The T.I.P.S. Site | Resources and commentary for Health Professionals about Technology Interface Pain Syndromes
Description: Practicing occupational physician, Dr Peter Sharman writes about using the evidence base to guide clinical practice and improve health outcomes in compensation systems
Our health care systems in Australia have faced enormous challenges in recent years. The challenges posed by COVID-19 have received much of the attention since 2020, but even before many health care systems were stretched.
Prior to COVID, in my home state of Tasmania, “Bed Block” and ambulance “Ramping” were an outward sign of a Public Hospital system under stress. The increase in elective surgery waiting times, an external manifestation of system malaise. Perhaps, even then, the system was close to losing its’ “fitness for purpose”.
Pre-COVID, hospital managers had identified the need for Occupational Medical advice for Heath care Workers at the front line due to the mental health challenges posed by Bed Block & ramping, but little was done at that time.
The T.I.P.S. Site | Resources and commentary for Health Professionals about Technology Interface Pain Syndromes