Re: Inpatient Total Joint Program Coverage

[Guest guest]

Carol,

We are just beginning to experiment with later day hours to catch the total hip

and total knee patients on day of surgery. Currently we are getting to about

one third of them on day of surgery, but that's because so many return to the

ortho unit later in the day. To combat that we are replacing a recently vacated

part-time inpatient PT position with one whose hours will be 1400 - 1600 M-F.

We don't know if we'll be successful hiring someone for those hours, but we are

going to give it a shot.

Mark Dwyer, PT, MHA

Director of Rehabilitation Services

Olathe Medical Center

Olathe, Kansas

(Work Phone)

markdwyer87@...

4bInpatient Total Joint Program Coverage

Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:17 pm (PDT) . Posted by: " Carol Rehder " rehder49I would like

to talk to anyone who has inpatient total joint programs that have implemented

alternate scheduling to accommodate late day total joint surgeries that are to

be seen same day of surgery by PT , requiring the therapist(s) to be available

routinely into the evening hours. How have you structured that and what issues

have you encountered or benefits have you discovered from expanding this program

in the hospital beyond the traditional workday?

Carol Rehder, PT

Manager, Physical Therapy and Day Rehabilitation

Genesis Medical Center

rehder@...