Digital health and telehealth

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

A back pain app outperforming physio?
INMOTION 31 Dec, 2021

A back pain app outperforming physio?


APA Innovation Advisor Barry Nguyen weighs in on a randomised controlled trial that looked at app-based multidisciplinary back pain treatment versus physiotherapy with online education.



With an increasing number of freely available articles on the internet, physiotherapists should start to take serious note of the longer term implications of how emerging digital health solutions may impact their practices, not to mention their patients.

Proving the value of your physiotherapy practice
INMOTION 31 Dec, 2021

Proving the value of your physiotherapy practice


APA Innovation Advisor Barry Nguyen explains how data has the potential to improve overall business performance.



Tracking patient-reported outcome measures is now more important than ever given the gradual consumerisation of healthcare, the shift of the national healthcare system towards value-based care, and the increasing recognition that ‘data is king’ and is the currency of modern healthcare.

A tool to assist in patient analysis
INMOTION 31 Dec, 2021

A tool to assist in patient analysis


APA Innovation Advisor Barry Nguyen reviews a useful gait analysis app, which helps physiotherapists examine how a patient walks.



GAIT SPEED


Developer: Rachael Walton-Mouw

Get it: Apple app store or Google Play store

Price: $1.49

Tablet-based exercise after carpal tunnel release
INMOTION 31 Dec, 2021

Tablet-based exercise after carpal tunnel release


Exercises using a touchscreen tablet application improved functional ability more than an exercise program prescribed on paper in people after surgical carpal tunnel release. María Dolores Cortés Vega expands on this research.



What is carpal tunnel syndrome?


Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is considered the most common entrapment neuropathy. In CTS, raised pressure in the carpal canal results in median nerve compression and impaired nerve perfusion, leading to discomfort and paraesthesia in the hand.