FOTO Selected as Official Registry Partner with Physical Therapy Outcomes Registry
Knoxville, TN (PRWEB) September 03, 2015 -- The PT Outcomes Registry is an organized system for collecting data to evaluate patient function and other clinically relevant measures for physical therapy patients. The Registry is being developed by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).
Al Amato, PT, MBA, and President of FOTO, Inc. stated, "We are happy to be selected to contribute FOTO Outcomes measures as one of the primary global outcomes measures to be used for the PT Outcomes Registry. FOTO has been providing validated, risk-adjusted outcomes for over 21 years now. The partnership will make it possible for FOTO clients to directly contribute their FOTO data to the PT Outcomes Registry."
The PT Outcomes Registry purpose is described: "In the evolving healthcare reform environment, outcomes are being used to develop new value-based payment models and enable physical therapists to prove their value to payers and enhance patient care. The registry will serve to inform payment for physical therapy services, improve practice, fulfill quality reporting requirements and promote research."
Please see http://www.fotoinc.com for more information.
About FOTO®
FOTO® is a Knoxville, TN, based corporation that has been continuously improving solutions that efficiently and reliably measure and report functional outcomes for the rehab industry for 21 years. FOTO's web-based item response theory assessment solutions are risk-adjusted to enable efficient, fair and accurate measurements and predictions of the expected improvement in a patient's functional status. Over 11 million patient episodes have been compiled in the FOTO database, and researchers have utilized FOTO data to publish over 85 articles on functional outcomes in refereed medical journals. These publications have led the way in enhancing the science of measuring outcomes and the use of outcomes in payment models.
Leigh Castleberry, FOTO, Inc., http://fotoinc.com, +1 (800) 482-3686 Ext: 239, [email protected]
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