List date(s) this work was published or aired.
May-12
Provide a brief synopsis of the story or stories, including any significant findings.
The United States is experiencing tremendous changes in health care policies and practices. Many physical therapists (PTs) are responding by developing and embracing innovative delivery care models that provide enhanced care for patients and clients while sometimes offering a savings to those patients and to insurers. This article profiled some of those PTs and their new models. It also provided guidelines for readers who were interested in exploring new models to best respond to changes in health care policies and practices.
Explain types of documents, data or Internet resources used. Were FOI or public records act requests required? How did this affect the work?
Various studies, policy statements, and other documents were reviewed
Explain types of human sources used.
The bulk of the article relied on interviews with physical therapists who had developed and implemented new delivery care models.
Results:
The article generated positive feedback from therapists from a wide range of disciplines. It was cited in several presentations at the Annual Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association, held a month after the article appeared.
Follow-up (if any). Have you run a correction or clarification on the report or has anyone come forward to challenge its accuracy? If so, please explain.
No corrections or clarifications were necessary.
Advice to other journalists planning a similar story or project.
Some of the practices profiled in the article were relatively easy to identify. Others were not. Our challenge — and that of someone pursuing a similar article — was in finding a range of new delivery care models. We found that the PTs were very willing to share what they had learned . . . once we had located them.