Corporate Health

The sooner injured workers can see a physician and receive treatment, the sooner they can begin recovery. Our physicians and support professionals provide every patient with prompt, outstanding care.

Teams in our qualified clinics ensure that all injured workers receive expert evaluation, excellent treatment and effective rehabilitation services. We communicate with employers as we provide the appropriate treatment to support workers in returning to full duty as soon as possible. We provide support with corporate health resources that promote a safe workforce.

Workers' compensation specialists

Patients have access to a team of experts comprising physicians from virtually every specialty in our hospital, including:

• Burn and wound care
• Dentistry and oral medicine
• Dermatology
• Ear, nose and throat
• Emergency and trauma care
• Infectious disease
• Neurology
• Neurosurgery
• Occupational health and environmental medicine
• Occupational health clinics
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopedic surgery
• Pain management
• Plastic surgery
• Rehabilitation medicine
• Spine care
• Surgery, including general and vascular

The University of Kansas Health System provides Department of Transportation (DOT) and general employment physical examinations through our corporate health program to meet your company's specific needs. Both programs offer convenient, comprehensive health exams and screenings.

We also offer fitness-for-duty exams or clearance exams that permit your employees to resume specific job functions following injury, rehabilitation or illness.

Corporate health also conducts exams for employees in regulated jobs, such as those required by the DOT, Federal Aviation Administration and Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Special exams are available for first responders, as well as employees who handle hazardous materials.

Services offered for physical exams can include:

• Agility
• Standard physical exam
• DOT physical exam
• Respirator physical exam
• Respirator fit testing
• Firefighter and police physical exam
• Return-to-work exam
• Fit-for-duty exam
• Hazmat
• HAZWOPER

Our doctors and staff work closely with our client organizations to evaluate and address work-related injuries. We partner with companies to reduce time lost due to employees on the job at less than full capacity. It is our goal to get patients the medical services and support they need as efficiently as possible so they can recover fully and safely return to work at full ability and productivity.

Our areas of expertise include:

• Coordination of care for workers' compensation injury cases
• Hearing conservation
• Respiratory protection
• Medical emergency response team safety training, including CPR and first aid
• Medical services audits, including chart reviews

Medical testing and industrial hygiene

We offer:

• Audiograms
• Management of medical testing programs and compliance with OSHA standards
• Pulmonary function testing
• Respirator exams
• Surveillance testing for hazardous materials handlers and firefighters

Physical and occupational therapists at The University of Kansas Health System's corporate health clinics help patients with injuries to maximize their comfort and physical capabilities.

Our specialty-trained experts develop individualized treatment programs for those with pain, decreased strength, decreased mobility or loss of function. Our physical and occupational therapists work closely with physicians to help patients recover and return to work.

We also provide a full spectrum of post-offer agility testing, functional capacity evaluations and return-to-work testing.

On-site services

Our physical therapists can provide on-site ergonomic services such as work station evaluations and job analysis. On-site classes are available on injury reduction topics.

Corporate health can coordinate a full range of medical screenings and immunizations to keep employees up to date on required and recommended shots.

We provide immunizations and vaccinations for diseases and conditions including:

• Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and poliomyelitis (TDAP)
• Influenza (flu) – October through mid-December
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis C
• Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)
• Pneumonia
• Travel vaccinations
• Tuberculosis