Workers' compensation medical software companies have been chatting with us by email, calls, LinkedIn, comments, etc. over the past few weeks. As you may know, I have written a number of articles on the lack of workers' compensation technology including apps for iPhones and Android phones.  

James Moore

I searched for technological advances at the National Workers' Compensation and Disability Conference and Expo events over the past few years. I discovered a few companies that were on the cutting edge, including a genetic pharmaceutical company and two online doctor visit providers. 

In fact, I have called the Android/iPhone searches “going into the rabbit hole.”

Workers' compensation medical software company owners and their marketers have informed me directly or indirectly that I may have overlooked them. I am not and will not endorse any companies. However, I will refer back to the article where I set out the rules I was using to find the workers' comp apps. If not, the credibility of my searches would have been less than zero. 

For 2018 Android searches:

• Be free.
• Not be a veiled advertisement.
• Have at least 10 votes on the ratings. This prevents the app providers from rating themselves highly. This is a new requirement.
• Have at least three stars or higher rating. This is a new requirement.
• Have some useful function (that it actually works).
• Be closely related to workers' comp. 
• Appear in the Google Playstore. A great marketing idea would be to put them in the Playstore as blatant advertising. Some recommended apps no longer appear in the Playstore. 

The rules were not very picky. The third one in the above list kept the providers from rating themselves highly, and not the app users. 

For 2018 iPhone apps, the same rules applied to my searches. The one astonishing discovery noted was the lack of workers' compensation apps for iPhones.   

I appreciated the contacts from various software companies — actually medical treatment platforms. This means that my searches will bear more fruit in the future — at least (hopefully) from workers' compensation medical software companies. 

This blog post is provided by James Moore, AIC, MBA, ChFC, ARM, and is republished with permission from J&L Risk Management Consultants. Visit the full website at www.cutcompcosts.com.