Give contract therapists in-home evaluations
Therapists who work for Braintree (MA) Rehabilitation Ventures are evaluated annually on-site with the patients to make sure their skills meet the requirements of the hospital and the home health agencies they contract with.
Susan Saya, PT, MBA, contract therapy service director, who is a physical therapist, conducts the evaluations for the physical therapists. Occupational and speech therapists from Braintree perform evaluations on the contract therapists from their disciplines.
Here are some of the things Saya looks at during her on-site evaluation:
• Professional etiquette: Is the clinician dressed appropriately? Do they have rapport with the family and the patient?
• Treatment skills: Are they doing the proper treatment? Do they explain what is happening to the patient and the caregiver?
• Universal precautions: Do they use them if necessary? Do they wash their hands thoroughly before and after treating the patient?
• Supplies: If they need to use supplies, such as bandages or gloves, are they using them, and are they using them appropriately?
• Teaching techniques: Do they communicate the exercises clearly? Do they ask for a return demonstration of the skills by patients or family?
Saya examines the therapists’ documentation separately, sits down and talks to the therapists, and makes suggestions.
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