Home Health PT question

[Hopein2010]

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I recently signed on prn, with most likely 5-10 visits a week with the potential of going full-time if the caseload grows... Would it be reasonable to invest in a portable printer in order to print out HEPs at the eval? Or does your PTA print them and give them out at the next visit? I used the
HEP2go website quite a bit in skilled nursing.

Any advice, input, ideas would be appreciated 🙂

 

[wrennywren]

I use HEP2go as well, and just save the exercises as PDF's and then email them to the patient.

 

[DPTinFL]

Either works. Printers are cheap and you can plug them in your car. I usually have copies of generic HEP from hep2go that I have made for TKA, THA, etc. Then I'll bring an updated one during re-eval or DC. The PTAs that I work with have HEP too, some are neat, some are pathetic.

 

[FayMcKenzie]

You should go for printers.

 

[CherokeeWahine]

I recently signed on prn, with most likely 5-10 visits a week with the potential of going full-time if the caseload grows... Would it be reasonable to invest in a portable printer in order to print out HEPs at the eval? Or does your PTA print them and give them out at the next visit? I used the
HEP2go website quite a bit in skilled nursing.

Any advice, input, ideas would be appreciated 🙂

Hi Hopein2010, I'm switching to home health later this month. Just wondering if you purchased a portable printer, and if so, have you found it useful?

 

[jblil]

Portable printers are usually expensive. You can buy a regular printer (choose one that's not too big) and run it with this little gadget, in your car:

I also recommend getting an outlet splitter since you may have several things that need to be connected: GPS, phone, laptop, etc.