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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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November 9, 2017
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All that Jazz: Top Takeaways from PPS 2017

As I pulled my scarf high up over my wind-chapped cheeks, dodged a car that nearly hit me as I made my way across the crosswalk, and heard the L train rattle the platform above my head, it wasn’t hard to imagine the likes of Al Capone or John Dillinger leading police on a wild goose chase through downtown Chicago.

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September 1, 2017
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Getting to Know You: How to Build Rapport with New Patients

New patients are the lifeblood of any successful practice. After all, even if you offer wellness services that extend beyond a patient’s course of care—and you should—many of your existing patients will graduate from therapy, never to return. Thus, all successful therapy practices should have a plan in place for not only bringing in new patients, but also establishing patient trust and building solid patient-provider relationships.

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July 28, 2017
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They’re Just Not that Into You: Why Patients Churn (and How to Stop Them)

I don’t know about you, but I have a hard time with endings—even the end of a good book can leave me feeling melancholy for a few days while I process the fact that my newfound friends are continuing to live their fictional lives without me. While you may not experience pangs of loss over a well-developed character, I’d lay a wager that you feel the pain when a patient bails on you before his or her treatment plan is complete.

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