Standardizing the Accommodations Process for Health Care Workers During COVID-19

Frances Humphrey-Carothers; Nimisha Kalia; Clarence K. Lam; Sebastian A. Minor; Edward J. Bernacki; Xuguang Grant Tao

doi:10.1097/01.NAJ.0000742528.72346.86

Standardizing the Accommodations Process for Health Care Workers During COVID-19

Frances Humphrey-Carothers, Nimisha Kalia, Clarence K. Lam, Sebastian A. Minor, Edward J. Bernacki, Xuguang Grant Tao

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The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a significant increase in accommodation requests from employees seeking temporary alterations to or relief from their job demands. To maintain consistency and ensure a standard approach, Johns Hopkins Medicine established a COVID-19 Accommodation Review committee that includes experts from the occupational health, legal, and human resources departments, as well as an Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator. In this article, the authors describe the workflow and various components of their institution's accommodations review process, which has resulted in a more consistent and equitable approach to granting requests.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	50-55
Number of pages	6
Journal	American Journal of Nursing
Volume	121
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NAJ.0000742528.72346.86
State	Published - Apr 1 2021

Keywords

COVID-19
accommodation requests
health care workers
occupational health

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General Nursing

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