Physical Therapy Went From AI Panic To ChatGPT In One Year

Physical therapy went from calling AI the boogeyman to putting everything in ChatGPT in twelve months. Subscribe to the podcast: https://dana-strauss-future-proof-pt.... Chris Hoekstra, PT, DPT, PhD, clinical informaticist, on why this profession changes the way it does, what an RVU has to do with it, and the quality dashboard that made therapists call in sick. Chris has been a PT for about 25 years. He also holds a PhD in clinical informatics, teaches organizational behavior at Oregon Health & Science University, and leads clinical transformation work at Therapeutic Associates. He calls himself a socio technologist, and that turned out to be the right word for this conversation. What we cover: → Why the HITECH Act money went to medicine and PT paid its own way → The four levers that decide whether anybody changes anything → The gap between the scope therapists have and the codes they can bill → Quality and value, and why treating them as the same word keeps us stuck → What $800 a day buys in a skilled nursing facility → Why a quality number feels like a verdict on your character → What CMS is signaling in this year's requests for information → The three ingredients that put a clinician in "flow" CHAPTERS 00:00 Meet Chris Hoekstra 02:15 Why PT lagged on technology 04:05 What actually forces change 07:13 When patients start acting like consumers 10:29 The four levers behind every decision 12:45 The scope we have and the codes we don't 15:41 I want an hour with my patients 16:55 Quality and value are not the same 19:16 $800 a day to walk down the hall 22:09 The patient who wants the ultrasound 24:34 The 10 percent echo chamber 25:30 A failure of leadership 29:26 They have to feel it 31:12 Confident humility and one percent better 32:26 Every physician knows what an RVU is 35:06 AI, second brains, and what it's for 37:45 When AI alone outperformed the doctor 38:28 From boogeyman to ChatGPT in one year 41:56 The dashboard that made PTs call in sick 43:46 What quality even means anymore 46:06 What CMS is signaling in the RFIs 48:31 PT as prevention 50:40 Part of the primary care team 53:29 The recipe for flow 54:36 What every PT should understand Guest: Chris Hoekstra, PT, PhD Chris LinkedIn:   / chrishoekstra-pt   Chris' bio & full episode transcript: https://futureproofpt.notion.site/FPP... Hosts: Dana Strauss and Alex Bendersky Subscribe for new YouTube episodes:    / @futureproofpt   #PhysicalTherapy #HealthcarePolicy #AIinHealthcare