Center for Occupational Health

OSF Saint Francis Center for Occupational Health (OCOH) is a full-service provider of occupational and environmental medicine. We serve the needs of Peoria area employers and employees with complete, objective and quality work targeted medical services.

OCOH partners with area employers to assure healthy, safe and productive workforces. Through pre-employment physicals, pre-employment functional assessments, post-injury care, drug screening, consultation and even customized services, OCOH stands ready to serve work health needs. As part of one of the most integrated healthcare systems in the nation, OCOH can link to internal, community and national resources.

Provider Staff
Our department only sees work-related cases, assuring employees are seen rapidly. OCOH employs four full-time occupational medicine physicians. These specialists provide highly accurate diagnoses and care promoting effective medical outcomes, rapid return to work and lower employer costs. Because employees are seen by occupational physician specialists, there is high confidence in accurate diagnosis and care. Because employees are seen by physicians specializing in work injury, there is high credibility given in cases that go to workers’ compensation hearings.

Internal Case Management
OCOH understands quality medical care requires speedy and clear communication. We provide full-time internal case managers to facilitate communication with employers, employees and other parties associate with the care and management process. Questions relating to medical care, return-to-work and patient progress are efficiently communicated, leading to treatment times and more rapid return to work.

Drug Screen Services
OCOH works with numerous employers to provide a full range of drug screens including breath alcohol screens. All personnel performing collections are certified and meet all current requirements for continuing education. To assure continuity in observing protocols and documentation, OCOH provides on-call staff to our Emergency Department for after-hours screens.

Drug Screening Services Provided:

• Pre-employment
• Random
• Reasonable cause
• Post injury
• Post Accident
• Return to work
• Rapid drug screens (5 and 7 panel)
• Medical Review officer (when requested)
• Collection only

Our primary drug testing laboratories give employers confidential Web access 24 hours a day. OCOH also offers onsite/on-call services to employers. Call Doug Rasmussen, account representative, at 309-624-8525 for costs and details.

Physicals
Each employer using OCOH for work-related physicals (e.g., pre-employment, medical surveillance, return-to-work) is carefully interviewed to assure protocols are clearly recorded and services delivered according to company protocols.

Injury Care
OCOH specializes in the provision of Occupational Health services only. This means employees do not wait for care with patients who are waiting for non-work medical issues. Therefore, our OCOH staff can see employees for physicals and injury care much more quickly. Proximity of a medical clinic does not mean timely service. The only true measure of time efficiency is how quickly an employee is seen and discharged. Our Priority Care System consists of two teams. One team is assigned to treat injuries as a walk-in priority; the other team sees scheduled patients. These teams rotate so that a physicians who sees a patient on a Priority Care follows that patient for future care.

Second Opinions and Independent Medical Evaluation
OCOH physicians will see patients for second opinions and independent medical evaluations on a limited basis. Evaluations can be specified to include just a physical examination or to include a functional capacity assessment. We use special assessment equipment and protocols to provide objective documented findings.

Ancillary Services
As part of one of the most integrated medical systems in the nation, OCOH will coordinate internal, community and even national therapy, assessment, wellness, rehabilitation and specialist care depending on the needs of those served.

Questions?
Call Doug Rasmussen, account representative at 309-624-8525, or 309-253-9424 (cell).