The data collection mechanism is easy to implement. We understand the documentation requirements in the clinic, and we strive to minimize the respondent burden of collecting this valuable information. The Intake involves obtaining functional and demographic information, primarily from the patient and with minimal staff participation. The same information is collected from the patient at discharge. The information required from staff at discharge are variables normally collected in rehabilitation, such as cost, visits, etc.

FOTO provides a risk adjusted national comparison for patients, clinicians, and programs. These reports are available in an electronic or paper format.

Comparative Outcomes Reports:
FOTO provides outcomes profile reports, which are risk adjusted, easy to interpret comparisons to the national rehabilitation patient population. If your scores are below the mean of the database, you have a practice management tool. If your scores are above the mean of the database, you have a marketing tool.

Custom Reports:
FOTO offers participants the option of adding custom reports to their standard outcomes profile. Some common sorts for these custom reports are by clinician, referral source, payment source, or ICD9 code. Regional comparisons are also available.

Patient Specific Reports:
Patient Specific Reports are also available at each point during the patient's episode of care. These reports print immediately upon the completion of the appropriate survey and can be used to supplement or replace other forms of documentation. At intake, a narrative patient history is produced, as well as a report that predicts the result of treatment for this patient. During treatment, a trend report is available at any time that graphically depicts the progress of the patient during treatment. At the end of treatment, the result of care is recapped and compared to a risk-adjusted group of similar patients from across the country. There is also a comparison of the efficiency of treatment (visits and duration) and a detailed recap of patient satisfaction.

Patient Evaluation Software:
FOTO has developed the most advanced patient evaluation software available, Patient Inquiry^®. Patient Inquiry^® is a “must have tool” for the clinician who wants to maintain an evidence-based practice. The experts report that Pain, Function/QOL, Return to Work, Patient Global Assessment and Patient Satisfaction, as reported by the patient, are clinically important in the evaluation of a patient’s treatment outcome.  Patient Inquiry^® contains all of these parameters in a flexible and efficient survey software.