June 26, 2017: Physical therapy cannot move forward as a profession until those who practice it resolve the issue of unwarranted variation in practice. Tara Jo Manal, PT, DPT, FAPTA, in her delivery of the 22nd John H. P. Maley Lecture, was unequivocal in sending this message to the profession. “The greatest challenge to the value of physical therapy is unwarranted variation—situations in which wide variation of care is not explained by the type or severity of the condition or by patient preferences,” she said to a capacity audience on June 23 as part of APTA’s NEXT Conference and Exposition.
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News at NEXT: Variation in Care Is the Profession's Greatest Challenge, Maley Lecturer Says
