UT Health Professions Therapeutics
UT Health Professions Therapeutics is a Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility (CORF) which uses a multidisciplinary team approach to provide patients with individualized care.
Vision: Our vision is to create a better tomorrow by helping individuals overcome health related obstacles today.
Mission: Our mission is to provide comprehensive and personalized care through a specialized multidisciplinary team working together to help individuals achieve their maximum potential.
Core Values: Our team is committed to you and your family to exemplify…Professionalism, Excellence, Compassion, Respect, Integrity, and Commitment to wellness.
SERVICES PROVIDED
Physician Services Pulmonary Rehabilitation Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy |
Speech Language Pathology Social Work Services Nutritional Oversight |
- Provide physician-directed diagnostic, therapeutic, and restorative services to injured, disabled, and debilitated individuals.
- The CORF, a Medicare Part A facility, must meet Medicare conditions of participation and certification standards.
- Requires each patient admitted for treatment is referred by and under the care of a physician.
- Plan of treatment is certified by the physician prior to initiation of treatment.
- Meets State and local laws and requirements.
- Patient status reviewed at Patient Care Conference at least monthly by medical director and professional staff.
- Plan of treatment and goals are developed based on individual patient needs.
PHYSICAL THERAPY
When can a patient benefit from physical therapy?
Physical therapists are experts in the examination and treatment of musculoskeletal and neuromuscular problems. The following are the most common reasons to see a physical therapist:
- Back pain/neck pain
- Joint pain/Joint disorders and diseases
- Foot problems
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Sprains and muscle strains
- Wound care
- Rehabilitation after an accident or sports injury
- Stroke rehabilitation
- Gait or balance problems
- Joint replacements
- Pre- and Post-amputation
The Physical Therapist provides an effective treatment plan compatible with the needs and goals of the patient. These steps include:
- Examination of the patient
- Evaluation of the data and identification of the problems
- Determination of the treatment diagnosis
- Determination of the prognosis
- Recommendations for a plan of care
- Implementation of the plan of care
- Re-examination of the patient
- Evaluation of the treatment outcomes
- Development of home exercise program
Each patient receives individualized treatment that may include education, therapeutic exercise, joint mobilization, soft tissue mobilization, therapeutic massage, and modalities such as ultrasound, electrical stimulation, and thermal agents and wound care.
PULMONARY REHABILITATION
Prime candidates for pulmonary rehab are individuals who have obstructive or restrictive pulmonary disease and suffer from:
- Increasing dyspnea and fatigue with mild to moderate exertion
- Avoidance of activities due to shortness of breath (SOB)
- Post hospitalizations
- Limited knowledge and understanding of the disease process and medication usage
- Decline in abilities to accomplish activities of daily living (ADL’s)
The beneficial outcomes of this treatment are:
- Increased knowledge and understanding through disease education and management
- Increased cardiovascular endurance for improved ADL’s.
- Increased strength & endurance of ventilatory and peripheral muscles
- Improved independence in airway clearance
- Decreased work of breathing (WOB) and dyspnea due to breathing retraining
- Improved self-management of symptoms and medication usage
- Improved quality of life
A Respiratory Therapist will:
- Assess the patient
- Perform PFT’s - Flow Volume Loop
- Patient will complete a Six Minute walk to determine current status
- Determine the treatment diagnosis
- Determine of the prognosis
- Make recommendations to the Referring Physician for a plan of care
- Implement the physician-established plan of care
- Continual reassessment of the patient’s progress
- Evaluation of the treatment outcomes to include: discharge six-minute walk, PFT’s, and dyspnea assessment
*In order for a referral to be accepted for pulmonary rehabilitation, the patient must have quit smoking or be entered in a smoking cessation program.
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
An Occupational Therapist will work with patients who have conditions such as:
- Shoulder, arm, wrist or hand problems
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Low Vision issues
- Short-term memory loss
- Decreased coordination
- Difficulty with decision making, abstract reasoning, problem solving, and perceptual skills, as well as memory, sequencing and coordination
An Occupational Therapist works with individuals to improve their ability to perform activities of daily living (ADL’s) by:
- Developing, recovering, or maintaining daily living and work skills
- Improving basic motor functions
- Improving reasoning abilities
- Compensating for permanent loss of function
- Instructing in the use of adaptive equipment (wheelchairs, splints, aids for eating and dressing)
- Establishment of therapeutic activities
- Establishment of Cognitive exercises
- Assessment of Motor & Process Skills (Therapist is certified in AMPS)
SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY
Patients that may benefit from speech pathology services would have issues with any of the following:
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Speech therapy is individualized based on whether the patient has communication, cognitive, or swallowing difficulties. Treatment may include alternative communication such as picture boards, speech innovations/tasks, oral motor exercises, thermal stimulation, and possibly deep ferential neuromuscular stimulation. All patients are sent home with a functional maintenance program as appropriate.
SOCIAL WORK SERVICES
Social work will assist patients by providing:
- Psychosocial assessment
- Information & resource management
- Short term counseling to assist with emotional, physical, physiological issues surrounding illness
NUTRITIONAL OVERSIGHT
A dietician will review each patient’s admission materials and suggest appropriate dietary changes to meet the patient’s overall nutritional needs.