As rehab providers, one of our biggest challenges is patient adherence to a Home Exercise Program. What if you received extra money for helping the patient to be adherent to their HEP? Did you know that you can? That is what the five codes for remote therapeutic monitoring are designed Read more…
What all Rehab Therapists need to know What is RTM? Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) codes were specifically designed to monitor non-physiologic data related to the respiratory or musculoskeletal systems. It also covers monitoring patient adherence and response to therapy, including home exercise program compliance. What makes these codes different, however, Read more…
Passwords are one of the most annoying parts about any technology that requires authentication, however, it’s one of the most important parts of cybersecurity. One way to protect your organization is by educating yourself and your employees on the importance of passwords and how they can affect the cybersecurity of your practice.
Poor patient portal adoption can be linked to 3 general concepts: communication, education and promotion. Improvement in these areas can lead to improved adoption rates of your patient portal. When practices are able to successfully implement the use of a patient portal, it leads to many benefits.
You have probably heard of it by now, but ransomware isn’t going anywhere! Ransomware is gaining popularity and steam around the world, and organizations big and small can fall victim to it. In this blog, we will build upon some of the other Security and Technology Blogs we have written to touch on this very scary, but important topic.
Documentation Efficiency: Is It You or Your EMR that Lends to Easy Documentation? By: Cheryl “Chae” Dimapasoc Canon, PT, DPT; OptimisPT Director of Implementation and Compliance Many documentation systems promise efficiency, compliance, allowing more time with your patients, and customization. The experience, however, often proves to be much more difficult Read more…
The Importance of Password Managers By: Hart Johnson, MSCSIA, CEH, CHFI In our previous blog article, Cyber Security Part 1: Account Security, we talked about the importance of securing your user accounts. As a quick review, we provided four quick tips to help secure your user accounts: Use a unique Read more…
OptimisPT Features Spotlight: Patient Portal and OptimumMe™ App By: Jennifer Heiligman, PT, MPT In this week’s blog we are going to highlight two specific features that are available to our OptimisPT clients. These features include the OptimisPT Patient Portal and the OptimumMe™ App. By taking advantage of these features, you Read more…
Cybersecurity Part 3: Building a Cybersecurity Awareness Program for Your Practice By: Hart Johnson, MSCSIA, CEH, CHFI When we think of cybersecurity and hackers, what do we picture? Some person hiding their face typing a million words per minute into a computer breaking into the super-secret, encrypted mainframe by bypassing Read more…
There are a variety of different phishing attacks, and not all are created equal. Let’s learn about some of the more common types of phishing attacks you need to watch out for.