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Two-Year Checkup: MTUS Drug Formulary is Achieving Its Goals

April 27, 2021

The evidence-based Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule (MTUS) Drug Formulary was adopted by the California Division of Workers’ Compensation on January 1, 2018. Its purpose was to reduce frictional costs in the workers’ compensation system, restrict inappropriate prescribing, especially in relation to opioids, and ensure that injured workers receive medically necessary medications in a timely manner.

Frictional costs largely stemmed from utilization review (UR) and independent medical review (IMR) processes. To help reduce these costs, the MTUS Drug Formulary...

Just Released: Principles & Guidelines for HF/E Design and Management of Work Systems

August 26, 2021

In June 2021, new Principles and Guidelines for Human Factors/Ergonomics (HF/E) Design and Management of Work Systems, jointly prepared by the International Ergonomics Association (IEA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO), were released.

This document is important in that it provides the ILO with a technical basis to develop international labor standards for workplace human factors/ergonomics. The goal of applying this analytical, systems view is to achieve a work future that benefits everyone, even as technology and globalization rapidly develop. More...