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Skilled Nursing Resource Site
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Continuing Education
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Evaluation of the site linked here is part of a doctoral dissertation
subject area guide project.
Comments are welcome.
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Authority, sponsorship, intended audience.
The Rehab Management Discussion Forum is a bulletin board chat sponsored by the FOCUS Group, whose mission is to "promote success, independence and excellence in the management of physical rehabilitation practices." Intended audience for the site in general includes major hospital systems and universities as well as Physical Therapy agencies and practitioners.
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Accuracy.
A company profile, as well as profiles and email addresses for the Principals are provided at the site.
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Objectivity.
While site is commercial, the activity on the Bulletin Board appears to be objective, collegial, and highly informational.
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Currency.
Revised July 31, 1998.
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Browser and other concerns.
Loads well and is easy to navigate. Email access to Principals and professional biographical depth is provided. Discussion threads on The Rehab Management Discussion Forum appear as links and therefore archived discussions are easily accessed. The site promotes a PT Manager List Serve that could not be accessed at the time of this visit. Another visit will be scheduled to investigate joining and evaluating this service.
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Continuing Education.
Five or six posts to the Bulletin Board are average for a week, with prompt in-depth replies posted by FOCUS Group Principals or other practitioners. Questions more often concern Medicare (USA) billing guidelines, rates of reimbursement, levels of practice, and practice models more so than general clinical questions. The level of detail of the questions, and the depth of the answers, for those concerned with Medicare reimbursement technicalities, is well worth a visit.
