{"id":3687,"date":"2019-10-21T12:18:51","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T10:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rehatechnology.com\/?p=3687"},"modified":"2019-10-21T16:24:19","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T14:24:19","slug":"adding-advanced-rehabilitation-technology-is-a-difficult-decision-for-administrators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rehatechnology.com\/de\/adding-advanced-rehabilitation-technology-is-a-difficult-decision-for-administrators\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding Advanced Rehabilitation Technology is a difficult decision for administrators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rehatechnology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/191020_Portrait_Simon_Reagan_St.Lukes_4x3cm_180px.jpg\" alt=\"Simon Reagan\" class=\"wp-image-3680\" width=\"134\" height=\"177\"\/><figcaption>Reagan Simpson<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This short paper presents an interesting view of Reagan Simpson, President Saint Luke\u2019s Rehabilitation Institute, Overland Park, Kansas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe decision to add advanced technology to a rehabilitation unit or facility is one that is often difficult to make for administrators.&nbsp;&nbsp;The primary challenge is found in the fact that the associated costs are not counterbalanced by reimbursement specific to this advanced technology.&nbsp;&nbsp;It is clear, however, that technology is playing an increased role in provision of rehabilitation.&nbsp;&nbsp;This is not an all or nothing argument.&nbsp;&nbsp;Rehabilitation will always depend on those high quality physicians and therapists who have long been doing this work.&nbsp;&nbsp;In my opinion, the best programs partner excellent medical care, with functional intervention provided by high quality therapists, and supplement this with advanced technologies to maximize patient outcomes.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It remains the case that we cannot point to a traditional return on investment model when considering addition of technology.&nbsp;&nbsp;That said there are a number of factors that can, and should be taken into account.&nbsp;&nbsp;Positive impact on staffing mix, staff longevity and retention, market separation, and the realized reimbursement per patient day, all can be argued for.&nbsp;&nbsp;Ultimately, however, the most important arguments relate to patient outcomes.&nbsp;&nbsp;I strongly believe that the key role of rehabilitation is to return patients to their homes.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;When treating patients in the therapy environment described above, technology can add efficiencies and overall volume of repetitions beyond what we previously were able to provide.&nbsp;&nbsp;This new model ideally can provide patients with what they have always wanted:&nbsp;&nbsp;to recover, to get better sooner, and to return to their lives.&nbsp;&nbsp;We as rehabilitation providers hold the same goals for our patients, and technology should be looked at as a partner towards reaching these outcomes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This short paper presents an interesting view of Reagan Simpson, President Saint Luke\u2019s Rehabilitation Institute, Overland Park, Kansas \u201cThe decision to add advanced technology to a rehabilitation unit or facility is one that is often difficult to make for administrators.&nbsp;&nbsp;The primary challenge is found in the fact that the associated costs are not counterbalanced by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Adding Advanced Rehabilitation Technology is a difficult decision for administrators &#8211; 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