A proactive reporting strategy facilitates early identification, timely intervention, case management, accommodation, successful return to work and job retention. The management and all relevant stakeholders cooperate in establishing such a strategy.
Guideline code
RTW_01700
Mechanism
Mechanism
- The return-to-work professional should coordinate the reporting of return-to-work information among stakeholders, such as employees, employers, health-care professionals (including the person’s general practitioner, where relevant), vocational counsellors and other service providers, as well as with other social security institutions.
- Such reporting should include incidents, accidents, illness, medical assessments, chronic health conditions, functional capacity evaluations, workplace and vocational assessments.
- The person and/or agency reporting should use tools such as standardized protocols and forms to ensure that the requisite information is received in a timely manner to facilitate appropriate actions that will optimize the return to work.
- The return-to-work professional should anticipate the requirement for medical and other treatment reports at specific stages of the return-to-work process and proactively request them.
Structure
Structure
- The management should work with internal and external stakeholders to establish a policy and guidelines on proactive reporting of return-to-work information.
- The policy and guidelines should specify the scope of information required, timelines, standards and responsibilities of the major stakeholders in the process.
- The policy and guidelines should outline reporting requirements which are consistent with evidence-based protocols and privacy legislation.
- The management should designate implementation of the policy and guidelines to appropriate professionals both inside and outside the institution.
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Guideline 11. Proactive reporting
Type
Guideline_1
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21