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Same-Day Physical Therapy Consults In An Outpatient Neuromuscular Disease Physician Clinic, Evan M. Pucillo, Nancy Christensen-Mayer, Shelly D. Poole, Denise M. Whitten, Danielle Freeman, Blake R. Bohe, Brandon R. Swensen, A Gordon Smith, Nicholas E. Johnson
Same-Day Physical Therapy Consults In An Outpatient Neuromuscular Disease Physician Clinic, Evan M. Pucillo, Nancy Christensen-Mayer, Shelly D. Poole, Denise M. Whitten, Danielle Freeman, Blake R. Bohe, Brandon R. Swensen, A Gordon Smith, Nicholas E. Johnson
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Background: Team-based care has been shown to offer more comprehensive benefits to patients when compared to standard physician-based care alone in clinics for chronic conditions. However, apart from grant-funded multidisciplinary clinics, there are no reports on the usage of same-day physical therapy (PT) consults within a daily outpatient neuromuscular disease (NMD) physician clinic.
Objective: To determine the impact of same-day PT consults at the University of Utah’s outpatient Clinical Neurosciences Center.
Design: A qualitative assessment and survey of patient satisfaction.
Methods: An eight question Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act-compliant patient satisfaction survey using a 5-point Likert scale was …