March 2011

Features

• Reaching Out

  Meeting the needs of children and families is no small matter for pediatric specialty practitioners.

• The State of Physical Therapy Research

  Physical therapy research has come a long way in the last few decades. Here's a look at where it is today, its prospects for the future, and what it means to physical therapists.

• Health Care Technology Today

  Here's a look at some advances and proposals in the field of health care technology.

Columns and Departments

• Compliance Matters: Quality Reporting in 2011

  PQRI is now PQRS- and that's not the only change to this Medicare program.

• Ethics in Practice: No Accident?

  Dealing with a belated revelation.

• PTAs Today: The Drive to Excel

  Helping golfers put sting in their swing.

• Risk Management: Supervision Basics

  Messages that bear repeating and resources that bear scrutiny.

• This Is Why: Bare-bones Beginning

  A self-doubting student finds she's got what it takes to thrive as a PT.

• PT Resource

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