The X Prize foundation announced yesterday the creation of a $10 million prize for a "bold, measurable and scientific" proposal that "results in viable, creative and achievable health care system changes."Physical Therapists Take NoteThis is your skill set!The winning proposal will "improve care within communities and proactively assist individuals in optimizing their health in a way that reduces Excerpt from: X-prize for physical therapy: $10 million for autonomous practice

Anchoring, Availability and Attribution.One medical student calls these the "3-A Mistakes" so she wont forget how doctors make mistakes.In How Doctors Think Jerome Groopman, MD describes common cognitive errors that busy doctors make in diagnosing their patients.Do physical therapists make these same mistakes?Perhaps I should be more circumspect but I'll follow Dr. Link: Do Physical Therapists Make Decisions Like Doctors?

Terminator was a warning: a warning against technology, the government, big corporations and our own proclivity to self-destruction.Terminator Salvation (#4) is due out in theaters 21 May 2009.Why is a story about human-like, murderous robots relevant to physical therapists and health information technology (HIT)?Maybe because health care is the biggest part of the US economy that has resisted Continued here: Health Information Technology: Salvation or Termination?

How do you 'justify' your physical therapy?How do you 'prove' that your patient needs physical therapy and is benefiting from your care.Many physical therapists think that the patients verbal statements "I feel better!" placed in the written chart is sufficient to justify services to Medicare patients.Many therapists use a simple outcome measure to show progress and demonstrate need.Is one simple Go here to see the original: Justify your Physical Therapy