Don't let your home office put you in a sick bed!!!; Ergo Communications announces house call program to evaluate ergonomic "health" of New York-area home offices.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 1995--Ergo Communications, the New York-based computer health consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a , announced the creation of its House Call Program for home offices in the New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. metropolitan area. This new program provides local home offices with an ergonomic evaluation of their computer workstation set-up and design to determine if this may be contributing to unnecessary injuries and illnesses. "There are now over 40 million people working full- or part-time from their homes," noted Charles Pappas, president of Ergo Latin, therefore; hence; because. ergo (air-go) conj. Latin for therefore, often used in legal writings. Its most famous use was in "Cogito, ergo sum:" "I think, therefore I am" principle by French philosopher Rene Descartes (1596-1650). Communications and author of the new publication "Is Your Computer Killing You?" "But until now, no one has addressed their safety needs. With repetitive motion injuries repetitive motion injury Cumulative trauma disorder Occupational medicine A work-related illness–eg, carpal tunnel syndrome caused by overuse of a particular musculoskeletal group to perform a task repeated hundreds to thousands of times/day; it is the running at four times the rate today as in 1982, it is vital that home offices have access to the same computer health maintenance information as workers in an office setting." With the new House Call Program, Ergo Communications arranges to observe the work space in the home office, followed by a profile of the office worker's computer habits. Then, a long-term plan is custom-made to help prevent discomfort and injury. The cost of a House Call is $50-$75, depending on the length of the visit. "Home workers have to be extremely conscious of their budgets," said Pappas, "and that is why we priced the service at a level that everyone can afford." For more information, contact Ergo Communications at 212/535-0344 or 516 East 79th Street, Suite 4F, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10021. CONTACT: Open City Communications Phil Hall Phil Hall may refer to:
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