Letter to NIOSH -- Study Process -- Background -- Occupational morbidity and mortality -- EHR use and incentives for meaningful use -- Benefits of Incorporating Occupational Information in the EHR -- Improve quality, safety, and efficiency of care and reduce health disparities -- Engage patients and families in their health care -- Improve care coordination -- Improve population and public health -- Ensure adequate privacy and security protections for personal health information -- Feasibility -- Current environment and technical considerations for each -- Occupational data element -- Cross-cutting challenges and opportunities -- Initial requirements and information modeling -- Conclusions -- Recommendations -- Initial focus on occupation, industry, and work-relatedness data elements -- Enhance the value and use of occupational information in the HER.