Search Tag: return to work

Sepsis

Return-to-work-after-hospitalisation-for-sepsis

2024 03 Jan

This study focuses on the impact of sepsis, a condition resulting from a dysregulated immune response to infection, on the ability of patients to return to work (RTW). Sepsis is a significant global health concern, causing substantial morbidity and mortality. Sepsis survivors commonly experience long-term cognitive and functional impairments, but the...Read more

Executive Health Management

Safe-return-to-work-for-healthcare-staff

2020 12 Oct

With the current COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare professionals face higher infection risk arising from both community exposure and occupational hazards. As noted in a new study by Harvard and Massachusetts General Brigham researchers (Shenoy et al. 2020), COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests show persistently positive results among healthcare workers....Read more

Cardiology Management

One-third-of-heart-failure-patients-fail-to-return-to-work

2016 24 May

One-third of patients hospitalized with heart failure for the first time have not returned to work one year later, reveals a study presented at Heart Failure 2016 and the 3rd World Congress on Acute Heart Failure by Dr Rasmus Roerth, from Copenhagen University Hospital in Copenhagen, Denmark. Stated Dr Roerth, “Employment is crucial for self esteem...Read more