Health practice and management
Health-care providers and health-care services play an important part in the return to work (RTW) of injured workers and in disability management processes at workers’ compensation boards in Canada. IWH research supports front-line health-care practitioners—including primary care physicians and allied health-care professionals, who support or treat workers with injuries and illnesses that affect their ability to work.
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PTSI treatment program delivers benefits for first responders, but no change in return-to-work rates
First responders face high rates of post-traumatic stress injuries (PTSI) due to the nature of their jobs. In response, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board commissioned an intensive, 14-week program treatment program tailored to these workers, which has undergone a multi-part evaluation.
Published: March 9, 2026
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Telementoring program addresses return-to-work challenges for Ontario health-care providers
An IWH study has found that Ontario health-care providers face a range of challenges when treating workers with a work-related injury or illness and helping them return to work—a telementoring program called ECHO Occupational Environmental Medicine helped providers overcome some of these challenges.
Published: July 8, 2025
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Summary of findings tables for measurement property reviews: the evolution and application of OMERACT's summary of measurement properties (SOMP) Table
Published: Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, February 2025
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Employers face challenges in supporting public safety personnel with post-traumatic stress injuries
Workers in public safety jobs, like firefighters or police, are often exposed to potentially traumatic events and may experience mental health injuries as a result. In Ontario, a pilot program has been developed to help treat these workers. To identify any needed changes to the program, IWH researchers asked employers about their experiences helping these workers return to work after a mental health injury.
Published: January 2025
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Clinical tools to assess functional capacity during risk assessment before elective noncardiac surgery : a scoping review
Published: Annals of Internal Medicine, January 2025
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ECHO OEM virtual community of learning for primary care
Published: Occupational Medicine, September 2024
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Guideline for reporting systematic reviews of outcome measurement instruments (OMIs): PRISMA-COSMIN for OMIs 2024
Published: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, July 2024
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Defining domains: developing consensus-based definitions for foundational domains in OMERACT core outcome sets
Published: Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, June 2024
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Patient research partner engagement in OMERACT: enhancing engagement through the implementation of patient engagement in research tools
Published: Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, May 2024
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Assessing domain match and feasibility of candidate instruments matching with OMERACT endorsed domains to measure flare in knee and hip osteoarthritis
Published: Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, April 2024
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OMERACT Core outcome measurement set for shared decision making in rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions: a scoping review to identify candidate instruments
Published: Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, April 2024
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Increasing uptake through collaboration in the development of core outcome sets: lessons learned at OMERACT 2023
Published: Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, March 2024