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August 30, 2019

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Physical Therapy Specialties Every PT Should Know About

Wondering which PT specialty is right for you? Check out this post on the nine board-certified PT clinical specializations.

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February 8, 2019

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FAQ: The Data-Driven Practice: 10 Stats to Track in Your Therapy Organization

Earlier this week, WebPT President and Co-Founder Dr. Heidi Jannenga, PT, DT, ATC, teamed up with WebPT Vice President of Innovation and Product Management, Russell Olsen, to discuss the ten trackable metrics that can help you turbo-boost your practice past the competition.

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February 5, 2019

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Founder Letter: Guts and Data: Why You Need Both to Make Better Business Decisions

Finding a balance between gut instinct and data analysis is the key to optimizing your business decision-making process.

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January 28, 2019

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Why Every PT Needs a Physician Bestie

Cultivating positive relationships with physicians could improve your professional life—and the entire PT industry as a whole.

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May 10, 2018

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Your Patients, Your Practice, and Your Business: The Case for Aligning Payment with Outcomes

Want to incentivize your staff therapists to deliver high-quality care? Here’s how.

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March 2, 2018

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Beignets on the Bayou: Top #APTACSM Social Moments of 2018

Social soundbites from some of the top minds in physical therapy—straight from CSM 2018.

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January 31, 2018

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Straight to the Source: How to Get Employers On Board with Population Health

Thinking about starting your own population health initiatives with area employers? Here’s how to get the ball rolling.

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January 18, 2018

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Whoa, Domino: The Downstream Impact of a Weak HEP Software

Patients not adhering to their home exercise programs? If you’re using a second-rate HEP platform, that could be part of the problem.

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January 17, 2018

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Our Comfort Zone is Killing Us: Top Takeaways from the 2018 Graham Sessions

From diversity issues to payment problems, here’s what’s really going on in PT—and what we must do about it.

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January 9, 2018

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The YouTube Effect: What Online Exercise Videos Mean for the Future of Physical Therapy

YouTube is changing the way we consume media. Could this change affect the physical therapy industry, too?

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December 28, 2017

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MCIDs: What Are They, and Why Do They Matter?

Things aren’t always as they appear, and that’s certainly true when it comes to measuring the success of rehab therapy treatment. As any therapist knows, if you make decisions based on observational data alone, determining whether or not your treatment is making a difference can prove difficult.

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July 26, 2017

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6 Things I Wish Anyone Would Have Told Me About Being a PT

I realized I wanted to be a physical therapist after experiencing—and rehabbing—a knee injury while playing collegiate basketball. But until I actually became a PT, I didn’t understand what it really meant to practice physical therapy. A physical therapist not only treats a patient’s injury; he or she treats the whole person.

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