Factors influencing choices of contextualized versus traditional practices with children and adolescents who have traumatic brain injuries - Koole H, Nelson NW, Curtis AB.
PURPOSE: This preliminary investigation examined speech-language pathologists' (SLPs') use of contextualized practices (i.e., functional, personally relevant, non-hierarchical, and collaborative) compared to traditional practices (i.e., clinical, generic, ... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - September 19, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
The Most Beautiful Dance I Ever Enjoyed With My Husband
This past weekend my husband, Dan danced at our friend's daughter's wedding. Well, if you consider swaying from side to side dancing, then it qualifies. While it may not seem so remarkable, the fact that Dan wiggled on a dance floor is amazing and wonderful! It was just five years ago that his life took a cruel turn and he suffered a devastating stroke. He couldn't walk, talk or eat. He had a feeding tube in his stomach, and we were told he was "gravely" ill. The stroke had affected his brain stem where bodily functions were regulated, paralyzed the optic nerve and traveled beyond. He received tPA -- tissue plasminogen ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 15, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
More than 13,000 awaiting assessment for speech therapy
Backlog a ‘disgrace’ requiring coherent reponse, says FF health spokesman Billy Kelleher (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - August 31, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mason’s story: A newborn with a peach-sized tumor
When Tara Johnson found out— after 10 years of trying to get pregnant—she was carrying boy-girl twins, she was thrilled. “It was so exciting, it felt like a double blessing,” she remembers.
The pregnancy progressed normally until her 21-week checkup when everything changed. Doctors found a large growth on the neck of her unborn son.
Tara’s care was transferred to Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and doctors from Endocrinology and Otolaryngology at Boston Children’s Hospital formed a team to manage her son’s care.
When she was 31 weeks pregnant, Tara and husband Bruce were in Boston to meet with Boston Children...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - August 26, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Jenny Fernandez Tags: All posts Our patients’ stories Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement Dr. C. Jason Smithers Dr. Reza Rahbar tumor Source Type: news
WebPT acquires Therabill to bolster EHR
WebPT, which develops online electronic health records for rehab therapists, announced this week its acquisition of Therabill, maker of Web-based practice management tools. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Grayslake, Ill.-based Therabill focuses on PM software for physical and occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists and behavioral health specialists.
Mergers & Acquisitions
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Source: Healthcare IT News - August 21, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only Electronic Health Records Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Mergers & Acquisitions Source Type: news
WebPT buys Chicago firm to create own billing solution
WebPT has acquired a Chicago-based software company to offer its own billing solution to its more than 50,000 members.
Therabill, based outside of Chicago, makes web-based practice management software for physical and occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists and behavioral health specialists.
Financial terms for the deal were not disclosed. It was announced Tuesday but closed at the end of July.
WebPT, the Phoenix-based electronic medical record solution for physical therapists, has… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - August 18, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Hayley Ringle Source Type: news
“When you hit rock bottom…the only way to go is up.”
The Franciscan Hospital for Children Heartbreak Hill 5K on June 14, 2014, was a special day for Justin Ith. It was the first time the 16-year-old, who weighed a mere 70 pounds at the time, had been outside for months. As a nurse pushed the wheelchair-bound teen across the finish line, he turned to her and vowed, “Next year, I’m going to finish this race by myself.”
Justin at his first 5K in 2014 and his second in 2015 after nine months of rehabilitation
A few months earlier, Justin had been living the life of the average high school student. Skateboarder. Guitar player. Anime aficionado.
“I thought I was invincible...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - August 12, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Lisa Fratt Tags: Our patients’ stories Dr. Robert Fuhlbrigge Franciscan Hospital for Children lupus rheumatology program Source Type: news
Patient effort in traumatic brain injury inpatient rehabilitation: course and associations with age, brain injury severity, and time postinjury - Seel RT, Corrigan JD, Dijkers MP, Barrett RS, Bogner J, Smout RJ, Garmoe W, Horn SD.
OBJECTIVE: To describe patients' level of effort in occupational, physical, and speech therapy sessions during traumatic brain injury (TBI) inpatient rehabilitation and to evaluate how age, injury severity, cognitive impairment, and time are associated wit... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - August 7, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Becoming More Interdisciplinary
I study the brain. I examine how language and hence communication is represented in a brain and the impact disorders such as autism have on it. While my scientific training is primarily about study of speech and language, I have often lamented not being able to take an interdisciplinary approach to my work. I would like to work with a psychologist, to understand how emotional and mental health impact communication. Or involve an occupational therapist to examine how improvement in motor skills improve cognitive and communication skills. A biologist would study the changes in the brain's biochemical milieu as a result of ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - July 14, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
USPSTF: Evidence Insufficient to Screen Children for Speech, Language Issues
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the AAFP found insufficient evidence to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for speech and language delay and disorders in children age 5 or younger in the primary care setting. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - July 9, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Congress makes a big telehealth push
Another bipartisan piece of legislation has been introduced in Congress that, if passed, would mean huge advancements for telehealth nationwide.
The bill, sponsored by Reps. Mike Thompson, D-Calif.; Gregg Harper, R-Miss.; Diane Black, R-Tenn. and Peter Welch, D-Vt., would add physical therapists, speech language pathologists, audiologists and others to the list of providers eligible to administer telehealth services.
Telehealth
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Source: Healthcare IT News - July 8, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Erin McCann Tags: Online Only Clinical Policy and Legislation Telehealth Source Type: news
USPSTF: Data Lacking for Speech, Language Screening in Kids USPSTF: Data Lacking for Speech, Language Screening in Kids
The task force has found insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine screening of children aged 5 years and younger in primary care. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - July 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Stuttering Is No One's Fault
Last week the rapper Scroobius Pip was interviewed on the BBC talking about his stutter. In the midst of a great piece on the ways he has been shaped by his speech, Pip starts to talk about the causes of his condition, "Pip's stutter emerged when he was four or five. He thinks it may be related to nearly drowning on a holiday in France - a fact which came to light during a hypnosis session as a teenager. His parents had maintained the incident hadn't been serious but re-living the event made him believe he had been in real danger."
Pip isn't alone. It turns out that nearly everyone has a family tale for why they stutter. ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 12, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
“I got a bike!”: Adaptive bike brings freedom to boy with cerebral palsy
Seven-year-old Hunter Ripley is a boy of few words. There’s a rare “bye-bye” to his mother as he sets off for school and an occasional “whee” when he’s pushed on his adaptive swing. So when Hunter screamed, “I got a bike!” at the local pool where he does aquatic therapy every Thursday evening, everyone in the pool went silent. “Then the cheering started,” recalls his mother Bekah Ripley.
In February, Bekah and her husband Bart learned about The Great Bike Giveaway, a national contest in which children with special needs can win their own adaptive bike. In order to win, Hunter needed votes and lots of ...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - May 5, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Lisa Fratt Tags: Orthopedics Our patients’ stories Source Type: news
Speakability and the Stroke Association Join Forces
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Source: Speakability - April 22, 2015 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: news
