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Component DEI Committees Reap Benefits

Jun 1, 2022/Feature

APTA's chapters, sections, and academies are responding to the association's encouragement to create DEI committees. Here are three examples.

Outpatient PT Attitudes and Behaviors: Cardiovascular Disease Screening

Jul 22, 2019/Podcast

Despite the high prevalence of patients either diagnosed with or at risk for CVD, few physical therapists consistently included BP and HR on the initial examination. The results of this survey suggest that efforts to improve understanding of the importance of screening and modifications of clinic policy

APTA Chapters Fuel State-Level Wins

Jul 24, 2023/Roundup

Growing participation in the PT Compact, expanded direct access, ability to order imaging, limits on prior authorization, and more.

Providers Get Another Chance at MIPS Reporting Relief

Feb 26, 2021/News

CMS has reopened a window for an exceptions process that allows clinicians to reweight MIPS categories for the 2020 performance year.

The Realm-Individual Process-Situation Model of Ethical Decision-Making

Feb 1, 2006/Resource

The Realm-Individual Process-Situation model of ethical decision-making — often called the RIPS model — was developed to address the various influences on the clinician's decisions.

Fall and Balance

Feb 1, 2020/Column

When patient confidentiality and broader need are in conflict.

Clinical and Research Readiness for Spinal Muscular Atrophy: The Time Is Now for Knowledge Translation

Jan 24, 2023/Podcast

Spinal muscular atrophy resources need knowledge translation.

Choosing Wisely: The Right Care at the Right Time

APTA is among the medical specialty societies to join the Choosing Wisely® Campaign in creating transparencies between health care providers and patients.

Financial Literacy and the New DPT Grad

Feb 1, 2017/Feature

Few recent graduates were exposed to classes in financial literacy while they were in school. Most educators think they should have been.

Documentation: Documentation of a Visit

Documentation of a visit, often called a daily note or treatment note, documents sequential implementation of the physical therapist plan of care.