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Safety Jackpot is a commercially available gamecard based incentive program created in 1991 aimed at reducing workplace accidents. [1] [2] The program works by rewarding gamecards to employees for weekly safe behavior. The scratch off gamecards reveal points which employees collect and redeem for merchandise items in the program catalog. The ...
Pennsylvania Governor’s Award for Safety Excellence: Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry: Comprehensive safety practices in the workplace; successful employer-employee joint safety programs, which result in the achievement of safety excellence [22] Psychologically Healthy Workplace Awards: American Psychological Association
An incentive program is a formal scheme used to promote or encourage specific actions or behavior by a specific group of people during a defined period of time. Incentive programs are particularly used in business management to motivate employees and in sales to attract and retain customers.
Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) is an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) initiative that encourages private industry and federal agencies to prevent workplace injuries and illnesses through hazard prevention and control, worksite analysis, training; and cooperation between management and workers.
Workplace wellness programs have been around since the 1970s [34] and have gained new popularity as the push for cost savings in the health delivery system becomes more evident as a result of high health care expenditures in the U.S. Employer wellness programs have shown to have a return on investment of about $3 for every $1 invested over a ...
The National Patient Safety Goals is a quality and patient safety improvement program established by the Joint Commission in 2003. The NPSGs were established to help accredited organizations address specific areas of concern in regards to patient safety.
Officials at the state Department of Juvenile Justice did not respond to questions about YSI. A department spokeswoman, Meghan Speakes Collins, pointed to overall improvements the state has made in its contract monitoring process, such as conducting more interviews with randomly selected youth to get a better understanding of conditions and analyzing problematic trends such as high staff turnover.
Pay for performance systems link compensation to measures of work quality or goals. Current methods of healthcare payment may actually reward less-safe care, since some insurance companies will not pay for new practices to reduce errors, while physicians and hospitals can bill for additional services that are needed when patients are injured by mistakes. [1]