[MCOH-EH] [EXTERNAL] Re remote workers and vaccination

[Swift, Melanie D., M.D., M.P.H.]

The expansion of teleworking in healthcare has exposed some gaps in the ability for most HR systems (and therefore the OH systems they populate) to accurately tag exclusive teleworkers. I think facilities could explore a carve out for remote workers, only if they have a reliable and timely mechanism to identify a change in work location. Remote working isn't necessarily a static condition; people trasnfer to new jobs within the institution, but also their teleworking status in their current role may be in flux as restrictions lessen.

Melanie

Melanie Swift, MD, MPH
(she/her)
Practice Chair, Division of Preventive, Occupational, and Aerospace Medicine
Medical Director, Mayo Clinic Physician Health Center
Associate Medical Director, Occupational Health Service
Co-Chair, COVID Vaccine Allocation and Delivery
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Mayo Clinic
200 First Street SW
Rochester, MN 55905

-----Original Message-----
From: MCOH-EH <mcoh-eh-bounces at mylist.net> On Behalf Of Philip Adamo
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 3:45 AM
To: mcoh-eh at mylist.net
Subject: [EXTERNAL] [MCOH-EH] Re remote workers and vaccination

Hello colleagues
We are having debates on whether to require the same pre-placement immunizations and TB testing to remote workers throughout the US. Covid has created a whole new opportunity for healthcare. 

There are challenges with this and would appreciate your institutions policy on this.

Thanks
Philip Adamo MD, MPH
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health
Lebanon, NH




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