ASHT Blog
Posted by Heidi Hermann Wright, MBA, OTR, CHT on May 10, 2015
Hand Therapy Week was launched in 1993 in an effort to increase public awareness of our advanced specialty. I imagine if we asked friends, physicians and patients, “What is a hand therapist?” the vast majority would not be able to differentiate us from an occupational therapist or a physical…
Posted by Kimberly Turner Quevedo on May 03, 2015
As Evelyn Mackin, LPT, explained in the first Nathalie Barr Lecture in 1986, “Listening, explaining and touching the patient truly represents the art of hand therapy.” This interaction with the patient is what motivated Eugene Boeglin, DPT, OCS to become involved in hand therapy.
“The patients are…
Posted by Jane Fedorczyk, PT, PhD, CHT, ATC on April 26, 2015
Last week, I represented ASHT at the 95th Annual Conference of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). It was reported that more than 9,100 attendees converged on the Music City Center in Nashville, TN – the highest attendance to date, according to AOTA. Taking into account that there…
Posted by Marsha Lawrence, PT, CHT on April 19, 2015
Putting off learning about ICD-10? Hoping your electronic health records (EHR) software will take care of the new coding for you? Check out ASHT’s webinar, “ICD-10 Coding for Hand Therapists” on May 14, 2015.
The new coding system offers challenges and opportunities for hand therapists. This…
Posted by Marsha Lawrence, PT, CHT on April 14, 2015
Last night, I watched democracy in action. For months, the volunteers of the Legislation and Reimbursement Division, as well as ASHT staff, have followed every step of Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) repeal legislation. Tuesday evening (April 14) was the long anticipated climax, and it was quite a…