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1. Three Important Consumer Issues In Physical Therapy And Health Care
(SLI/Articles)

Tags: [healthcare, consumer, physical therapy]  ...

2. Disturbing Trends For Healthcare In Texas
(SLI/Articles)

Tags: [healthcare, Texas, reform]  ...

3. Five Important Questions For Your Health Care Provider
(SLI/Articles)

... (thehealthcareblog.com) When Doctor's Advice Is Ignored at Home (well.blogs.nytimes.com) Clinical practitioners not adhering to evidence-based guidelines for osteoarthritis (eurekalert.org) ...

4. Patient-Centered Health Care Begins With Access To Care
(SLI/Articles)

... lobbyist dollars and the rights and care of their constituents. Photo credit: mtsofan Related articles Physicians, Nurses and the Coming Transformation of our Health System (thehealthcareblog.com) ...

5. Disruptive Innovation In Physical Therapy: Part II
(SLI/Articles)

In Part I, I discussed the issues of quality and value in the health care system (in general) and in physical therapy (specifically). Let me expand on that a bit, and then provide an innovative solution ...

6. Disruptive Innovation In Physical Therapy: Part I
(SLI/Articles)

Health care is in dire need of transformation. The system as we know it has been built on a foundation of principles that have conflicting values. Whether it’s the reimbursement models or the practice ...

7. Three Important Consumer Issues In Physical Therapy And Health Care
(SLI/Articles)

Not so long ago, in an infomercial or two, we were provided some of the finest observations of the state of the union – by none other than Ross Perot. For those who have forgotten, while using his pointer ...

8. Disturbing Trends For Healthcare In Texas
(SLI/Articles)

... recently reported that 500,000 state workers – those with some of the best healthcare benefits in the state – are facing a $143 million deficit in their health care fund. That amounts to a budget increase ...

9. Letter To Texas Legislators - Direct Access To Physical Therapy
(SLI/Articles)

... and am writing to you in support of HB 607/SB 433. This consumer access bill would allow Texans direct access to physical therapy services without a referral by another licensed healthcare provider.  ...

10. Direct Access To Physical Therapy
(SLI/Articles)

...    http://murphy.house.gov/UploadedFiles/HealthCareFYIˍ53.pdf   http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist69/farabee.php   http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/members/dist16/dist16.htm  ...

11. A Conspiracy Of Silence - Part III: Health Care Utilization
(SLI/Articles)

...  http://www.mopt.org/pdf/bill109.pdf http://www.ftc.gov/os/comments/healthcarecomments2/americancongress.pdf  ...

12. Is It Really Wellness?
(SLI/Articles)

... because of a great example of this phenomenon - the word "wellness". If we look at the literal meaning of "wellness", here is what we'd find (italic emphasis is mine):- "an approach to healthcare that ...

13. Direct Talk - About Direct Access
(SLI/Articles)

... and you really don't want to stop training if at all possible. Off the top of your head, who's the first healthcare provider you'd go to see (if insurance and other issues weren't limiters) to resolve ...

14. Payment For Performance
(SLI/Articles)

... It has to do with the payment of services in the medical and healthcare realm. My idea may at first seem unorthodox - and I am certain it will make a lot of people angry - very angry.As clinicians, we're ...

15. Upcoming Physiotherapy Blog!
(Updates/SLI News)

Watch this page - for insights on the healthcare professions, evidence-based medicine, and self-care strategies. We're looking at some huge developments in the world of physical therapy and the rehabilitation ...

16. Physical Therapist
(SLI/SLI Bio)

... of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy in 2006. Through Smart Sport International, Allan maintains a consistent clinical caseload as a PT. He also subcontracts his services to other healthcare and wellness ...

17. About
(Uncategorised Content)

... clinical caseload as a PT. He also subcontracts his services to other healthcare and wellness facilities. McKenzie Practitioner: Allan is one of 330 practitioners internationally that have attained the ...