December 31, 2012

 ODG Navigator Toolbar Enhances User Experience

Encinitas, CA - Work Loss Data Institute (WLDI) is pleased to announce release of the new Navigator Toolbar for the Web version of ODG.

The ODG Navigator will provide a consistent headline across the top of each web page, allowing the end-user to seamlessly navigate through the ODG Return-to-Work and Treatment Guidelines using various standard ODG menus like ICD9, ICD10, CPT Code, and Keyword Index, plus free-text Search. New drop down menus include the ODG Toolbox, with direct access to the UR Advisor, Drug Formulary, NDC Advisor, Comorbidity Calculator and RTW Prescription, and the Procedure Index, which provides links to the Procedure Summaries from each chapter in ODG Treatment covering every body part region (Knee, Low Back, Shoulder, etc.) plus Burns, Chronic Pain, Diabetes, Fitness for Duty, Hernia, Infectious Diseases, Mental and Pulmonary. Finishing off the destination suite are links to the Contents Page, long viewed as “home base” by ODG users, plus the Help tab, which opens the User’s Guide and toll-free ODG Helpdesk.

“We set out to accomplish two things with the Navigator”, said Phil LeFevre, Director of Strategy for Work Loss Data Institute. “First, we had to improve the user experience. As we add evidence-based guideline content and decision support tools to improve medical management and return-to-work, we need to stay cognizant of the burden more navigational clicks can cause. From now on, there will be no hitting the back button in frustration; no more glazed eyes. Second, we wanted to merge the new toolbar into ODG with as little disruption as possible. Some of you may not even notice it’s there. You’ll just finish up your work early, with a smile on your face.”

The ODG Navigator is available immediately with the 2013 release of Official Disability Guidelines (ODG) on the Web. To activate the Navigator, users will simply need to open a new browser window and log in from the start page, www.odg-twc.com (or odgtreatment.com). Web Integration clients (clients and partners that link from their own software into ODG by diagnosis or procedure code) will find a new methodology for passing the codes into the ODG site to enable the Navigator as part of the 2013 ODG Data Integration Instructions. Any questions can be directed to Account Executives or the ODG Helpdesk (ODG@worklossdata.com).

Work Loss Data Institute is an independent database development company focused on workplace health and productivity based in Encinitas, California. The Official Disability Guidelines product line is available in Web-based, Mobile, textbook and Systems Integration formats. ODG is used in all 50 states and worldwide. For company information, visit www.worklossdata.com or contact Work Loss Data Institute at 800-488-5548.