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FCE Matrix
A comprehensive overview of various FCE products

WorkWell
Systems Inc

ErgoScience

FCE Product Name

DSI Functional
Capacity Assessment
and Job Function
Matching

ErgoScience Physical
Work Performance
Evaluation (PWPE)

EvalTech

JTECH Tracker FCE
System

WorkWell Functional
Capacity Evaluation V.2

Length of Time to
Complete

FCA: One part–3 hours,
Two part–5 hours.
Plus, it is customizable.

Customizable: Ranges
from 15 minutes to
5 hours depending on
purpose of evaluation,
with an average of
3 to 4 hours.

3 to 4 hours

The length of an
FCE while using a
JTECH FCE system
is customizable. The
length of the FCE is
determined by the
needs of the evaluator,
the referral, the job,
and the subject.

Can be performed over
1 day—WorkWell’s
1-day CORE FCE—or it
can be performed over
2 days when needed.
A 1-day FCE takes
approximately 3 hours
to perform. A 2-day
FCE generally takes
4 to 5 hours.

Payment Structure

DSI licenses providers
and provides training
with licensure: Onetime payment only.

One-time payment or
payment plan.

Purchase with a
one-time payment
or choose a monthly
rental plan.

JTECH FCE systems
are available for
purchase. JTECH also
offers rent-to-purchase
plans. There are no
fees for use or fees
for report costs with
JTECH FCE systems.

To purchase/train
in WorkWell’s FCE
requires a one-time
payment.

Features Provided

Evidence based;
comprehensive handson training; DSI FCA
forms and formats
for reports; score
sheets that double as
objective scoring base;
FCA documents saved
to your hard drive;
plus free 1-year expert
therapist support for
questions on the FCA.

Research-validated
protocol, software,
reporting capabilities,
clinical support,
marketing support,
and certification
training approved for
CEUs.

A computerized
testing system with
software and all the
hardware needed for a
4-hour FCE, including:
strength, range
of motion, lifting,
pushing, pulling,
positional tolerance,
real-time heart rate
monitoring, and job
simulation with a
comprehensive report.

The basic FCE system
is a software-only
solution, designed to
record data collected
during the FCE exam
and automatically
generate reports based
on that data. Online
and phone training are
included as part of the
FCE system purchase.

Purchase of the
WorkWell FCE
V.2 includes all
copyrighted materials,
2 days of training with
WorkWell faculty,
access to Web-based
software, and firstyear membership in
WorkWell’s Quality
Provider Network.

Outcomes
Measured Features

Fields are
predetermined but
customizable. Fields
consist of newly
organized work
requirements to
maximize the ability
to discuss work
ability or limitations.
FCA physical
demand components
plus frequency
plus ergonomic
recommendations are
present.

The FCE program is
fully customizable.
The evaluator can
choose what tasks
to test to address
specific referral
questions, or make
the test more job or
injury specific. With
appropriate choices
on tasks tested and
length of testing, the
FCE can determine
overall level of work
and capacities for fulltime work.

Data is input directly
from the measuring
devices. Results are
presented in charts
and graphs with %
calculations and
comparisons to some
AMA guidelines.
Includes dozens of
standard tests, with
the ability to add
and store your own
custom tests.

All outcomes measures
are completely
customizable in the
JTECH FCE system.
Although the system
comes preconfigured
with many standard
outcomes measures,
the user can add any
custom outcome
measure they choose
with ease.

Web-based software
offers FCE summary
report templates,
including a 1-day
CORE FCE, hand FCE,
upper quadrant FCE,
lower quadrant FCE,
low back FCE, and
disability FCE. Jobspecific-only FCE can
be performed; Jobrelated activities can
be added to standard
templates.

Updates/Upgrades

DSI’s evidence-based
evaluation has not
required upgrades.
If additions to the
manual are developed,
these are available to
licensed providers at
low cost.

Free to license holders
with current support.

Free software updates
under warranty and
extended warranty.

Tracker FCE systems
come with software
maintenance that
includes updates
free for 1 year from
purchase date.

Software changes are
available at no cost for
Web-based software
users. Enhancements
made to the WorkWell
FCE itself are offered
at very minimal cost to
current FCE providers.

(218) 625-1051
www.dsiworksolutions.com

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BTE Technologies

JTECH Medical

DSI Work
Solutions Inc

Company

(800) 331-8845
www.btetech.com

(800) 985-8324
www.jtechmedical.com

(866) 997-9675
www.workwell.com

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FCE Matrix
A comprehensive overview of various FCE products

JTECH Medical

WorkWell
Systems Inc

DSI Work
Solutions Inc

ErgoScience

Specialized
Features for
Specific Industries

Standardized evidencebased FCA has the
ability for job-specific
items to be added. For
job specificity, Job
Function testing is
based on specific job
requirements.

