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In this episode of the PTJ Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Steven George, PT, PhD, FAPTA, talks with Brittany Lapin, PhD, Joshua Johnson, PT, DPT, PhD, and Sandra Passek, PT, DPT, about their recently published article on the development and validation of the Physical Therapy Frequency Clinical Decision Support Tool, aka PT-PENCIL. The tool identifies which patients are most likely to benefit from daily physical therapy to be discharged home. The authors discuss what spurred their interest in this research, the study design and methodology of the predictive model, and the potential challenges of using large datasets.

Lapin, Passek, and Johnson are co-authors of the article "Development and Validation of PT-PENCIL: The Physical Therapy Frequency Clinical Decision Support Tool to Increase Hospital Discharge to Home." Read the article on the PTJ website and follow PTJ on LinkedIn and Bluesky for more research updates. 

Our Speakers

Steven George, PT, PhD, FAPTA, is editor-in-chief of PTJ: Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Journal. He is the Laszlo Ormandy Distinguished Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery and therapeutic area lead in musculoskeletal and surgical sciences at the Duke Clinical Research Institute at Duke University.

Brittany Lapin, PhD, is associate staff at Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner Research Institute's Department of Quantitative Health Sciences.

Joshua Johnson, PT, DPT, PhD, is an assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery at the Duke University School of Medicine. He is also a member of the PTJ Editorial Board.

Sandra Passek, PT, DPT, is the Clinical Informatics Rehabilitation Manager for the Cleveland Clinic Health System.