PT Inquest is an online journal club. Hosted by Jason Tuori, Megan Graham, and Chris Juneau, the show looks at an article every week and discusses how it applies to current physical therapy practice.
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148 Text Messaging to Improve Outcomes
It would be great if we could provide regular, personal follow up communications with our patients but the time commitment becomes huge. But what if you just had a bot send generic patient education text messages? Would that give a sense of connection? Will that improve patient compliance?
A Novel, Automated Text-Messaging System Is Effective in Patients Undergoing Total Joint Arthroplasty.
Campbell KJ, Louie PK, Bohl DD, et al.
JBJS. 2019;101:145-51. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.17.01505. [Epub ahead of print]
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