, but also constrains the treatment efficiency. Although article 7 of the Occupational Medicine Act provides that an occu...

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Published inMedycyna pracy Vol. 53; no. 3; p. 233
Main Authors Kudaś, Teresa, Wośkowiak, Grazyna
Format Journal Article
LanguagePolish
Published Poland 2002
Subjects
Cooperative Behavior
Humans
Information Dissemination - methods
Interdisciplinary Communication
Occupational Health Services - manpower
Occupational Health Services - organization & administration
Occupational Medicine - manpower
Organizational Innovation
Physicians, Family
Poland
Primary Health Care - manpower
Primary Health Care - organization & administration
Primary Prevention - methods
Program Evaluation
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Poland
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Summary:The lack of established rules of collaboration and information flow between occupational medicine doctors and primary health care doctors not only hinders the health prophylactics, but also constrains the treatment efficiency. Although article 7 of the Occupational Medicine Act provides that an occupational medicine doctor is obliged to pass the information on the health condition of persons covered by the preventive program to a primary health care doctors, this obligation is usually accomplished unilaterally and very rarely. The establishment of a new model of mutual information transmission and collaboration between both parties is essential. Doctors responsible for prevention should inform occupational medicine doctors about health problems observed during preventive examinations of patients and about the relationship between diseases experienced by them and their working conditions, as well as about the treatment already undertaken. In turn, occupational medicine doctors should obtain information on the health conditions of candidates for vocational schools, students, persons applying for job and workers performing their jobs in various occupational exposures, especially those returning to work after a long-term sickness. The authors also give examples of medical certificates.
ISSN:0465-5893