Digital health and telehealth

A prescription for exercise
INMOTION 31 Dec, 2021

A prescription for exercise


Jasmin Cheah, APAM, reviews an app that creates an evidence-based exercise program for clients based on their health information.



IPRESCRIBE EXERCISE


Developer: Physiotherapists Carron and Lewis Manning

Get it: App Store

Price: Free

Merging mind and machine
INMOTION 31 Dec, 2021

Merging mind and machine


They may sound like something from a science fiction movie, but they are slowly becoming a reality, writes APA Innovation Advisor Barry Nguyen.

Indexing diagnostic test accuracy
INMOTION 31 Dec, 2021

Indexing diagnostic test accuracy


A new database is helping physiotherapists more easily access research through a website to inform their clinical practice.



The Diagnostic Test Accuracy (DiTA) database builds on the premise of the already established Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) to maximise the effectiveness of physiotherapy services, by enabling clinicians, researchers and patients to easily access information on the accuracy of diagnostic tests used by the profession.

Taking the travel out of stroke recovery
INMOTION 31 Dec, 2021

Taking the travel out of stroke recovery


A pilot project underway in Western Australia is having a huge impact on helping acute stroke patients stay close to home in their rural community. Melissa Mitchell reports.

Making clinical note-taking easy
INMOTION 31 Dec, 2021

Making clinical note-taking easy


APP REVIEW APA Innovation Advisor Barry Nguyen reviews a versatile new app that will help lower the administration burden on physiotherapists.



Cliniknote


Publisher: Nexcom Pty Ltd


Get it: cliniknote.com and App store


Price: Monthly subscription fee, depending on the number of users

Will big tech disrupt healthcare?
INMOTION 31 Dec, 2021

Will big tech disrupt healthcare?


APA Innovation Advisor Barry Nguyen discusses what the big tech firms are doing in the health space.

Chatting about knee pain
INMOTION 31 Dec, 2021

Chatting about knee pain


Chris Swinburne, APAM, reviews a chat bot designed to triage patients with knee injuries.



PHYSIOBOT


Publisher: nextPT


Get it: physiobot.io


Price: free

Your guide to My Health Record
INMOTION 31 Dec, 2021

Your guide to My Health Record


All Australians now have a My Health Record, unless they chose to opt out before 31 January 2019. Dimitra Dubrow and Amy Johnstone from Maurice Blackburn provide a rundown of what physiotherapists need to know.

What can a chat bot do?
INMOTION 31 Dec, 2021

What can a chat bot do?


APA Innovation Advisor Barry Nguyen explains how this particular digital tool might affect physiotherapy in the future.

Upper limb stroke rehabilitation
INMOTION 31 Dec, 2021

Upper limb stroke rehabilitation


APP REVIEW Jasmin Cheah, APAM, reviews an app that can help clinicians decide the best upper limb interventions to use for patients with stroke. 



 


VIATHERAPY


Developer: Pivot Design Group


Get it: Google Play or App Store


Price: Free