16 Bringing health care news to your home Pre-employment testing. “We offer a couple different types of pre-employment physicals based on a company’s needs,” said Danielle Frewing, BSN, RN, director of the program. One example is Physical Capacity Profile®, a screening tool developed by an orthopedic physician that helps determine if an employee is physically matched to the job for which they’re applying. Matching employees to jobs may reduce injuries and workers’ compensation claims. Employee health and wellness We offer pre-employment physicals, drug screening and more Have you heard of occupational health? It’s an area of medicine that may benefit people and businesses by keeping employees healthy and safe. Columbus Community Hospital has an Occupational Health Services program that provides several core tests and examinations. Here’s a brief review of some of them. Pre-employment testing also has benefits for employees, according to Vilma Rodriguez-Cline, MD, an occupational health doctor at the hospital. In addition to helping keep workers safe in their jobs, these exams sometimes reveal hidden health risks employees didn’t even know they had. “Some of them find out that their blood pressure is a little elevated,” Rodriguez-Cline said. “And then we refer them to their doctors. Or, if they don’t have one, we tell them we have a list of good doctors.”
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