NECOEM Thursday May 14, 2009 Dinner Meeting
 

Wellness in the Workplace - Why bother?

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Program Description:  Occupational Health professionals partnering with business have significantly impacted worker’s compensation cost and outcomes. We are in no position to rest on our laurels as, in this new millennium, health care is on track to total 20% of GDP over the next few decades. Costs at this level are unsustainable and the continued growth of these costs will slow or stop the economic recovery we so desperately await. The new challenge for business and their Occupational Health providers is stemming the tide of our lifestyle related chronic disease epidemic. This talk will detail the methods, outcomes and do’s and don’ts of some Maine businesses’ efforts to reduce medical and pharmacy costs, productivity losses and further reduce worksite injury rates while offering their employees a better quality of life through a health behavior change intervention.                  

Learner Objectives: 
1)      Describe a new health care management paradigm
2)      Discuss the integration of safety and wellness
3)      Describe the elements of a successful worksite wellness intervention
4)      Demonstrate the impact of worksite wellness on at risk health behavior
5)      Explain and demonstrate cost risk outcome determination

Speaker: Larry Catlett, MD. Occupational Medical Consulting, Leeds, Maine.

Larry Catlett is a native of Tampa, Florida. He obtained his B.S. degree from North CarolinaStateUniversity in 1969 and his M.D. degree from EmoryUniversity in 1974. After four years in family practice at the DFDRussellMedicalCenter, he joined the Central Maine Medical Center (CMMC), staffing the Emergency Department and the hospital’s fledgling Occupational Health program.

In 1988, he became the first Medical Director of the new Occupational Health program, implementing protocols which reduced costs and improved outcomes significantly. Introduction of this same approach at Franklin Memorial Hospital (FMH), where he currently serves as Medical Director, has led to similar outcomes in work related injury management.

While at CMMC, Dr. Catlett formed a relationship with Cianbro Corporation, a construction company with 2000 employees working in over 13 states, becoming their medical director. In 1996, he left CMMC and founded Occupational Medical Consulting, headquartered in Leeds, ME.

Working together with Cianbro, Occupational Medical Consulting developed and implemented what has become an award-winning approach to health promotion and disease prevention in the workplace.  Now working with 18 organizations, OMC’s “Wellness Works” program and its innovative software package provides a comprehensive behavioral intervention for both company and employees. Freidman is a native of Old Town, ME. He is a graduate of the University of Maine and Northeastern School of Law. Prior to his association with Rudman and Winchell, Mike worked in the legal departments of Kemper Insurance Group in Chicago and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company in Boston and as a legal advisor to the United States Civil Service Commission in Washington, D.C. Mike is a past member of the Maine Workers’ Compensation Commission Advisory Group and is currently Chairman of the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices. His areas of practice include personal injury for the defense and plaintiff, workers’ compensation law and employment law for employee and employer.

Times:
5:30 pm - social hour
6:15 pm - dinner
7:00 pm - speaker (audiocast begins)
8:30 pm - adjournment


 

Conference Facility: The Cumberland Club:
116 High Street, Portland, ME 04101, (207) 773-6402.
Cumberland Club website (Note: club dress code does not apply for this event, dress comfortably)
Mapquest Map to Cumberland Club.
On-site parking is free.

To Cumberland Club from points south: Take the Maine Turnpike to Exit 6A, Portland I-295 North. Continue on I-295 North until Exit 6A, Forest Avenue South. At the end of the ramp, turn right and stay in right lane. Bear right at the light, Route 77 (State Street). Continue on State Street through 3 sets of traffic lights. After the third light, get into the left-hand lane. At the next light, turn left onto Spring Street. (Mercy Hospital will be on the right as you make this turn). Cross over Park Street (which is a four way stop with blinking red light). The parking lot for The Club is on the left side of the street just after the blinking red light. There are two parking lots available. One directly on the right and an additional parking lot further in on the left. 

To Cumberland Club from points north: Take the Maine Turnpike to exit 14, Gardiner. This will bring you to I-95 South which will eventually turn into I-295 South. Stay on I-295 South until exit 6A, Forest Avenue South. At the end of exit ramp, turn right and stay in right lane. Bear right at the light, Route 77 (State Street). Continue on State Street through three sets of traffic lights. After the third light, get into the left-hand lane. At the next light , turn left onto Spring Street. (Mercy Hospital will be on the right as you make this turn.) Cross over Park Street (which is a four way stop with blinking red light). The parking lot for The Club is on the left side f the street just after the blinking red light. There are two parking lots available. One directly on the right and an additional parking lot further in on the left.
 
Credit:
This activity will offer 1.0 hour of CEU nursing credit with a Certificate of Attendance from NECOEM. Reference No. 244 CMR.04, Board of Nursing Code of Massachusetts Regulations

The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.