A 70% error rate is unacceptable for assessing quality.
FOTO Rehab Outcomes Blog
Smart Phone Virtual Reality and Postural Stability Challenge
Organizational rules that disallow a smart phone to be available on person during the clinical day eliminates the opportunity for many clinicians to utilize technology.
Guidelines… Do They Impact Physiotherapy Practice?
As I read the title of the abstract, I thought the findings would be a no-brainer. As I read the abstract, I learned my initial gut thought was wrong.
5 Keys to Optimal Patient Feedback
How can you learn from what you have measured? Evidence suggests for clinicians and instructors to learn from their clinical experience and years of training, they must be provided with optimal patient feedback about what they are doing right or wrong at the patient bedside.
Patient Reported Outcomes Can Measure Value: A Clinician’s Perspective
Physical therapy adds value to the healthcare system. As defined in our first post on effectiveness, value can be defined as improving our patient’s quality of life and function (i.e., effectiveness) while minimizing treatment costs and healthcare visits (i.e., efficiency).1
Is Your Treatment Effective?
How do you know if what you are doing is working? You don’t want to waste your time, or your patients’ time and money.
How Do You Know Physiotherapy is Worthwhile?
What standard can be used to know that physiotherapy services are a good thing?
Can Value Based Care be Bridged into the Worker Compensation World? #OC2018
One of the hottest topics you may hear will revolve around value based care in the worker compensation world. FOTO’s Outcomes Conference held in Denver, Colorado from September 27th – September 29th provides insight on all aspects involving outcomes. This session will delve into necessary changes for value based care to be a part of […]
Treatment Preference of People with Chronic Low Back Pain
We know that patient expectations and beliefs play a role in outcomes. Have you ever conversed about what interventions a patient expects to receive?
Physical Therapy in the Emergency Department
How well are physical therapists doing when they serve patients in the emergency department?