Patient education as a strategy for provider education and engagement: a case study using myJointReplacement.ca.

MyJointReplacement.ca was initiated to integrate patient and provider perspectives with the evidence on joint replacement care into a patient education website to promote consistency in practice. The project's leadership ensured that the project fit into a larger system change initiative.

Prognosis in soft tissue disorders of the shoulder: predicting both change in disability and level of disability after treatment.

Background And Purpose: Clinicians often are faced with questions about prognosis and outcome of shoulder disorders. The purpose of this study was to identify predictors of both change in disability and level of disability following physical therapy treatment.

Subjects: The subjects were consecutive patients (n=361) who were receiving physical therapy for soft tissue shoulder disorders.