The newly revised Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, sixth edition, emphasizes the fundamental skills physicians need to evaluate and communicate patient impairments.

The sixth edition applies both terminology from and an analytical framework based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), to generate five impairment classes which permit the rating of the patient from no impairment to most severe. A diagnosis-based grid has been developed for each organ system. The grid arranges commonly used ICD-9 diagnoses within the five classes of impairment severity, according to the consensus-based dominant criterion.

Functionally based histories, physical findings and broadly accepted objective clinical test results are integrated where applicable to help physicians determine the grade within the impairment class. The result is a decision that is both transparent and reproducible.

Format: Hardcover, 634 pages
Publication Date: 2008 

NEW 6TH EDITION RELEASED JANUARY 2008 (See item 50012). Copies of fifth edition still available. For almost 30 years, GUIDES TO THE EVALUATION OF PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT has been providing practitioners with a uniform way to measure, evaluate, and report impairment.

Pub. Date: 2001
Format: Hardcover, 613 pages. 

Formerly titled A PHYSICIAN'S GUIDE TO RETURN TO WORK, this easy-to-read publication is designed to help physicians and primary care professionals understand risk, capacity, and tolerance, and to guide the reader through work ability and work cases for numerous diagnoses and body systems. Chapters are organized by body system. Includes the latest medical literature reviewed by experts and step-by-step guidance to help negotiate return to work cases.

Highlights of the second edition include:
*Four new chapters: Gastrointestinal, Genitourinary, Obstetric and Hematology-Oncology
*Updated approaches and references from more than 20 new contributors
*Implications of unemployment, medication, work aspects and driving
*Forms that can be used to communicate return to work guidelines
*Tips on negotiating with patients
*Current science on functional capacity evaluations
*Tables containing recommended disability durations by diagnosis
*A new chapter featuring international perspectives on return to work
*Separation of the first edition's cardiopulmonary chapter into two chapters, one dedicated to cardiac and the other to pulmonary

Format: Softcover, 450 pages
Publication Date: 2011 

Provides a practical approach based on latest evidence for functional capacity evaluations (FCEs). Includes patient, medical, and legal implications with observations on psychological and motivational status.
Published: 2009
Format: Softcover, 530 pages with index  

NEW FIFTH EDITION PUBLISHED JUNE 2010!

Practical and easy to use, this "go to" source for guidance on the medical qualification determination of a commercial driver has been revised and updated. Information has been assembled from a variety of sources, including the Federal Register, and distilled by the co-authors for practical use by the clinician conducting the exams.
The fifth edition includes:
*Information on Medical Review Board
*Frequently asked questions from FMSCA
*Includes a model FHWA medical examinationa
*Updated References

Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 9781883595531
Format: Paperback, 340 pages 

WATCH FOR 2012 EDITION TO BE RELEASED END OF JANUARY 2012

Single volume covers those conditions that represent about 75% of total lost work days. Provides lost time guidelines using actual experience data from the federal government databases: OSHA's Bureau of Labor Statistics, the CDC, NCHS and NHIS. Each condition includes raw data which is presented graphically along with return-to-work summary guidelines, return-to-work "best practice" guidelines, ICD-10 code, CM triage, causality liklihood, capabilities and activity modifications, procedure summary, medical costs, hospital length of stay, and average time out of work. Updated annually by Work Loss Data Institute

Format: Paper, 276 pages 

WATCH FOR 2012 EDITION TO BE RELEASED END OF JANUARY 2012

Two volume set consisting of the Complete volume and the more portable Top 200 Conditions volume. These volumes are compiled by Work Loss Data Institute based on actual experience data from the federal government databases: OSHA's Bureau of Labor Statistics, the CDC, NCHS and NHIS. Each condition includes raw data which is presented graphically along with return-to-work summary guidelines, return-to-work "best practice" guidelines, ICD-10 code, CM triage, causality liklihood, capabilities and activity modifications, procedure summary, medical costs, hospital length of stay, and average time out of work. Updated annually 

WATCH FOR 2012 EDITION TO BE RELEASED END OF JANUARY 2012

Three volume book set consists of the Complete ODG, ODG's Top 200 Conditions and Treatment in Workers' Compensation. Compiled by Work Loss Data Institute, these volumes use actual experience data from the federal government databases: OSHA's Bureau of Labor Statistics, the CDC, NCHS and NHIS. Each condition includes raw data which is presented graphically along with return-to-work summary guidelines, return-to-work "best practice" guidelines, ICD-10 code, CM triage, causality liklihood, capabilities and activity modifications, procedure summary, medical costs, hospital length of stay, and average time out of work.
The Treatment volume contains the most current evidence-based recommendations on treatment and therapy for injuries and illnesses, particularly those that are work-related. Through its ODG Drug Formulary, the ODG Treatment volume also provides a listing of the medications used in workers' compensation cases that clearly identifies whether or not a drug is recommended as a first-line treatment based on the evidence. Updated annually
Publication Date: 2011
Format: Paperback, 3 volumes 

Published in the UK this title has served as a comprehensive resource on the effects of ill health on employment. Chapters are organized by clinical systems, and co-authored by both a relevant specialist and an occupational physician. This updated, fourth, edition has an increased focus on the ethical and legal framework surrounding occupational health. New topics in this edition include health screening, returning to work after a critical illness, and health surveillance for vibration-exposed workers.
Pub Date: March 2007
Format: Softcover, 730 pages with index 

This book is designed to complement the AMA GUIDES TO THE EVALUATION OF PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT 5TH edition (See item #50006). Step-by-step guidance is provided in order to judge the degree to which impairments affect performance for specific jobs and whether disability is present. A standard format for each body region covers sources of disability, history, methods of physical examination, radiographic testing and interpretation, disability ratings, and work rating information. Covers how to use tests such as functional capacity evaluations and work hardening to assess and manage disabilities.
Pub. Date: 2002
Format: Hardcover, 864 pages