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Combatting Physical Therapy Burnout: Can Digital Health Help?

HIT Consultant

Patrick Tarnowski, Chief Commercial Officer, OneStep The physical therapy profession, encompassing both Physical Therapists (PTs) and Physical Therapist Assistants (PTAs), is navigating through a period of unprecedented challenge.

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Enhancing Physical Therapy With Artificial Intelligence

HIT Consultant

In a profession like physical therapy, which at its core is grounded in empathy and patient rapport, the impact of such a future becomes amplified. And its current advancements simply cannot be ignored, even in physical therapy. Can AI actually benefit physical therapy and its clinicians?

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Care coordination: What's needed to succeed with accountable care and home health?

Healthcare It News

In a facility, care is provided in a "one-stop shop" – from medications to physical therapy to nursing care. Absent the traditional around-the-clock care provided in an institutional setting like an SNF or hospice, these homebound patients require close monitoring to ensure successful recovery. This is hard to do.

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Study: In-Home Outpatient PT Reduces Costs By 52% Compared To Traditional Home Health Services

Home Health Care

A new study from the on-demand physical therapy company Luna found that in-home outpatient PT models can reduce costs by 52% compared to traditional home health services for total knee and hip replacements. They have lots of different services: physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech, nursing, etc.

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Telehealth, physical therapy and the pandemic: Lessons for all

Healthcare It News

For example, the precise movements and exercises involved in physical therapy rehab are hard for a patient to accomplish remotely. But there are new technologies and strategies that link patients, safely, to at-home physical therapy care that balances telemedicine with in-person visits.

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HLTH22 Day 3 News Summary

HIT Consultant

Edifecs and Empowered-Home announced a partnership to provide automated prior authorizations to medical associations, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), Independent Physician Associations (IPAs), medical groups, and home healthcare agencies. Cipher Skin Launches Pilot Program for Tech-Enabled Physical Therapy Rehab.

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7 Reasons For Inner Knee Pain Without Swelling

Healthcare Associates

Injuries to the knee ligament account for about 40% of all knee injuries, and MCL injuries are the most common type. 7 This condition accounts for between 25% and 40% of all knee problems treated by doctors who specialize in sports medicine. Severe knee injuries may require months of physical therapy and rehabilitation.