Register Today for ACOEM’s Winter Courses 
Start your year with these highly acclaimed educational programs February 19-21 in Dallas, TX.  With a variety of courses offered, you’re sure to find the one you’re looking for.  Click here for a full course list.

AOHC 2010 Open for Business – Register Now!

Registration is now live for the 2010 American Occupational Health Conference (AOHC), May 2-5, at Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Florida. And don’t miss the Pre-conference Courses April 30 and May 1.

One Type A Characteristic – Leadership – Lowers Work Stress, JOEM Study Finds

While most characteristics of the “Type A” personality are linked to increased work stress, there's one important exception – leadership, according to a study in the January JOEM. . .  [Read more]

ACOEM Urges EEOC Not to Restrict Incentive Wellness Program as Part of GINA 
Asks Members to Do the Same 

Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) contains a definition of a “voluntary” wellness program that will severely impair the effectiveness of these programs in the workplace. ACOEM has expressed trepidation to EEOC regarding this issue (see www.acoem.org/comments.aspx?id=6507), and is asking its members to also contact EEOC to urge that it not restrict the use of incentives to encourage employees to participate in wellness programs.

Treatment Guidelines for Injuries to Hand, Wrist and Forearm Now Available 

Latest update to Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines 
ACOEM has published new medical treatment guidelines for providing care to workers with injuries of the hand, wrist and forearm. The new guidelines, which represent the latest chapter in ACOEM’s Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines, are available on line now via ACOEM’s APG-I web application and will be included in the Third Edition which will be published mid 2010. The APG-I Subscription, includes an updated, more searchable interface that allows greater functionality of Chapters updated with ACOEM's improved Evidence-based Methodology and first access to ACOEM's 2009 Chapter Updates. Call 847/818-1800 or access the APG-I for more details. 

Upcoming ACOEM Webinars – Register Now!
Visit our Distance Learning page for a complete listing of upcoming webinars this Summer and Fall.

Healthy Workforce Now Initiative Launched

ACOEM has launched an advocacy initiative, "Healthy Workforce Now," to focus national attention on the need for health promotion and prevention in the workplace as a part of health reform.