March | 2024 | Acute Conversations

Show Notes

Today’s Guests:

Jason Falvey PT, DPT, PhD

jfalvey@som.umaryland.edu

https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/falvey-jason/

Twitter: @JayRayFalvey

Please look for Jason’s full speech in a future 2024 Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy issue.

Guest Quotes:

2:44 “physical function is a really, really important predictor of how successfully people are going to transition to the next level of care. And when I say successful discharge, I don’t just mean readmissions…if you ask patients what they care about, that’s not necessarily what they’re going to say is they’re not going to say, I don’t want to visit the hospital in the next 30 days. And then after that, I don’t care. They really care about being at home, being able to age in place successfully, being able to functionally improve. So PTs have a lot to do with, you know, helping patients reach their goals and things that are maybe not exactly the same as the things your hospital system says are important.”

6:54 “Acute care PTs never know what happens to that person when they leave. They can’t close the loop on equipment or modifications or caregiver training that they recommend. And you’re hoping that everything goes smoothly with a care, you know, transition where that person gets the home care that you recommended or goes to outpatient that you recommended. But you don’t have You know value from your organization to say we’re going to consider it productive time for you to call and follow up …”

15:26 “I think one of the issues I have with productivity systems that are built on touching people is we really have created a volume based model. And do you really feel like you’re able to address every person’s need comprehensively? When, you have, you know, more credit for initial evaluations or new patients or metrics to see every patient within 24, 48 hours, right, it’s, if we started highlighting the value of these other things, maybe there’s advocacy and support and budgets at the hospital for more therapists or people to take on different roles.”

Rapid Responses:

If you had to co treat with a cartoon character on a home health visit, which cartoon character would you co treat with?

“Oh, the genie from Aladdin for sure.”

You know you work in Post-acute care when:

You are working on a Sunday to get your last visit slash minute slash whatever you need to hit your metrics for the week are.

Connect with our hosts and the podcast!

Leo Arguelles (LEE-O R-GWELL-IS)

largue2@uic.edu

Twitter @LeoArguellesPT

Ashley Poole

Twitter @AshleyPooleDPT

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