+ The Key to an Effective Physical Therapy Clinic/Rehab Hospital By: Jenny Morcelo

+ What a PT stands for Providing patients with optimal healthcare Guide Patients every step of the way to recovery Helping patients cope with and adjust to new physical impairments

+ Ultimate Goal of a PT Clinic & Rehab Hospital One of our main priorities is to provide SAFE, EFFECTIVE, & FAST care in the best manner possible. By utilizing the most efficient & reliable software and equipment that promotes just that.

+ Where do we Start??? Exercise Equipment: Treadmills Hand Bikes Stair Climbers

+ We need the essential software/equipment to start us off and to keep us going long term.

+ Appropriate & Most Convenient Treatment Tables Armedica Electric High Low Treatment tables AM-250 with Casters Cost: $1, each Comes in a Variety of Colors Easy to Obtain on:

+ Purpose: To serve as a place for seating or laying for patients Value/Use: To accommodate patients in accordance to the treatment they are about to receive. Description: -Strong, Stylish, & affordable -Full-height adjustment and Section mobility so the patient can be placed in the proper position for maximum results with minimum effort -For Patient: Comfort, easy access getting on and off table -Foot switch control -Power assisted option for caster systerm -400 lb lifting weight capacity - Face/Nose opening

+ Compared to… Very Inexpensive BUT -You get what you pay for -No Casters -Looks very Uncomfortable -Not Adjustable -Safety Hazard

+ Goniometer Baseline HiRes Plastic 360° ISOM (STR)- 6” Cost: $8.62 Easy to Obtain on:

+ Purpose: To measure the range of motion (in degrees based on angles) of various joints around the body. Value/Use: Assist in determining the progress a patient has made in a certain range of motion throughout their care period. Description: -White Background behind the gradations numbers and text, which assures high contract for accurate readability and resolutions -Scale reads 1° increments Pros: Very Inexpensive Can purchase multiple of them so that all PTs of the clinic could have access to one at all times

+ Chilling/Heating Units Hot Pack Machine- Model M-4 Heating Unit Cost: $2, Cold Pac Chilling Unit Model C-5 Cost: $1, Both Can be easily obtained on:

+ Purpose: Provide Heat and Cold to medical equipment that requires it. Use/Value: -Keep Hot packs used for heating therapy hot at all times -Keep cold ice packs at frozen temperature at all times, so that they are ready to use as needed.

+ Description Heating Unit: -Largest mobile heating unit -Includes and hold 24 standard hot packs -Requires only a 20” x 32” floor space -Durable easy to maintain -Supplied ready for immediate use -Requires no special plumbing -Maximum energy efficiency Description Chilling Unit: -Large Capacity -Faster Chilling time -No Plumbing/ Just Plug in

+ Computers Lenovo Thinkpad X220 Tablet Cost: $ Can be easily Obtained on: Or www. Levono.com

+ Purpose: Equipment meant to facilitates sending/receiving information by accessing the internet, as well as other applications. As well as making it easier for people to carry this information with them anywhere, at any time. Use/Value: -In a PT office these Computers can facilitate obtaining information for our patients, as well as obtaining information about them rapidly. -Very valuable use for recording/arranging appointment -Recently becoming very much of use for medical records.

+ Description: -LED convertible tablet and PC -12.5” 4 GB Ram, 320 GB HDD -Genuine Windows 7 Professional -Considered a business quality Device -Touch Screen, Pen can be used -Easy to obtain Signatures

+ Electronic Health Records Software MedicsDocAssistant HER Cost: $3,240 per year Can be easily Obtained on:

+ Purpose: Provide healthcare providers with a software in which they can track, store, and share their patient’s medical records Value/Use: -Having this software would be convenient because a lot of healthcare facilities are switching to HER -Good way to communicate with other Health Practitioners -Keeping track Insurance Payments -A lot more organized

+ Description: -Flexible User-friendly design -Computer-based provider order Entry - MedicsRx- e-Prescribing -Medics Portal- Connects practice to patient and vice versa -Patients can schedule appointments, questionnaires, and communicate

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