Common themes are emerging in discussions with hospital rehab directors about everyday operational challenges in acute and outpatient clinics. Net Health’s Karen Sartin, MS, CCC-SLP, Product Analyst, and Doug Cundiff, MPT, MPH, Vice President of 360 Professional Services, recently hosted a webinar to share insights on managing several areas of concern for hospital therapy departments,…
There is no denying that the bond between a human and an animal is often special. And while a good majority of families in the U.S. own a pet, integrating pets in medical care facilities for patient support and recovery is something that has only emerged in recent years. Pet therapy, also known as animal-assisted…
When promoting your PT, traditional marketing avenues such as advertising, website, and sponsorships are available anywhere you look. But if you want to differentiate your practice and take it a step further, there is one important aspect that will really stand out from the rest – your personality. Your personality – and that of your…
Before the COVID-19 pandemic and before the rehab therapy industry’s recent move towards value-based care reimbursement, telehealth wasn’t a widely discussed topic in most circles. However, in response to COVID, the debate on the efficiency and effectiveness of telehealth was thrust into the foreground. Specifically, people wanted to know how the technology-driven medium stacked up…
As COVID-19 expectations for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) around personnel, policies and procedures are continually evolving – to survive, many SNFs are making the rapid shift to remote care. This shift comes with challenges to operational viability. Here are five tips to help SNFs reduce the stress of remote work at scale. 1) Evaluate Existing…
FOTO selected to standardize QCDR quality reporting, ensure MIPS compliance and improve reimbursement Pittsburgh, PA, October 14, 2020 – Focus on Therapeutic Outcomes, Inc. (FOTO), a Net Health company, announced today that Ivy Rehab Network will use FOTO’s Outcomes Management Platform to standardize its quality reporting. Ivy Rehab is a rapidly growing network of more…
Asking a patient if they had a healthy meal isn’t just a matter of being polite. When it comes to wound care, it can mean the difference between a wound that heals, and one that may not. Assessing a patient’s nutritional status is an important step in wound care. It’s estimated that up to one…
Net Health’s J.D. Tyler, MD, Chief Medical Officer for Net Health, recently authored an article in the September issue of Care Analytics News. One of the more challenging demographics for wound care providers to treat is diabetic patients. Many of the patients are elderly, have multiple comorbidities, and face a number of obstacles when it…
Every day this week, we’ve shared with you a number of blogs in our special series titled “5 Steps to Attract and Retain PT Champions.” We’ve taken a good look at the five steps that can allow you to add physical therapy value in the community. And now we’ve made it to the final step of…
2020 has been a year of uncertainty that has motivated many within the rehab therapy community to seek innovative and adaptive ways to continue delivering the highest level of care possible. Highlighted by the need for social distancing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us have turned to telehealth to see if it…