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CRYSTAL LAKE – They don’t work on making the sockets. They help put those sockets to work.

CRYSTAL LAKE – As physicians around the country begin the slow migration from paper to electronic records, Centegra Health System is hoping that a new initiative will bring the future within reach today.

McHENRY – The McHenry County College Shah Center offers instructor led, hands-on computer training at the Shah Center, 4100 W. Shamrock Lane, McHenry. To register, call 815-455-8588. For more information and course outlines 815-455-8593. Other locations are indicated.

CHICAGO – Midwest Business Group on Health, a coalition of more than 100 private and public employers, conducted a national survey of physician views on employers’ health-management programs. The online survey was sent to more than 1,000 physicians nationwide by cooperating medical associations, health plans and medical centers. More than 200 physicians participated in the survey.

If you get injured on the job, state law dictates that you be compensated accordingly and reassigned to light-duty work for as long as required.

According to the state, 91 percent of Illinois employees are covered by the Illinois Workers’ Compensation and Occupational Diseases Act. And most of the time, the act does what it is designed to do: Provide a no-fault system of benefits to workers hurt on the job.