Certificates
The workers' compensation certificate is used in the
determination and management of the claim by insurers. The
certificate also acts as a communication tool between insurers,
employers, rehabilitation and return to work coordinators, allied
health providers, medical practitioners and nurse practitioners due
to the information supplied in it.
The Workers' Compensation certificate is available for use by
doctors, dentists and nurse practitioners in a variety of
formats.
Electronic writeable PDF
Hardcopies
There are three options available to order the workers'
compensation certificate in hardcopy. You can:
Guidelines for completion
Guidelines on completing the certificate are also available for
doctors and dentists and for nurse
practitioners.
The workers' compensation certificate protocol for
nurse practitioners states the conditions under which an
endorsed nurse practitioner may issue a workers' compensation
certificate.
Medical practice software
Q-COMP has a working relationship with several medical and
practice software companies. The following medical practice
software companies have the certificate available as part of their
software (contact your software provider with inquiries).
Import templates into Medical
Director
You can also import the workers' compensation medical
certificate template into Medical Director.
Important: Templates are in the form of a .rtf (Rich Text File)
file. They must not be opened except in Medical Director. To import
them into Medical Director:
- Right-mouse click on the file and select Save Target As. Go to
the folder or location on the hard drive of the computer where you
want to save it, and select Save
- Start the Letter Writer module (either from the main menu or
from within a patient record by selecting Tools > Letter Writer
from the menu bar)
- Click File > Modify Template from the Menu Bar
- Select Blank Template
- Click Open
- Select File > Import from the Menu Bar
- Find and select the template file to be imported, and either
double-click on it or press 'open'- this will import the template
into Medical Director
- Modify the layout suit the page - change to landscape and
adjust all margins to 10mm
- Save the template by selecting File > Save as Template from
the Menu Bar
- Type in a new name for the template and click on All Users or
Current User depending on who is to have access to the
template
- Click Save
- This will save the template under the User Defined tab
Download the Workers'
compensation medical certificate for Medical Director