PACT PT: Improving Veteran access to same-day physical therapy

(Source – news.va.gov)

An innovative practice at VA is giving Veterans with musculoskeletal pain (pain in their muscles, ligaments, tendons and bones) a quicker recovery, even for Veterans in rural areas. Traditionally, providers prescribed pain medication while patients waited to get imaging services like X-Rays and MRIs and meet with orthopedics or other specialists. Only after that did patients receive physical therapy (PT) referrals. Continue reading here…

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