"Physical therapy is not a subspecialty of the medical profession and physical therapists are not medical doctors; we are a separate profession that provides a unique service that physicians are unable and untrained to provide."

Letter to the AMA from the APTA, Dec 2009

Monday, May 20, 2013

Is Disability an Identity?

Is there a culture of disability?  Do physical therapists' patients learn from each other ways of behavior that might reinforce the disabled mindset?

Before you answer 'Yes' or 'No' watch this video:



My favorite part is Andrew Soloman's inspiring message to parents at 11:46.

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  • Which patient self-report questionnaire should I choose?
  • What is a validated patient self-report?
  • How can I write goals for Medicare patients? 
  • What is Medical Necessity and how do I demonstrate it in a note?
  • What is Skilled Physical Therapy?
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Tim Richardson, PT owns a private practice at Medical Arts Rehabilitation, Inc in Palmetto, Florida. The clinic website is at MedicalArtsRehab.com.

Bulletproof Expert Systems: Clinical Decision Support for Physical Therapists in the Outpatient Setting is a manager's workbook with stories, checklists, charts, graphs, tables, and templates describing how you can use paper-based or computerized tools to improve your clinic's Medicare compliance, process adherence and patient outcomes.

Tim has implemented a computerized Clinical Decision Support (CDS) system in his clinic since 2006 that serves as a Reminder, Alerting, Prompting and Predicting CDS using evidence-based tests and measures.

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