Physical therapy 2.0 : leveraging social media to engage patients in rehabilitation and health promotion
Knight, Emily and Werstine, Robert J. and Rasmussen-Pennington, Diane M. and Fitzsimmons, Deborah and Petrella, Robert J. (2015) Physical therapy 2.0 : leveraging social media to engage patients in rehabilitation and health promotion. Physical Therapy, 95 (3). pp. 389-396. ISSN 0031-9023 (https://doi.org/10.2522/ptj.20130432)
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Care for chronic conditions and noncommunicable diseases is dominating health systems around the globe. For physical therapists, this strain presents a substantial opportunity for engaging patients in health promotion and disease management in the years to come. Examples of social media being used to engage consumers in the business landscape are pervasive, and research reports suggest that patients are ready for social media to be incorporated into the way health care systems deliver care. We propose that leveraging the power and utility of existing technologies, such as social media, could innovate the way physical therapists engage patients in rehabilitation and health promotion practices, thus contributing to the evolution of the profession: Physical Therapy 2.0. To continue to be relevant in the community, physical therapist practice must respond to patients' needs and expectations. Incorporating social media into how physical therapists are both designing and delivering care holds potential for enhancing patient engagement in prescribed health behaviors and improving treatment outcomes. This conceptual article presents the perspective that physical therapists can utilize social media to enhance care delivery and treatment outcomes.
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Item type: Article ID code: 54840 Dates: DateEventMarch 2015Published13 March 2014Published Online9 March 2014AcceptedSubjects: Medicine > Public aspects of medicine > Personal health and hygiene, including exercise, nutrition
Medicine > Public aspects of medicine > Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Medicine > Other systems of medicineDepartment: Faculty of Science > Computer and Information Sciences Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 11 Dec 2015 01:47 Last modified: 28 Jul 2024 19:53 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/54840