PHYS THER
Vol. 89, No. 11, November 2009, pp. 1117-1119
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.2009.89.11.1117
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Health Policy in Perspective

A Systems View of Physical Therapy Care: Shifting to a New Paradigm for the Profession

Colleen Kigin

C. Kigin, PT, DPT, FAPTA, is Chief of Staff, CIMIT, 165 Cambridge St, Suite 702, Boston, MA 02144 (USA).

Address all correspondence to Dr Kigin at: ckigin@partners.org.


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Physical therapist management of patients who are acutely ill is receiving increased attention. This year, 2 observational and descriptive studies were published that report on the utilization of physical therapy in the acute care setting.1,2 This attention is timely as health care reform is debated and changes are proposed to current care delivery. As Jette et al2 state, the advent of bundled payments, or reimbursement based on the entire episode of care, will test not only the profession of physical therapy, but every profession providing care in the acute care setting and on through all care settings, including the home. All health care professions will have to adequately describe and quantify current practice, establish more robust outcome measures, and perform research to understand optimal or preferred practice as it relates to patient outcome.

Physical therapists have a long history of treating people in acute care settings, and there is evidence . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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