November 20th, 2024 – ASPHP Webinar: Why a Mobility Assessment/Screen is Foundational to Safe Mobility including Fall Prevention

[FREE to Members] Presented and recorded live November 20th, 2024 from 2 PM – 3 PM Eastern Overview There are several mobility assessment tools that are being widely used in the healthcare setting. Implementing this can be challenging because it requires a significant shift in thinking on behalf of all stakeholders. A key barrier that […]

November 13th, 2024 – ASPHP Webinar: Integrating Trauma Informed Care into SPHM

[FREE to Members] Presented and recorded live November 13th, 2024 from 2 PM – 3 PM Eastern Overview As we provide care, there is an unspoken reality innate in most of our patients.  That is, trauma has taken place at some point in their life. When we become their caregiver, we do not know what […]

October 25th, 2023 – Veterans Administration Mobility Screening and Solutions Tool (VAMSST)

Presented and recorded live October 25th, 2023 from 2 PM – 3 PM Eastern Overview This will be a live video webinar from Margaret’s medical studio with a live patient. We will briefly review the recently published Veterans Affairs Mobility Screening and Solutions Tool. (VAMSST) which is a derivative of the BMAT, with some changes […]

Addressing Negative Effects Of Bedrest Through SPHM Practices Advancing Patient Mobility

Teresa Boynton-NBCOT Award

Feb 2021 National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT) Announces Recipients for the First-Ever Innovation Award Congratulations to Teresa Boynton, recipient of the NBCOT Innovation Award! NBCOT launched the Innovation and Impact Awards in 2020 to publicly recognize the exceptional work Registered Occupational Therapist (OTR) and Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) certificants do in […]

January 13, 2021 – Safe Patient Handling for Gait Training and Transfers: A Case Study Presentation for Rehabilitation Team

Presented live January 13th, 2021 2 pm – 3 pm Eastern Overview Deformities, weakness and impairment cause difficult transfers and an altered gait cycle. Safe patient handling devices enable the therapist to efficiently focus in educating the patient during transfers and gait training. Positive feedback from both patients and therapists is identified as a significant […]

ASPHP, Who do you mask for?

The ASPHP Board of Directors are partnering to help flatten the curve. Here are a few our our reasons as to why and who we masks for. Share your picture and reason on any one of our Social Media sites…FB, Twitter, or LinkedIn. Visit ASPHP.ORG for excellent COVID-19 resources and information.

SPHM COVID-19 webinar series

The all-new SPHM COVID-19 Webinar Series, featuring discussion by clinical, organizational, and financial experts. (FREE for ASPHP members. FREE until December 31, 2020 for non-members.) – Learn how to integrate SPHM into a safe, quality, financially-sound response to the COVID-19 pandemic across the plan of care. Recorded Webinar: SPHM in the COVID – 19 Pandemic […]

Vendor Resource

A Vendor Resource highlighting how equipment and technology can safely support patient handling and mobility activities. ASPHP’s corporate sponsors have created a variety of tools and other resources that promote safety to protect clinicians and patients during COVID-19. View the Vendor Page to review dozens of SPHM innovations to manage specific elements of care. Tollos, […]

Pandemic Resources

SPHM in the Pandemic resources to safely perform patient handling tasks. (FREE for ASPHP members.) Useful links and resources provide instruction for members on how best to perform patient handling tasks during COVID-19. Topics include: proning and other handling activities; mobility and infectious patients; acquiring, maintaining, and sanitizing mobility equipment; and communication strategies necessary to […]