Southeastern Wisconsin Rehab Practice Trains more staff
OccuCare Systems and Solutions' recently completed a customized Comprehensive Industrial Rehab Training course for a customer who has used OccuCare's software for a few months. Within the couple of months of the first training Lakeshore Medical Clinic realized the usefulness of the Online Assessment Application and decided to train all of their rehab staff at four locations. Lakeshore Medical Clinic was looking to grow their workers compensation programming not only in their clinic but also working with local employers. They quickly realized the full approach to industrial rehab OccuCare offers has a positive impact on a practice. The full approach to industrial rehab OccuCare teaches and the six different industrial rehab testing options within their software system was chosen by Lakeshore Medical's rehab department because it has now turned their entire rehab practice into one that specializes in the treatment of the injured worker.
LakeShore Medical Clinic implemented OccuCare's software and initially trained staff at three of there rehabilitation locations and quickly implemented it at all of their locations. Presently the locations in Southeastern Wisconsin providing a full menu of functional return to work services include Greenfield, South Milwaukee, Milwaukee, and Muskego, Wisconsin.Following the customized course and software implementation, Lakeshore Medical attendees reported:
"The hands on portion of training was the most beneficial aspect of training". Christine Buffone, PT
"The presenter provided good detail with demonstrations for functional testing". Mary Schultz, PTA
"The best part of this course was the hands on computer training and being able to determine when a patient may be referred to work conditioning". Kelly Dorfner, PTA
Many rehab facilities looking to implement and or enhance industrial rehab are turning to OccuCare's software and training secondary to the innovative products they offer in their program. These innovative products include Functional Progress Notes TM and Functional Discharge Summaries TM which are functional re-assessments that are performed during outpatient therapy. Unlike an FCE that tests a persons entire body, these functional re-assessments test the injured joint to help determine if the injured joint is ready to return to full duty work. These functional re-assessments do not require a Dr's order, do not require insurance approval, and usually are a 50% to 100% higher charge ticket as compared to a standard re-eval charge ticket.The methodologies OccuCare teaches clinics throughout the United States include implementing a full approach to industrial rehab from initial outpatient eval all the way to return to work. Clinics that implement OccuCare's Online Assessment Application and participate in their Comprehensive Industrial Rehab Training course are clinics that specialize in the treatment of the injured worker.
OccuCare's Online Assessment Application is the fastest growing tool for therapy practitioners to implement a very customizable industrial rehab assessment tool. The Online Assessment Application has the most testing options available on the open market which include
performing: - Functional Capacity Evaluation
- Work Hardening/Conditioning
- Job Demands Analysis
- Pre-Placement Post-Offer Testing
- Functional Progress Note TM
- Functional Discharge Summary TM
To request more information on any of the services or continuing education courses offered by OccuCare please click here!
To have your patients treated at Lakeshore Medical clinic in either Greenfield, South Milwaukee or Muskego, Wisconsin, three Southeastern Wisconsin locations that specialize in the treatment of the injured worker, feel free to contact them at the respective numbers below.
Greenfield, WI - (414) 281-5151
South Milwaukee, WI - (414) 766-2440
Muskego, WI - (414) 422-2191
