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The current trend of health care cost containment has paved the way for innovative program development, utilizing current staff as well as introducing new professionals to traditional health care settings. Work capacity evaluation, physical capacity evaluation, and work hardening programs are proving to be lucrative ventures for capturing the worker's compensation market. These programs will increase their solvency as industrial injuries continue to rise, and insurance companies continue to seek objective work functioning evaluation units to clarify patient return-to-work potential. With these new program efforts, vocational evaluators and vocational rehabilitation counselors will assume their traditional roles in new rehabilitation settings. As long as hospitals continue to focus on out patient treatment programs, and insurance companies procure objective work evaluation and treatment program services, the market place for vocational rehabilitation professionals will continue to expand.
当前控制医疗保健成本的趋势为创新项目的开发铺平了道路，这些项目既利用现有员工，也将新专业人员引入传统医疗保健环境。工作能力评估、身体能力评估和工作强化项目在争夺工伤赔偿市场方面正被证明是有利可图的业务。随着工伤事故持续增加，而保险公司继续寻求客观的工作功能评估单位以明确患者重返工作岗位的潜力，这些项目将提高其偿付能力。通过这些新的项目努力，职业评估师和职业康复顾问将在新的康复环境中承担起他们的传统角色。只要医院继续专注于门诊治疗项目，而保险公司采购客观的工作评估和治疗项目服务，职业康复专业人员的市场将持续扩大。
