The Secrets to Making Data Your Friend: How AAPM&R Registry Participants are Using Their Data to Improve Care for Stroke and Low Back Pain Patients (2023)-Session Recording

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The transcript is from a presentation about the AAPMNR (American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation) Registry. The registry is a collection of data that tracks real-world care for patients with conditions like low back pain and ischemic stroke. The goal of the registry is to improve patient care by using data to inform and benchmark rehabilitation practices. The presentation discusses the challenges in current clinical practice, such as inefficiency, lack of outcome measurement, and poor rehabilitation value. It explains how the registry collects both clinical and patient-reported data, which provides a rich patient-centered outcome dataset. The transcript also highlights the benefits of the registry, such as the ability to compare outcomes among different providers and identify patient priorities. The presentation mentions ongoing efforts to improve the registry, including integrating it with electronic health records and expanding data collection to other areas of rehabilitation. The speakers also discuss challenges in participant engagement, data collection rates, and the need for clinician buy-in. The presentation ends by discussing future plans for the registry, including adding new data modules and developing a quality and research strategy.

Keywords

AAPMNR Registry

patient care

real-world care

low back pain

ischemic stroke

rehabilitation practices

clinical data

patient-reported data

outcome comparison

electronic health records integration