CDC Seeks Comments on Work-Related Data in EHRs

 The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking comments to help it determine whether and how patients' work-related information should be captured in electronic health records. See: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-06-28/pdf/2012-15896.pdf .

The IOM published a report on the subject in 2011. See: http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2011/Incorporating-Occupational-Information-i....