Hajart Aaron F, Pecha Forrest, Hasty Mary, Burfeind Sean M, Greene Joseph
J Med Pract Manage. 2014 Jan-Feb;29(4):250-4.
The provision of care and business of musculoskeletal medicine have evolved signifncalty over the last two decades. It has become ever more important that those who are leading muskuloskeletal medicine practices evolve with the changing healthcare landscape and find new ways to provide higher quliaty and more cost-effetive care. To meet these new challenges, many orthopedic physicians are choosing to hire athletic trainers as a part of their office staff. Athletic trainers provide value to a medical practice through their skills in triage, taking patient histories, performing musculoskeletal evaluations, providing instruction on exercise prescription, rehabilitation, and general patient education. If a practice can become more efficient by narroworring staff to a single ancillary provider that encompasses several skills at a high level, this is where patient throughput and patient satisfaction scores can be improved by the athletic trainer as a physician extender.
在过去二十年中，肌肉骨骼医学的护理提供和业务有了显著发展。对于那些引领肌肉骨骼医学实践的人来说，随着不断变化的医疗保健格局而发展，并找到提供更高质量和更具成本效益护理的新方法变得越来越重要。为了应对这些新挑战，许多骨科医生选择聘请运动训练师作为其办公室工作人员的一部分。运动训练师通过他们在分诊、获取患者病史、进行肌肉骨骼评估、提供运动处方指导、康复和一般患者教育方面的技能，为医疗实践提供价值。如果通过将工作人员精简为一个能高水平涵盖多项技能的单一辅助提供者，使实践变得更高效，那么作为医生助手的运动训练师就能提高患者流量和患者满意度得分。
