September 2011

Features

• Opening the Conversation with Patients

  People's familiarity and experience with physical therapy vary greatly. What are the keys to best serving all patients?

• Health Care Technology Today

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

• PT 2011: Highlights

  View highlights from APTA's Annual Conference and Exposition (PT 2011) held at the National Harbor, near Washington, DC.

Columns and Departments

• Compliance Matters: Leading By Examples

  Updated guidance on the use of endorsements and testimonials in advertising.

• Ethics in Practice: The Itch to Do Right

  When closer examination prompts the urge to act.

• PTAs Today: On the MOVE

  Helping patients and clients lead healthier lives.

• Risk Management: Electronic Medical Records and You

  Issues related to accessing, editing, and standardizing documents.

• This Is Why: Class Acts

  Teaching, and being taught by, PTA students.

• PT Resource

  - Health Care Headlines
  - Research Roundup
  - On the Web
  - Business Sense
  - The Funny Bone
  - Data Points

• Viewpoints

  LGBT: Another View