Welcome to CEES Updates Physiotherapy
This updating service is for you and produced in collaboration with you. Its aim is to be relevant for your clinical practice here at the hospital and for your career development aims. Over the coming months, the service will grow and develop into a resource for you. If you have any questions or would like to get involved in the design of your service, then do let us know.
The CEES Updates Team
Tuesday 28 May 2013
Evaluation of the theory-based Quality Improvement in Physical Therapy (QUIP) programme
"The QUIP programme has the potential to change physical therapy practice but needs considerable revision to induce the ongoing quality improvement process that is required to optimize overall guideline adherence."
Evaluation of the theory-based Quality Improvement in Physical Therapy (QUIP) programme: a one-group, pre-test post-test pilot study
GM Rutten, J Harting, LK Bartholomew, A Schlief, RAB Oostendorp, NK de Vries
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:194
Read more here.
Wednesday 8 May 2013
Improving care for patients with musculoskeletal conditions
"Patients with muscular and joint pain have seen care improve and waiting times cut as part of a pilot saving the NHS tens of thousands of pounds."
Improvements introduced include:
Improvements introduced include:
- Call referral management centre to coordinate physiotherapy referrals
- Physiotherapy available at GP practices
- Physiotherapy telephone assessment service
- Orthopaedics, sport and exercise medicine specialists as part of the clinical assessment team.
Labels:
improvement,
musculoskeletal,
physiotherapy,
QIPP,
savings,
waiting times
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