Treatment Guidelines

ACOEM's Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines, Second Edition

Developed by the ACOEM Practice Guidelines Committee, this online tool presents essential consensus- and evidence-based information. Step-by-step treatment guidelines and practical aids are provided to help practitioners manage their cases more effectively. The Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines are intended to improve:

• The efficiency with which the diagnostic process is conducted
• The specificity of each diagnostic test performed; and
• The effectiveness of each treatment in relieving symptoms and achieving a cure.

Medical societies representing nearly all specialties involved in occupational medicine were invited to assist the ACOEM in this update providing a collective voice of health care professionals involved in workers’ compensation cases.

As of 2004, the State of California requires that its utilization review in workers’ compensation cases be “consistent with” ACOEM’s Guidelines.

ACOEM now offers the APG Insights, a newsletter is designed to assist users of the ACOEM Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines and health care professionals who treat work-related injuries and illnesses or have responsibility for or involvement in workers’ compensation cases.