David, I think the first place might see something along these lines is in the
California Worker's Compensation system. According to "reforms" enacted in the last couple of years....treatment will only be paid for if it is provided according to nationally recognized, peer reviewed and evidence based treatment guidelines. At this point only the guidelines published by ACOEM are recognized but there will be a process to for the DWC to adopt other guidelines. In my view if the guidelines had strict frequency and duration provisions then clinical reasoning and judgement and experience could become irrelevant. http://www.dir.ca.gov/dwc/DWCPropRegs/MedicalTreatmentUtilizationSchedule/MTUS_ProposedRegulations.pdf Chuck >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/25/2006 9:26:52 AM >>> Is there discussion within the OT field about creating logarithms for treating clients? Making decision trees that take in account as many significant variables as possible? This is happening in the treatment of neurological clients in PT. It is interesting to me that one day we will get a client, plug in the information from our evaluation and POOF - do this for/to the client for best outcomes. -- Unsubscribe? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Help? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
