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S Overman

Publications and source records attributed to S Overman.

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PubMed1992

Beating the odds.

The five core causes of health claims can be reduced if organizations focus on the "at-risk" employees who compose 10 percent of the workforce.

Commerce↗
PubMed1991

Teamwork boosts quality at Wallace.

When the Wallace Co. ran into the oil-industry slump of the mid '80s, the company shifted gears to focus on long-term quality improvement. The increased emphasis on training and customer service won them the Baldrige Award in 1990.

Awards and Prizes↗
PubMed1990

Vying for time. Work and family.

Time--there is never enough of it. There are never enough hours in the day to do everything at work and at home. Today's employees, forced to choose between work obligations and family responsibilities, often feel frazzled and guilty. Some employers recognize these conflicts and are finding ways to lighten the work/family load. They are offering a sophisticated combination of dependent-care options, flexible work hours and family-related benefits tailored to meet the needs of the employees within their specific industries. HRMagazine looks at leaders in six major industries--manufacturing, health, communications/technology, financial management, government and retail. No one can give employees that 25-hour day that everyone feels they need to juggle all their work and family obligations. But these industry leaders have provided a nurturing environment where employees can successfully balance those obligations.

Adult↗
PubMed1990

A delicate balance protects everyone's rights.

Clashes between employee and employer rights spill from the workplace out into the community at large. Drug testing, negligent hiring, sexual harassment and employment at will are issues that affect the individual, the company and the community at large.

Civil Rights↗
PubMed1982

Physical and psychosocial function in rheumatoid arthritis. Clinical use of a self-administered health status instrument.

The treatment of chronic disease is often directed at preservation of function, but most functional measures are crude, and rarely include indicators of psychosocial status. The Sickness Impact Profile (SIP) is a newer "health status" measure designed to comprehensively assess such outcomes. The functional and psychosocial impacts of rheumatoid arthritis and their relation to disease duration were measured by having 79 patients self-administer the SIP. Disease impacts were pervasive, including effects on leisure, social, and sexual activities, as well as physical function. While physical and psychosocial disease impacts were positively correlated, the association diminished with longer duration of disease. The self-administered SIP appears to be practical and useful in clinical settings. Specific results may help to target patient education, increase physician awareness of the distress patients experience, suggest that the need for social rehabilitative services, and help monitor responses to therapy.

Activities of Daily Living↗