As most of our readers know by now, our monthly magazine ADVANCE for Directors in Rehabilitation has ceased publication, and has been merged with the newly rebranded ADVANCE for Physical Therapy & Rehab Medicine. The new magazine, still distributed on a bi-weekly basis, will maintain all the popular features you've come to know and trust, ...

What a week it has been! I started working with my new employer, the National Health Service of Great Britain on Monday. On day one it was a pleasant enough general ''Hello there'' meet-and-greet sort of thing. The staff was fascinated to meet a physio from the U.S.A. They all were inquiring about our health system with things like, ''Is it true ...

Arguably, the best changes are ones that are subtle but make a big impact. To that end I would like to welcome our readers to ADVANCE for Physical Therapy and Rehab Medicine, a new and improved version of the national physical therapy newsmagazine that serves your profession. We're expanding our focus in ADVANCE to include more coverage of ...

Tomorrow morning my department is going to have a breakfast for all the PTs to celebrate PT month.  The food will be provided by the OTs, STs and supervisors.  Sometime next week the rehab unit is supposed to do something similar.  I'll be surprised if that happens because no one seems to want to take on the responsibility of making ...

How much does the outlook on physical therapy jobs affect where you live and work? This month, AfterCollege.com researched the top metro areas across the country to for people looking for jobs in physical therapy. (See the full story here.) They looked at entry-level jobs as well as jobs from orher media to find cities with the most employers, ...

I hate that word and I hate having to deal with it. However I find myself needing to chant the serenity prayer over and over again this week because of it. On Friday I went to the National Health Service in Sunderland, my new employer's office, to submit all my paperwork such as a health assessment and criminal record board review as well as the ...

There's an interesting story out of Connecticut from this weekend. It involves a nursing home facing lawsuits for neglecting two patients, both of whom died. In the first, part of the argument is that the client did not receive ''medically necessary physical therapy,'' though no physical therapists are named in the lawsuit. The story contends ...

Earlier this week, 200 physical therapists, PTAs and students of physical therapy programs went to Capitol Hill to speak with legislators about the need to improve patient access to physical therapy services. Once in meetings with Senate and House members, the providers stressed the importance of three key issues--their desire for removal of ...

Last month at the SED (southeast district) of the TPTA meeting, the topic of discussion was the status of direct access in Texas. Both speakers encouraged the membership to get involved by contacting state representatives in support of the measure. They said the bills weren't getting much attention for two reasons. One reason was the strength of ...

The Department of Health and Human Services declared Swine flu a ''public health emergency'' in the United States, sparking fear and confusion in many Americans. The World Health Organization confirmed 73 cases of swine flu worldwide and 40 cases of the disease in the U.S. and counting. Though none of the cases has been fatal so far, a South ...