Work and health are interconnected. Most adults in the United States work, spending a significant portion of their waking hours on the job. Work can be beneficial to health and wellbeing by:
However, there are many things that can contribute to health inequities . They include:
Capturing, exchanging, and using standardized work information in EHRs supports patient care, population care, and public health. The Community Preventative Services Task Force identified employment and job characteristics as one of six social determinants of health domains .
Occupational Data for Health (ODH) is a framework for collecting and using interoperable data in EHRs and other health IT systems. The ODH model describes data elements, how they relate to each other, and how they relate to a person. The following are resources for ODH.
The HL7 ® Work and Health Functional Profile (WHFP) identifies system features to manage ODH data in electronic health records. Also, Do You Know How Occupational Data for Health Can Support Quality Care? is an introduction to ODH for healthcare professionals.
