The physical therapy profession, encompassing both Physical Therapists (PTs) and Physical Therapist Assistants (PTAs), is navigating through a period of unprecedented challenge. Recent data highlights concerning trends - not only did the sector see the departure of 15,000 PTs, or 11% of the existing workforce, between 2021 and 2022, but there has also been a consistent 5% annual decrease in applicants to PT programs over the last three to four years. These developments signal an urgent need for
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Adventist Health Taps Luna to Improve In-Home Physical Therapy Access Across LA
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Luna, the leading provider of in-home, in-person physical therapy, and Adventist Health Simi Valley, a nonprofit, integrated health system serving more than 80 communities on the West Coast, have today announced a partnership to improve access to in-home, in-person outpatient physical therapy across the greater Los Angeles area.Luna will provide Adventist Health with a seamless, coordinated solution for patients that improve access to outpatient physical therapy,
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MedStar Health Taps Luna to Improve In-Person Outpatient Physical Therapy
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Luna, the leading provider of in-home, in-person physical therapy, and MedStar Health, the largest healthcare system in Maryland and the Washington, D.C., region, have today announced a partnership to improve access to in-person outpatient physical therapy across Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Northern Virginia, in collaboration with MedStar Health rehabilitation centers.With this relationship, Luna is now the preferred outpatient in-home, in-person
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Improving Physical Therapist and Patient Experiences with Technology Innovation
Today’s physical therapists are exhausted and drowning in debt from school loans. Looking at the physical therapy (PT) profession as a whole, there is an average turnover rate of 13.6%, a significant portion of the current healthcare industry’s staggering rate of 100.5% turnover, over the last 5 years, according to Daily Pay’s Healthcare Turnover Rates [2022 Edition]. What’s even more concerning is that 1 in 3 rehab professionals describe themselves as burnt-out.
What’s contributing to such
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CareSource Invests $1M in Virtual Rehab Augment Therapy
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CareSource, a nonprofit managed care organization, today announced a $1M investment in Augment Therapy, a digital health company enhancing rehabilitative healthcare and exercise through immersive and gamified technology.The investment builds on CareSource and Augment Therapy’s pilot program at four locations in Ohio to research and showcase how access to Augment Therapy encourages children, and adults of all ages to exercise more and to get the most out of physical
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Sword Health Launches AI Solution to Predict and Prevent Unnecessary Surgeries
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Sword Health, the world’s fastest-growing platform for treating pain, today announced Predict, the first AI engine using advanced machine learning to identify members who are up to 40x more likely to have surgery, more than 8 months before a decision has been made to operate, to help them avoid unnecessary and costly hip, knee, and back surgeries. With Predict, Sword can utilize a wide range of healthcare and demographic data to identify, engage and treat members
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IncludeHealth Secures $11M for Virtual Musculoskeletal Platform
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- IncludeHealth, a provider of musculoskeletal technology solutions raises $11 million in a recent financing round led by CincyTech, with participation from Tamarind Hill and other investors.
- The company plans to use the funding to further expand MSK-OS™, the Company’s remote care platform powered by computer vision.
AI-Powered Virtual Physical Therapy
IncludeHealth partners with musculoskeletal providers to extend their reach beyond the clinic and unlock
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Luna to Deliver In-Home Physical Therapy for AARP Members
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- Luna, a provider of in-home physical therapy, announced that it has been chosen as the exclusive provider of in-home physical therapy for AARP members.
- Based on specialty, geography, schedule, and other factors, Luna will match AARP members with local therapists at the time and location of their choosing. For consistency of care, the same therapist will treat AARP members for the entirety of the treatment plan. Additionally, AARP members and therapists
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6 Healthcare Trends Impacting Medical Practices in 2023
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- AdvancedMD, a provider of cloud healthcare software for independent medical, mental health, and physical therapy practices, announced today the top six healthcare trends that will have the biggest impact on physicians and medical offices in 2023.
- These trends are based on aggregated, anonymous user data from the more than 40,000 practitioners spanning 13,000 medical practices that subscribe to AdvancedMD practice management, EHR and patient engagement
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Enhancing Physical Therapy With Artificial Intelligence
In 2014, Stephen Hawking cautioned that “the development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race….It would take off on its own and re-design itself at an ever-increasing rate..”
Artificial intelligence (AI) has advanced rapidly in recent years, with its impressive power and capacity to change so many areas of human life. It continues to become more embedded in the lives of average consumers. While AI might not yet be the end of humanity as we know it, we’re
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