Select from
these options to learn more about the Key Assessment and our
medical facilities, including our professional staff.
KEY ASSESSMENT FOR the
Employer, Business &
Industry
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Key Equipment
Assessment – A
Unique Resource at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital for the
Employer
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Pre-Placement
Screening (Key Equipment)
– A scientific job placement
assessment to help you determine an applicant’s capabilities
of performing the physical tasks for the position for which
he is being considered.
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Plus Key Assessment
offers safety in determining a
timely return to work plan
– Maine Coast Memorial Hospital professionals working with
you can help return injured workers to the job safely and
quickly (see Return to Work Program)
Developed
over two decades ago this nationally recognized assessment
service can help personnel and safety directors make safe,
legally defensible hiring decisions.
In doing so
Maine Coast Memorial Hospital Key Assessment Equipment can cost
effectively help prevent injury, reduce loss tied to injury and
related litigation, while lowering compensation costs.
With the Key
method of job placement assessment, Maine Coast Memorial
Hospital is able to construct a “functional” picture of each of
your applicant’s or employee’s physical capacities. Your company
will benefit by building a more productive work force and
creating a safer work environment.
Because our
rehab staff at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital is certified in the
Key family of assessments, we can provide additional assessments
to help you return injured workers to their jobs safely and
quickly.
Maine Coast
Memorial Hospital’s commitment as an industrial therapy center
allows us to treat conditions from low back pain to carpal
tunnel syndrome. We are dedicated to providing you, the
employer, the comprehensive industrial therapy you need.
Key Job
Placement Assessment is one of the only pre-planning screening
tests that is in full compliance with the Americans with
Disabilities Act, EEOC, and Affirmative Action Guidelines
(employers with 28 or more employees).
KEY ASSESSMENT FOR
Insurers and Claims
Managers
A dependable Guide for Insurances and Claims Managers
Insurance providers and claims managers are challenged to offer
efficient case management while containing compensation costs.
The Key
Assessment system and the Maine Coast Memorial Hospital
professional staff can assist you in making accurate and legally
defensible return to work determinations for each injury claim.
The Key Functional Capacity Assessment is the world-wide
industry standard for objectively identifying each client’s safe
physical capabilities.
The
assessment report tells rehab consultants and insurance managers
what an injured person can safely lift, carry, push, pull, how
long they can sit and stand and how frequently they can do
various functional activities.
The Key
assessment measures your client’s capability – not disability.
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Returns
employee back to work sooner
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Identifies discrepancies and participation levels
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Shown to
help prevent re-injury
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Has a 99%
success rate
KEY ASSESSMENT FOR
the Medical Professional
As a professional, you know how difficult it can be to set safe
and appropriate limits for an injured worker’s return to the
job.
The Key
Method Functional Capacity Assessment provides statistically
significant, precise information that can assist you in
determining:
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Safe
limits for frequent and occasional; lifting from a variety
of positions.
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Safe
capabilities for job specific tasks.
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Tolerances for work day length, sitting and standing times.
These
parameters are developed in an objective and safe, client-driven
manner.
For more
information, please contact the Maine Coast Memorial Hospital
Rehabilitation Department at (207) 664-5472 or 1-800-423-1085
and ask to speak with a member of the Key Team.
KEY ASSESSMENT FOR
the Legal Counsel
Key Assessment for the Attorney and Legal Counsel
As an attorney you know how important it is to have solid
evidence. The Functional Capacity Assessment gives you an
objective and precise measurement of your client’s present
physical capabilities. The Key method is readily acknowledged by
the legal and judicial system as the authoritative standard for
FCA’s and has stood the test in all areas of workers
compensation, reimbursement and litigation.
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Offers
accepted unbiased evidence for most injury claims
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Timely
professional reports
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Acknowledged Standard by Legal System
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Cost
effective
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Key
Assessment has been in use for over two decades and
available at MCMH since 1991
For more
information, please contact the Maine Coast Memorial Hospital
Rehabilitation Department at (207) 664-5472 or 1-800-423-1085
and ask to speak with a member of the Key Team.
KEY ASSESSMENT FOR
Return to Work Programs
The Job Placement
Assessment has demonstrated its ability to identify high risk
applicants.
This employer
was able to reduce days lost to injury from 520 to 26 and save
over $2 million in workers’ compensation costs.
The
Functional Capacity Assessment has demonstrated a 99% success
rate at safely returning injured workers to the job.
The key team
is dedicated to providing superior Customer Service.
We offer:
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Team
availability during all normal work hours.
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Concise,
user-friendly reports.
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Timely
completion of reports.
Maine Coast
Memorial Hospital offers a complete spectrum of workplace
assessment and rehabilitation services.
