While electrical stimulation is often portrayed as invasive, uncomfortable, or painful in popular media, rehab therapists and many of their patients understand a different reality. Despite negative connotations, electrical stimulation (e-stim) is a safe, effective, and commonly used modality in rehab therapy, providing relief and promoting recovery in a wide range of patients. Electrical stimulation…
Before you can provide proper wound care, it’s critical that you know the type of wound you’re treating, and avulsion wounds are no different. Misclassifying the wound can cause preventable medical errors, an issue that could already cost the United States nearly $20 billion annually. In fact, medical errors have become such an area of…
Search for local physical therapists (PTs), and you’ll likely notice your competitors have one thing in common: each of their names is followed by a veritable alphabet soup of credentials that range from PT, DPT to PT, DPT, GCS, for example. Understanding these abbreviations and PT specializations, however, can help you understand what services other…
By Kevin Wang, Data Scientist, Net Health Releasing new technology to clients is the most exciting part of my job. It is the cumulation of countless hours of collaboration with coworkers and clinicians, and the result of many iterations of ideas, all to solve a specific issue. In this blog post, I want to share…
Superficial wounds, from minor scrapes and cuts to light burns, are common in everyday life. These injuries involve only the uppermost layers of skin. While they may seem insignificant compared to severe injuries, they still require proper care and monitoring to ensure optimal healing. In this article, we’ll cover the characteristics of superficial wounds, their…
Every industry is trying to tap into artificial intelligence’s (AI) powers and collect and activate data for better performance and outcomes. In healthcare, the promise of AI is particularly essential for tracking time, predicting changes in health status, monitoring progress, and providing comprehensive but cost-effective care—all things that will support you and help you be…
In today’s world of big data, most rehab therapy leaders want better access to the numbers that matter and which best align with their professional goals and objectives. Whether they provide rehabilitation services within an outpatient setting or manage operations within a hospital or post-acute rehab department, plenty of leaders today understand the valuable role…
When you’re presented with a patient with a deep gash or laceration, your first instinct is to clean and pack the wound—with wound packing used to manage those wounds with depth or irregular shapes. Standard procedure involves filling the wound cavity with a specialized material to absorb excess fluid and control bleeding. Of course, the…
In the first season of the popular series “Ted Lasso,” the football-turned-soccer coach famously told one of his star players to “be a goldfish.” In the scene, Lasso pointed out that goldfish have memories that last only 10 seconds, and that his players would do well to move on from their mistakes just as quickly…
Keavy Murphy, Vice President, Information Security How to Use the Free US Government Agency Offerings to Secure Patients and Provide Reliable Care Security is at the top of healthcare companies’ minds right now, though technology and tools to secure environments are costly. How do you reduce your cybersecurity risk as a healthcare provider, without negatively…