APTA Leader Works to Get Broad PT Participation in Vital New Registry
- While most physician registries capture only a single episode of care, ours must recognize that physical therapy, by its very nature, is sequential and requires multiple visits.
- Our registry also must captures data on intake and data on discharge, even though, a percentage of our patients don’t complete the episode of treatment or selectively discharge.
- Therapists develop an intimate relationship with patients over weeks or perhaps months. What data do we use to record patient engagement? How do we measure patient compliance? How do we partner with patients for their outcomes?
- And, physical therapists practice across multiple clinical settings, from pediatrics to geriatrics. How do we capture the data we need when patients are trying to recover from stroke, knee replacement, chronic disease and many other maladies?