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Navigating your therapy practice can be difficult. AC Health’s Blog is here to help. We are here to offer you information on the latest in patient engagement, research the business of running a clinic, and more. We not only will give you the facts, but help you understand them in today’s world where headlines are changing every day.
A Clinician’s Guide to the Top Physical Therapy Trends of 2022
Rehab professionals are constantly battling to keep their patients involved and engaged in their prescribed therapy, a common source of frustration and burn-out among clinicians (link to “Stopping PT” piece). Today, we’ll consider several novel strategies to better engage patients by leveraging the technology already at their fingertips – their smartphones. We’ll discuss three primary categories of apps that can help boost patient engagement with their plan of care and your practice: patient education apps, home exercise program apps, and specialty apps for specific rehab populations.
Top 10 Patient Engagement Apps for 2022
Rehab professionals are constantly battling to keep their patients involved and engaged in their prescribed therapy, a common source of frustration and burn-out among clinicians (link to “Stopping PT” piece). Today, we’ll consider several novel strategies to better engage patients by leveraging the technologyalready at their fingertips – their smartphones. We’ll discuss three primary categories of apps that can help boost patient engagement with their plan of care and your practice: patient education apps, home exercise program apps, and specialty apps for specific rehab populations.
The Patient-Provider Relationship
Clinicians intuitively understand the value of developing strong relationships with their patients. The research supports this intuition: patients who have a therapeutic alliance with their provider demonstrate better clinical outcomes, and satisfied patients keep coming back. Learn how AC Health can help you build better relationships to improve outcomes and grow your business.
Healthcare Directories: Why You Need Them and How to Make Them Work for You
Elsewhere on the blog (link to Preparing for First PT Session), we’ve discussed the importance of having a robust online presence as a healthcare provider: the vast majority of patients search for online reviews for a provider to whom they have been referred, and roughly 60% of patients will choose a provider who has positive reviews over one who has none. (1) One key method for optimizing your digital presence as provider is to make use of pre-existing online healthcare directories.
How Offering Free Consultations Can Convert Prospects into Patients
Let’s face it: no one really likes going to the doctor (or dentist or PT or OT). Nevertheless, you’ve probably still found yourself performing an evaluation with a new patient and thinking, “If only you’d come to see me sooner!” So why do patients wait so long to seek out your care, and what can you do about it?
Remote Therapeutic Monitoring: Your Guide for Coding Changes in 2022
CMS intends to debut five new Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RPM) codes in January 2022, allowing physical therapists and possibly other rehabilitation providers to bill for the time they spend monitoring and analyzing patient data collected from in-home medical devices. These new codes have the potential to expand telehealth and hybrid care offerings in the rehabilitation space, increasing the accessibility and convenience of rehab services for patients and maximizing revenue for outpatient practices. Learn how remote therapeutic monitoring can improve patient adherence and outcomes in your practice.
Patient Adherence in Physical Therapy
In this feature, we’ll investigate common PT opinions on this final point of frustration. We’ll examine how current research supports some of these sentiments about why many patients don’t adhere to their therapist’s plan of care. Let’s consider four frequently cited reasons for this lack of adherence.
New PT’s Guide: Measuring & Improving the Delivery of Patient Care
Leveraging technology to improve the patient experience and the care you provide. Some basic forms of health tech such as electronic medical records are so ubiquitous now that you may take them for granted, but they can significantly streamline the way you deliver care – provided you’re using them to their full potential.
4 Ways Technology Must Improve Post-Pandemic Class Communication
Covid-19 accelerated the adoption of technology within the school system at large — that much is clear to everyone. What isn’t clear, however, is how well that technology managed the vital, human communication necessary for effective education in the absence of face-to-face contact. Read on for what the latest reviewed research says your next communication platform must have to jumpstart a true hybrid education solution for schools and students everywhere — without the panic of a pandemic!
Valid Reasons to Terminate a Patient from your PT Practice
Elsewhere on the blog, we’ve discussed the practical and clinical reasons to suggest that a patient should pause or stop physical therapy in 5 Reasons to Stop PT. However, we haven’t yet considered the darker side of this conversation: what happens when a patient’s behavior makes you and your colleagues feel unsafe? In this article, we’ll discuss several situations in which you may need to terminate a patient and the steps to take in this process.
How to Create Custom Home Programs without Exhausting Yourself
Rehab providers must find creative ways to encourage patient adherence to their plan of care, and in particular, to the home programs that will allow patients to contribute to their own recovery. In this article, we’ll consider an important tool in the battle to improve patient adherence: customization of the home exercise program.
An Essential Checklist for Starting Your Cash Pay Practice
There’s a lot of buzz surrounding cash-pay, particularly in rehab spaces, and with good reason: insurance reimbursements are decreasing and therapists in private practice are increasingly forced to see more patients in less time to compensate for these cuts. The stress of increasing patient loads has many providers across all realms of healthcare feeling burnt-out and dissatisfied at work. Many are now considering the cash model of practice as a way to treat their patients in a more holistic fashion without breaking the bank.
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