New video training solution designed to improve cognitive abilities
The Functional Brain Trainer is the first adaptive motion-interaction brain training platform.
View ArticleTurning physical therapy into a game
A team has created a series of fun-to-play video games that track repititions, evaluate speed and range of movement. The games entertain people, give them feedback and provide a sense of accomplishment...
View ArticleSteroid shots don’t protect joints in knee osteoarthritis
Steroids may help reduce inflammation, but don’t seem to help protect arthritic knees against structural damage, a new study says.
View ArticleMusic meets physical therapy
Music may soothe the soul, but a New York nursing home shows that combining music with physical therapy is very good for the body and the cognitively declining mind, too.
View ArticleThe role of occupational therapists
Occupational therapy can promote healing, independence and well-being for residents, but all too often treatments are misunderstood or missing. That prevents barriers to providing the best possible...
View ArticleMore therapy leads to slightly better outcomes, study finds
Researchers found an extra hour of therapy for seniors recovering from hip fractures in Skilled Nursing Facilities saw improved outcomes, though seniors with the highest levels of impairment saw no...
View ArticleRehabCare to pay $125M in fraud settlement
National therapy giant RehabCare is back in trouble again, this time agreeing to pay $125 million to settle false billing claims.
View ArticleHealthSouth's data revolution
Few long-term care providers have embraced the data analytics revolution more than HealthSouth, the nation's largest rehabilitation hospital chain. Will its accomplishments serve as an example of what...
View ArticleJoint Commission launches new certification for total hip and knee replacements
Advanced certifications for certain joint replacement procedures could help the market bring quality to the fore from pre-op all the way to the rehabilitation center.
View ArticleBotox approved for lower limb spasticity
The latest FDA approval could open new doors for treatment of Parkinson's disease, stroke and brain injury, while improving gait and the ability to perform activities of daily living.
View Article3-day waiver rule on the way out?
The 3-day hospital stay rule might be waving goodbye, but the American Health Care Association warns the new CMS proposal would put some nursing homes—and their residents—at a disadvantage.
View ArticleCMS adds patient experience ratings for home healthcare
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services adds patient experience ratings to its Home Health Compare five-star quality ranking system.
View ArticleMedalogix launches data analytics for home healthcare
Nashville-based Medalogix has released new software to track when and why a recently discharged person might need further home healthcare—and tracks it all through the electronic health record.
View ArticleFDA clears new tests to diagnose, treat vestibular disorder
Hearing and balance manufacturer GN Otometrics has developed a series of tests to help balance professionals diagnose and treat Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo.
View ArticleCMS, AHIP release core quality measures to align documentation
CMS and major insurers will use the core measures to synchronize the way quality care is defined and measured, reducing the reporting burden on providers.
View ArticleWhat's your best practice for memory care?
Attendees at the Memory Care Forum in Austin, Texas, share their communities' most successful strategies and programs for engaging residents with dementia.
View Article2016 Leaders of Tomorrow: Rachel Pankratz, PT, WCC
In our second installment of the Leaders of Tomorrow award winners, Rachel Pankratz, PT, WCC, director of therapy at Larksfield Place, Wichita, Kans., shows what can be done when physical therapy and...
View ArticleStudy: Injections improve knee osteoarthritis without surgery
Does the next promising treatment for OA reside inside our own blood? The surprising results from a new study say it's definitely worth researching.
View ArticlePost Acute Medical buys HealthSouth's Beaumont Rehab Hospital
The Beaumont, Texas, location increases Post Acute Medical's market foothold in specialty post-acute care in the state.
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