Course Description
The course is designed to offer clinicians a unique view of emerging technologies that will have a profound impact on delivery of voice and swallowing therapy in the immediate future. It offers background on the intrinsic need for creative therapy design models as a result of unsustainable cost structure. Changes in reimbursement as well as the unique promise of mobile technology are reviewed. Specific programs that allow clinicians to prescribe a customized treatment plan that is supported by patients’ personal mobile device are described.
Time ordered agenda
15 minutes – Review of broad-based use of mobile technology
15 minutes – Interplay between mobile technology and evolving medical platforms
15 minutes – Introduction of two iOS applications specific to voice and swallowing
5 minutes – Summary and Wrap-up
Learning Objectives
- Explain how broad-based accessibility via mobile devices can impact delivery of medical services
- Explain how existing healthcare delivery models are inefficient and unsustainable
- Describe specific examples of existing applications that are changing the healthcare delivery model
- Describe how existing and future iOS applications can have a tangible impact on rehabilitation of voice and swallowing disorders
Disclosures
Liza Blumenfeld
Financial: Owner, Endo-Education
Non-financial: Nothing to disclose
