Injury Treatment

Injury Treatment for Central Illinois

The centerpiece of IWIRC’s business model is injury treatment and management. For the program to remain successful and viable, key operational features are strictly followed:

  • Expediency and continuity of service
  • Communication
  • Standards of Care
  • Practice Guidelines
  • Convenience
  • Continuity of management
  • Treatment and Follow-up of Work-Related Injuries.

Prompt evaluation and treatment of work-related injuries utilizing IWIRC or its associates result in the safe and timely return of the injured employee to the workplace. Since the cost of lost workdays to an employer can exceed the medical expenses for an average workers' compensation claim, IWIRC’s goal as a company is to see lost workdays eliminated or kept to a bare minimum. In addition, international research shows that injured workers recover faster and more effectively if they maintain contact with their workplace and their normal working routines when possible.

 

One of the significant controllable causes of extended lost workdays is the breakdown in communication among medical staff treating the patient. During care, a typical patient may see a doctor, a therapist, a diagnostician, and a clinician, yet, at IWIRC, communication is constant and uninterrupted since all these fields work together within the same building under the same management, using the same protocols. There is no longer a delay in treatment while waiting for a report from another facility regarding a particular patient.

Injury Treatment — Peoria, IL — Illinois Work Injury Resource Center

A significant cause for extensive lost workdays and possible OSHA recordable occurs when clinicians and providers who do not specialize in occupational health provide treatment to an injured employee. IWIRC’s providers are trained to treat patients using the ‘best-practice’ guidelines provided by our Medical Director, thus guaranteeing that each patient receives identical care for the same issues. Utilizing occupational health physicians and staff who specialize in and only treat work-related injuries has proven to reduce not only lost workdays but several other associated costs as well, including the unnecessary dispensation of narcotics.

 

IWIRC is the first and only organization in Central Illinois utilizing occupational health specialists with a “one-stop-shop” concept. Providers and clinicians float between the downtown and the north-Peoria IWIRC clinics to ensure both are maintained at the same high standard. Patient follow-up is designed to increase productivity through timely medical intervention and rehabilitation. No patient is released at MMI (maximum medical improvement) unless the medical provider and the physical therapist agree. A solid and continual communication exchange between IWIRC’s departments, the patient, and the employer can help reduce the risk of future legal and compensatory claims.

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