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Today, you'd be hard-pressed to find someone who isn't sending and receiving personal texts every day. However, texting isn't just for social interaction; it can be a powerful tool in all varieties of business and is especially useful in the healthcare industry. From enhancing clinical collaboration to improving patient engagement, texting gives healthcare an avenue for expedient and secure interactions. However, there are some important factors to consider before your therapy and rehab practice dives in.

Based in Kansas, Bardavon Health Innovations is a data-analytics company that offers custom solutions created to streamline and optimize workers’ compensation. Their services vary from providing injury prevention programs, matching injured workers with quality treatment and offering worker readiness strategies.

Located in multiple counties throughout Michigan, Kids In Motion Pediatric Therapy Services has been serving communities since 1993. They offer a wide variety of quality pediatric therapy services and truly redefine the word “specialize” with their incredible list of physical, occupational and speech therapy-oriented programs:

Founded in Dallas in 1976, the Autism Treatment Center (ATC) began as a group of six concerned parents with the same problem: their children with autism had been “aged-out” of their treatment programs and no longer had access to services or the support that they still needed. Putting their heads together, these parents went on to become the board of directors for the newly created ATC and worked together to foster a clinic that provides residential, educational as well as therapeutic services for people of all ages with autism.

You may have an idea of what automation is and how it works in various industries, but simply put, automation refers to when you apply technology to minimize human input. In fact, many aspects of our daily lives have been improved greatly through automation—from transportation to agriculture to manufacturing. As a result, we have more cost-effective use of materials, better production quality, improved safety, reduced factory lead times and other various benefits.

With all that in mind, it's no surprise that the healthcare industry, which deals with human life on so many levels, is taking advantage of the proven benefits of automation to streamline processes and proactively help people as much as possible. Keep reading to learn what you stand to gain by embracing automation as a provider as well as what automated healthcare means for you as a patient.

There are many ways to measure clinical success, with each method having their own unique result. That’s why interpreting these varying outcomes can sometimes prove challenging! For example, one patient may view success as regaining the ability to walk up a flight of stairs, while another views success as retaining the ability to stand. So, how can you analyze those differing expectations and turn it into actionable data?