Sunny San Diego. Funny Martin Short. An exhibit hall packed with innovative resources. And of course, three days of 180 world-class educational sessions – including new categories for cyber risk, emerging risks and public risk management.

Obviously, there’s a lot to see and do at this year’s RIMS Annual Conference & Exhibition, and we at Paradigm Outcomes have already picked out some of our favorite sessions to attend and invite you to join us. Be sure to also drop by booth 1243 for our perspective on care and risk management trends. Here are the sessions on our checklist:

Monday
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Concussion in the Workplace and Vestibular Rehabilitation (Room: 29B)

Manage your employee concussion injuries with treatments and exercises that reduce symptoms and speed recovery. Learn how to identify a concussion. Review the latest evidence-based post-concussion care that improves function to expedite return to work. Explore anatomy, physiological changes with trauma and symptom recognition.

Tuesday
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Healthcare Industry Session (Room: 30B) 

Hear some of the country’s most sophisticated healthcare risk management specialists present their insights into current topics of pressing interest to the healthcare industry. Explore: patient privacy and cyber risk, critical infrastructure risk, recent developments in cyber insurance for the healthcare sector, innovative management of medical malpractice claims, healthcare reform’s ongoing effect on operations and other issues.

Tuesday
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Overcoming Psychosocial Barriers to Recovery: Is It a Viable Solution? (Room: 31C)       

A growing interest in integrated, patient-centric solutions to address both the physical and the psychosocial barriers to recovery is emerging in the workers’ compensation industry. But are these viable solutions when implemented on a large scale? Hear about successful efforts to implement and deliver a comprehensive, integrated program to address delayed recovery cases. And explore the psychosocial risk factors that affect work disability and drive costs.

Wednesday
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Intensive Opioid Monitoring and Management: An Early Intervention Model (Room: 28E)   

When it comes to opioid management, you need a strategy that addresses the spectrum of biopsychosocial patient needs. Look at the preliminary outcomes of a randomized, controlled, first-opioid fill (FOF) pilot program that promotes early identification and evidence-based best practices. Envision the changes you would see if physicians prescribing initial opioids to a claimant immediately receive educational materials and you implement an escalating series of reporting requirements and case manager and peer review interventions until optimal closure.

Besides these recommendations, be sure to catch the always-informative keynote presentations. Topics include “The Fine Art of Small Talk,” “The Psychology of Illusion,” “3-D Printing” and “Lie Spotting – Detecting Deception.” And you sure don’t want to miss the closing session featuring comedian and actor Martin Short.

Stop by Paradigm booth 1243. Be sure to contact us to schedule an appointment and learn how we can help solve your most complex and costly claims. We’ll also be reporting breaking news during the event, so follow all of our social channels during the conference for the latest happenings from the show floor. See you there!

Complete list of RIMS Annual Conference & Exhibition sessions: https://www.rims.org/rims16/attendee/Pages/Sessions.aspx.