Carol, I work in a pediatric setting, but it is for a private facility. I'm not sure if this would apply to your hospital setting or not. I'm not quite sure what you see the children for (diagnosis, length of time...) but I can tell you what we do in our facility if you think it would help.
Therapists are given an hour to complete an evaluation with 30 minutes for documentation. If there needs to be further testing, it needs to be done on the next visit. We prefer to keep our kids on a fixed schedule as we have found this helps families be more consistent with coming to therapy. Length of visit depends on child of course and their needs/diagnosis, but average session length is 45 min. with lower level or younger kids at 30 min and higher level/older kids up to an hour. I hope some of this is helpful. If you have anymore questions, please let me know. Daniel -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 9:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [OTlist] productivity I am the Clinical Supervisor for Pediatric Rehab at a large hospital (700+beds) in western Massachusetts. We provide both in pt and out pt. services to a birth to 18 population. I am working with a new manager to set standards for my staff for patient visits, length of visit, time booked for evaluations and for any paper work, number of evals per week and how visits are scheduled ie if a specific slot is kept for a family over many weeks of service or if the time slots float from week to week. I would really appreciate any feedback and also like to speak with anyone who would be willing to get a better picture of what best service is for Pediatric Rehab. Thank you in advance for any help you can offer. Carol Berry 413-794-3974 -- Unsubscribe? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Help? [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Help? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
