Business Insurance published an article recapping an educational presentation held at the Workers’ Compensation Institute’s (WCI) Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference, which featured Healthesystems’ VP of Clinical Services, Silvia Sacalis, PharmD, BS.
The presentation, Confounding Comorbidities: Practical Insights for Care Management, explored practical considerations for managing injured workers with comorbidities, which are commonly seen not only in the general population but also as complicating factors in workers' compensation claims.
The article reviews key points from the presentation, as well as quotes from Sacalis, as well as co-host Mark Williams, DC, MBA, DACBOH, Medical Director, The Hartford.
“Comorbidities can slow healing, increase pain and complicate medication management, particularly when injured workers take medications for several conditions… When you’re adding pain medications, sleep medications and a variety of different medications… the result can be polypharmacy… making information about treatment outside the workers comp claim important to managing recovery.”
