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- Website: http://www.webility.md/
Biography
Dr. Jennifer Christian chaired the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) committee that developed the recent landmark guideline entitled "Preventing Needless Work Disability by Helping People Stay Employed."
Dr. Christian is the founder and President of Webility Corporation, as well as the founder and moderator of the Work Fitness & Disability Roundtable, a multidisciplinary email discussion group now with more than 1,000 members. She is a physician and is board-certified in occupational medicine. Dr. Christian has both an MD and a Masters Degree in Public Health from the University of Washington in Seattle.
Dr. Christian's 20 year career in occupational medicine has been spent in multiple settings: in private practice, in heavy industry, in public health, in managed care, in workers' compensation insurance, and in consulting. She founded Webility Corporation in 1999. Webility is a catalyst for positive change in the workers' compensation and disability benefits systems. Webility empowers and equips all stakeholders -- employers, healthcare providers, claims / benefits administrators -- to communicate and collaborate with each other to reduce health-related absenteeism and job loss. Webility provides management consulting services, as well as live and web-based training, to organizations that are intent on improving their stay-at-work and return-to-work processes.
