Not registered yet? Register and SAVE 20% use code "finaldays20" at checkout. DETAILS: ACRM.org/finaldays20

QUESTIONS? --> meetings@ACRM.org

Symposium

Telehealth

COVID-19

Leveraging Evolving Knowledge of Telehealth for Health Care Delivery of Physiotherapy: Development, Implementation, and Impact During COVID-19 and Beyond 9607

Friday, November 1, 2024

1:15 PM – 2:15 PM

Location: ROOM: Coronado D REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn right. Proceed past the lobby elevators and turn right to enter the West Wing. Proceed down the corridor, turn right and then left. Proceed past the restrooms. Coronado D is the first room on the right.

Moderator(s)

Emily Dunlap, PT, PhD (she/her/hers)

Postdoctoral Research Affiliate
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX, United States

Slides

Corresponding Presenter(s)

Prashanth Gopal, MPT

Physiotherapist
Qatar Rehabilitation Institute
Doha, Ar Rayyan, Qatar

Presenter(s)

Caroline Barmatz, BPT, MHA

Director of Hydrotherapy Department
Sheba Medical Center
Ramat Hasharon, Tel Aviv, Israel
Manny M.Y Kwok, PT, MSc (she/her/hers)

Doctoral Candidate
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong

Telehealth has emerged as a valuable tool in the healthcare sector, enabling the delivery of services at a distance. There is a need to establish guidelines for developing a telehealth model, a framework for designing exercise that can be delivered online, and for recruiting a team of competent and creative individuals to develop a model that can be cost-effective using minimal resources. This symposium explores the development, implementation, and impact of telehealth physiotherapy through exercises developed by in-house collaboration. It also addresses challenges, including the limited scope of physical examination, access to technology, and patient education. The benefits of telehealth are highlighted, such as reduced travel time, flexibility in services, and avoidance of potential COVID-19-19 exposure. It suggests that telehealth is not only a temporary solution during the pandemic but also a sustainable alternative solution for providing healthcare services to patients.

Upload Image

Learning Objectives:

...define the need for remote delivery of physiotherapy exercises.
...recognize the impact of an online exercise platform and its benefits to patients.
...identify various resource allocation for developing online physiotherapy exercise.
...describe the collaboration required between various specialized teams to develop an online platform for developing online exercise.
...develop a framework required to deliver the online exercises on a suitable platform.

Disclosure(s):

Emily Dunlap, PT, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose

Prashanth Gopal, MPT: No financial relationships to disclose

Caroline Barmatz, BPT, MHA: No financial relationships to disclose

Manny M.Y Kwok, PT, MSc: No financial relationships to disclose