Your prescription for a healthier workforce.
Work injuries are costly and are often preventable. Gateway Regional Medical Center's Occupational Health Services can help prevent work injuries, reducing costs and increasing productivity.
When injuries occur, we help employees recover more quickly, getting them back to work. As a leading provider of Occupational Health Services with more than 20 years experience, we offer a full range of services including:
Clinical Services: including physicals, injury treatment, DOT examinations, and 24 hour injury management
Access to our Full Service Medical Center: including 24-hour Emergency Services, renovated, fall 2003--more than twice the size, shorter wait times.
Laboratory Services: including 24-hour drug screening, breath alcohol testing, and hair testing
On Site Services: such as medical staffing, physical exams, OSHA compliance testing, and 24-hour drug testing
Physicial Medicine and Rehabilitation Services: including physical therapy, pre-placement screening, and ergonomic evaluations
Wellness and Health Promotions: including health risk appraisals, and health fairs
Employee Assistance Program
Sometimes employees face challenges both inside and outside the workplace that can be so overwhelming their work may be affected. The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provides licensed social workers or psychologists, offering confidential counseling for a wide range of issues incuding job conflicts, workplace communication, team building, consultation on policies/procedures, management orientation training, as well as personal issues including: marital or other family issues, emotional issues, financial concerns, substance abuse, addictive behavior.
Work Injury Prevention
Work-site injuries are unfortunately very common and often preventable. Costs for the employer continue to escalate. To reduce your risk, Gateway Regional Medical Center offers comprehensive programs to prevent injuries.
Work Injury Rehabilitation
In the unfortunate case a worksite injury does occur, we're here to offer an experienced, multidisciplinary team of physical therapists, exercise physiologists, case managers, safety specialists, and social workers to to help get employers back on their feet as safely and quickly as possible.
FAA Physicals
Gateway Regional Medical Center conveniently offers physicals performed by Dr. Christopher Knapp, MD, MPH. Dr. Knapp is board certified in: aerospace medicine, occupational medicine & family practice. He has had 14 years of experience as a USAF flight surgeon and has experience in waivers, aviation physiology & high performance flight. To make an appointment please call (618) 798-3475.
International Travel
When traveling abroad, it is important to be well informed of the health risks you may encounter. To help individuals prepare for international travel, Dr. Christopher Knapp offers a variety of services inlcluding: an authorized yellow fever vaccination clinic, customized take home health guides, country-specific health advice, tour group briefings and provides a staff specially trained in global medicine. Specific health needs addressed include:
- Chronic Disease
- Medications
- Oxygen Requirements
- Flying Concerns
- High Risk Problems
For more information please call (618) 798-3475.
Gateway Regional Medical Center's Occupational Health Services features the support of more than 150 experienced and skilled physicians, representing 39 different specialties.
Our Occupational Health Services are tailored to meet an individual company's needs. Our comprehensive services focus on safety, illness prevention, increasing productivity, as well as prevention and treatment of worksite injuries.
For more information, call (618) 798-3475 or
Contact Us.
Dan_Stephens@chs.netGateway Medical Office Building
2044 Madison Avenue, Suite G6
Granite City, IL 62040
618-798-3475