HepBuddy Guides

HepBuddy Guideshttps://hepbuddy.com/blog/2026-10-20T00:00:00ZHow to agree on a physical therapy goal with your patienthttps://hepbuddy.com/blog/agree-on-physical-therapy-goals/2026-10-20T00:00:00Z2026-10-20T00:00:00Z

Separate the patient's priority, your clinical proposal and the agreed goal. Use a worked conversation record without promising exercise or recovery results.

When family offers to interpret home exerciseshttps://hepbuddy.com/blog/family-interpreter-home-exercise-instructions/2026-10-19T00:00:00Z2026-10-19T00:00:00Z

A PT clinic guide to separating family support from qualified interpretation, handling patient requests, and checking translated home-exercise instructions.

Help patients fit home exercises into their weekhttps://hepbuddy.com/blog/plan-home-exercises-around-patient-week/2026-10-18T00:00:00Z2026-10-18T00:00:00Z

Use a worked example to plan home exercise time, place, and likely disruptions. Keep scheduling choices separate from changes to the prescribed program.

RTM management needs minutes and a live interactionhttps://hepbuddy.com/blog/rtm-management-minutes-live-interaction/2026-10-17T00:00:00Z2026-10-17T00:00:00Z

Check RTM management time and live patient contact separately under Medicare's 2026 rules. Use a two-part record review without assuming billability.

How to review a home exercise handouthttps://hepbuddy.com/blog/usable-home-exercise-handouts/2026-10-16T00:00:00Z2026-10-16T00:00:00Z

Review home exercise handouts for readability and clear actions. Use a practical review card that keeps patient feedback separate from clinical approval.

RTM uses two clocks: 30 days and calendar monthshttps://hepbuddy.com/blog/rtm-30-days-vs-calendar-month/2026-10-15T00:00:00Z2026-10-15T00:00:00Z

A dated example separates RTM's 30-day device period from calendar-month clinician time, without treating either record as proof of payment eligibility.

When a family member joins a PT visit, what should you share?https://hepbuddy.com/blog/family-member-physical-therapy-visit/2026-10-14T00:00:00Z2026-10-14T00:00:00Z

A relative watching home exercises does not need an unrestricted clinical update. Clarify the patient's wishes and keep sharing tied to the person's role.

What should patients leave with when physical therapy ends?https://hepbuddy.com/blog/physical-therapy-discharge-home-plan/2026-10-13T00:00:00Z2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

A final exercise sheet is not a complete PT handoff. Agree on the home plan, next contact, and who handles any unfinished transfer.

How many exercises should a home exercise program include?https://hepbuddy.com/blog/how-many-home-exercises/2026-10-12T00:00:00Z2026-10-12T00:00:00Z

What exercise-count research does and does not show, plus a practical way for physical therapists to review each exercise without a universal numeric limit.

PT appointment reminders: what happens when a patient needs to reschedule?https://hepbuddy.com/blog/pt-appointment-reminders-rescheduling/2026-10-10T00:00:00Z2026-10-10T00:00:00Z

What a physical therapy reminder trial found, plus a practical way to track appointment-change requests until staff and patients know the result.

How to measure home exercise adherence without overreading the recordhttps://hepbuddy.com/blog/measure-home-exercise-adherence/2026-10-09T00:00:00Z2026-10-09T00:00:00Z

Define what your clinic counts as home exercise adherence. Keep patient reports, software logs, partial sessions and observed exercise distinct.

How can family support home exercises without nagging?https://hepbuddy.com/blog/family-support-home-exercises-without-nagging/2026-10-08T00:00:00Z2026-10-08T00:00:00Z

Help patients choose whether family or friends take a role in home exercises. Use a role-choice card, suggested words, and clear clinical boundaries.

Missed PT visits are not the same as unplanned dischargehttps://hepbuddy.com/blog/missed-pt-visits-vs-unplanned-discharge/2026-10-07T00:00:00Z2026-10-07T00:00:00Z

Separate missed physical therapy visits from episode endings. Read the 73% statistic correctly and use a worksheet with hypothetical counting examples.

Teach-back for a home exercise program: explain, show, clarifyhttps://hepbuddy.com/blog/home-exercise-program-teach-back/2026-10-07T00:00:00Z2026-10-07T00:00:00Z

Check what patients can explain and show about their home exercise program. Use teach-back prompts, an observation table, and a small handoff note.

Sharing Exercise Templates: Physitrack and SimpleSethttps://hepbuddy.com/blog/sharing-exercise-templates-physitrack-simpleset/2026-09-30T00:00:00Z2026-09-30T00:00:00Z

Compare selected content, colleague access, and template editing in Physitrack and SimpleSet. SimpleSet's shared folders require a Clinic subscription.

Physitrack Print Settings: Exercise Pages vs. Tracking Sheetshttps://hepbuddy.com/blog/physitrack-print-exercises-tracking-sheets/2026-09-26T00:00:00Z2026-09-26T00:00:00Z

Check Physitrack exercise pages and tracking sheets separately. Compare image options, date ranges, missing sets and reps, and clipped printouts.

Physitrack Exercise Search: Filters, Quotes, and Missing Resultshttps://hepbuddy.com/blog/physitrack-exercise-search-filters-quotes/2026-09-25T00:00:00Z2026-09-25T00:00:00Z

Check Physitrack filters, exact phrases, and minus signs before assuming an exercise is missing. Includes a four-pass search worksheet.

Saving SimpleSet Exercises: Custom, Templates, and Draftshttps://hepbuddy.com/blog/simpleset-custom-exercise-template-draft/2026-09-24T00:00:00Z2026-09-24T00:00:00Z

Find where SimpleSet saves custom exercises, templates, and autosaved drafts. Use a destination map and practice check to locate your saved work.

When You Update a Home Exercise Program, What Changes for the Patient?https://hepbuddy.com/blog/updating-assigned-home-exercise-program/2026-09-23T00:00:00Z2026-09-23T00:00:00Z

Compare documented Medbridge and Physitrack update steps, access-code rules, notifications, and printed copies. Use a concrete software-demo checklist.

Do Patients Need an App for Their Home Exercise Program?https://hepbuddy.com/blog/home-exercise-program-app-or-browser/2026-09-22T00:00:00Z2026-09-22T00:00:00Z

Compare PhysiApp browser access, EasyLink and SimpleSet's Client Portal. Check login steps and feature limits before your next software demo.