Customizable for
employer new-hire
and return-to-work
screens, injuryspecific screens,
and disability
and medicolegal
evaluations.

Offers the ability to
simulate hundreds
of job tasks and
perform post offer of
employment testing.

Fully customizable,
allowing FCE testing in
virtually any industry.

WorkWell’s FCE offers
the flexibility to add
job-related testing to
meet specific industry
needs. The report also
includes a job-match
grid showing the job
match between the
worker’s abilities and
the job requirements.

Provider Network
Availability

DSI providers are
listed on the Web site.
The list is accessed
regularly by disability
insurers, workers’
compensation insurers,
physicians, other
therapists, and case
managers.

ErgoScience offers
a provider network
sending referrals from
referral sources such
as disability insurance
carriers, workers’
compensation
carriers, and
employers.
ErgoScience sends
FCE referrals from
13 of the 15 largest
disability carriers.

You have the option to
join the BTE Network
of providers and
receive referrals for
FCEs and post offer of
employment testing.
BTE has numerous
national contracts with
large corporations and
insurers.

JTECH Medical
maintains a referral
network.

WorkWell Quality
Provider Network
(WQP). The first
year membership
is at no charge with
purchase; thereafter,
it is optional. Benefits
include: FCE referrals
and clinical/technical/
marketing support at
no cost.

Final reports in
customizable MS
Word doc, in graphic
or text-only format.
Typical report
includes overall level
of work, workday
frequency for each
task tested, capacities
for full-time work, and
details on client effort.

Final reports include
test score details,
graphs and charts,
and a summary cover
page. You can use the
automatic report or
customize and store
your own preferred
template.

Analysis of FCE data
collected is completed
electronically.
Normative data,
comparisons, and
references are
automatically displayed
in the software and
reports. Reports are
output to MS Word.

The complete FCE
Summary Report
includes three sections:
history and physical
exam; summary
of the individual’s
performance during
the FCE and job
match grid; and FCE
performance grid
that identifies the
frequency/weights/time
for all activities tested.

DSI has four licensed
training programs:
DSI FCA, DSI Job
Function Descriptions,
Job Function Post
Offer Tests, and Job
Function EARLY
return-to-work tests.
Also, there is a 1-year
follow-up for DSI
providers with expert
therapists who answer
questions/give support.

ErgoScience offers
the Quantitative Job
Demands Analysis
training and software
program (QJDA);
Training in developing
new-hire screens
for employers; The
Marketing Mentorship
program; and AMA
Impairment Rating
courses.

BTE sends a clinician
to your clinic to set
up the unit and train
staff on its use. There
is also a 2 1/2-day
course on FCE clinical
decision-making
that is offered with
free registration
for two staff. BTE’s
clinical staff reviews
completed FCEs for
quality assurance.

JTECH has several
avenues for training
and support, including
24x7 customer
service, recorded
online training, training
manuals, regional sales
consultants, and an
ongoing occupational
medicine seminar
series.

WorkWell offers
training in work
rehabilitation as well as
training in functional
job analysis and
prework screening.
Through WorkWell,
you can provide both
injury prevention and
management services
in your community.

DSI designs functional
testing to replicate
real work demands.
Objectivity and full
effort are foundations,
yet less than full effort
is identified. DSI creates
expertise in therapists.
Referrers accolade
the DSI FCA format
benefitting both the
therapist and referrers.

The ErgoScience FCE
system was developed
and validated through
university-based
research that was
published in peerreviewed journals,
creating an objective
and legally defensible
FCE.

BTE offers the complete
testing system, the
training, and the
referrals to help a
clinic develop its FCE
program. The system
offers the versatility of
a customizable system
and the standardization
to give you reproducible,
reliable results with full
documentation.

JTECH offers a
complete FCE toolbox
with software and/
or fully wireless
instrumentation. It is
portable and flexible
enough to support
most FCE philosophies,
as well as perform a
variety of assessments
in the clinic or work
setting.

Workwell offers
clinical/technical/
marketing support,
available 5 days per
week, 7 am to 6 pm
CST. In addition,
WorkWell brings FCE/
FJA/PWS referrals
from contracts
with more than 30
employers/insurers.

Company

(218) 625-1051
www.dsiworksolutions.com

Structure/
Presentation of
Final Reports

Auxiliary/
Additional Support

What sets your
FCE product apart
from the rest on the
market?

FCA main form:
physical demand grid
with 13 categories,
each with frequency of
activity; and Ergonomic
recommendations
column. Additional
portions: the history,
physical exam, and
cover letter.

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BTE Technologies
(800) 331-8845
www.btetech.com

(800) 985-8324
www.jtechmedical.com

(866) 997-9675
www.workwell.com

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