For Occupational Health Clinics
Diagnostic Order Support for Occupational Health Clinics
When employees or injured workers need diagnostic imaging or lab orders and your clinic's physician isn't immediately available, DOD provides the virtual review step — at no cost to your clinic.
The Occupational Health Order Bottleneck
Occupational health clinics serving employers, injured workers, and employees undergoing pre-employment or return-to-work evaluations frequently encounter situations where specific diagnostic orders — musculoskeletal imaging, lab panels, EKG — are needed but the clinic's own physician is unavailable, the order needs to be issued by a provider independent of the employer relationship, or the worker's personal PCP is not accessible in time to meet the evaluation timeline.
DOD provides the focused virtual provider review step for these specific diagnostic order needs. The employee or worker contacts DOD independently, pays the $40 consultation fee, and a licensed provider reviews the specific request. When appropriate and accepted, the order can be sent to the chosen facility.
Important limitation: DOD does not perform occupational medicine evaluations, fitness-for-duty assessments, DOT physicals, or workers' compensation documentation. DOD's scope is limited to the specific diagnostic order review step.
Diagnostic Order Types for Occupational Health
Musculoskeletal MRI
Back, shoulder, knee, wrist, and other joint MRI for workplace injury evaluation.
X-Ray
Chest, spine, and extremity X-ray for pre-employment and injury assessment.
EKG
Pre-employment and pre-procedure cardiac baseline documentation.
Lab Panels
CBC, metabolic panels, drug-related labs, and other occupational health test types.
CT Scan
Post-injury CT evaluation for appropriate non-emergency indications.
Pulmonary Function Support
Ancillary lab ordering to support pulmonary evaluation workflows.
All subject to provider clinical review. Orders are not guaranteed.
Frequently Asked Questions
For Diagnostic Business Owners
Ready to Solve the Missing-Order Problem?
You already have the patient. Diagnostic Orders Direct helps solve the missing-order problem — at no cost to your facility.