[MCOH-EH] Reporting Structure for Occupational Health

[Jolene Mitchell]

Most non-academic or medical employers will. You really have too ID your
key stakeholders, protect current positions/employment, and then show cost
optimization through improved operations. Still often it’s a hard sell, but
a great idea.

Dr. Jolene Mitchell, DO, MOH
DASH, LLC
Medical Director
Overland Park, KS
Jolene.mitchell at dashanalytics.org


On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM Tim Crump via MCOH-EH <mcoh-eh at mylist.net>
wrote:

> Hi Everyone, I have a question about reporting structure for your
> department and other departments devoted to safety at your institution.
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> At our institution, our department (Occupational Health) reports up to
> Human Resources.  Meanwhile our Department of Infection and Control reports
> to the Chief Medical Officer, our Student Health and Wellness reports to
> Student Affairs, and our Department of Environmental Health and Safety
> reports to Facilities.  All of our common missions have to do with safety
> and we frequently collaborate, but we all have very different reporting
> structures.  While the spirit of collaboration generally is strong, these
> disparate reporting structures could be very problematic if the spirit of
> collaboration was in question.
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> There are some in our department (myself included) who have advocated for
> the creation of the position of Vice President of Institutional Safety that
> would gather all these safety-related departments under that office.  It
> would be a strong reaffirmation of commitment to a culture of safety.
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> Does anyone have a reporting structure where all the departments related
> to safety report through a common structure?  Any thoughts or comments
> anyone has to share?  Thanks so much!  Best, Tim
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> Tim Crump, MSN, FNP
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