When Rehab Equipment Pays for Itself

TLDR:

When you incorporate a series of treatment and assessment platforms into your patient care programs, you can forgo the high labor costs of a staff of occupational and physical therapists and instead rely on the unique advanced features of therapy equipment to realize significant savings for your acute rehab unit or long-term-care facility

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What if a key member of your therapy team didn’t require a paycheck after year one?

Consider the appealing notion of being highly efficient and productive with your patients during their rehab regimens while also recouping massive savings by not having to worry about high labor costs and staff shortages.

The Rising Costs of Doing Business in a Long-term Care Facility

If you are like many long-term-care facilities, chances are that you are facing a dual crisis of exorbitant labor expenses and severe staff shortages. These afflictions combined negatively impact your ability to provide adequate rehabilitative care. These enormous expenses can even lead to the closure of your health-care facility. There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated these issues, which have caused significant job losses and increased the burden on remaining staff.

A large proportion of long-term care facilities (in excess of 90 percent) have reported increased staffing costs during the past year, with one-third experiencing substantial increases.

Salaries and wages for therapy staff at many long-term care facilities and acute rehab units consume a large portion of provider operating budgets, averaging 56 percent.

Staff Shortages

The pandemic resulted in huge job losses and increased pressure on existing staff as a result of infection control measures, increased resident needs, and the inherent risk of working with vulnerable populations.

What’s more, the staffing crisis that is taking place industry-wide has led to declining occupancy rates as facilities like yours are forced to limit admissions because of a lack of staff.

Injury-Related Down Time at Long-Term Care Facilities 

Both occupational and physical therapy staff experience a high rate of musculoskeletal injuries due to repetitive job responsibilities and lifting and transferring patients. In fact, therapists at long-term care facilities and hospitals sustain more musculoskeletal disorders than workers in any other profession, and that includes construction workers. Musculoskeletal disorders are responsible for 42 percent of all lost work time claims.

Musculoskeletal injuries most often afflict occupational and physical therapists during patient handling and mobility tasks. This leads directly to significant workers’ compensation claims.

Among the most common injuries to therapists at healthcare facilities like yours are sprains, back discomfort, and injuries to the hands, wrists, and shoulders. All of these injuries can lead to considerable injury-related downtime for your company.

Amidst all of these staff shortages due to work-related injuries, there is the constant pressure to achieve measurable outcomes for your rehab patients.

Enter the Barihab™ treatment and assessment platforms that flip the investment conversation as your facility turns capital expense into a productivity multiplier. 

Purchasing Barihab™ Therapy Equipment Provides Ultimate Investment While Avoiding the High Cost of Doing Business

Imagine investing in any of our suite of Barihab™ pioneering therapy equipment that will reduce your need for therapists and enhance the quality of rehabilitative care for your patients. Watch your profits rise while you reduce your payroll expenses and no longer have to worry about crippling staffing shortages. 

The ROI Factor 

As an administrator or owner of an acute rehab unit or skilled nursing facility, you will greatly appreciate how the Barihab™ rehab platforms by Therapeutic Industries will boost your return on investment over time.

For example, our state-of-the-art Barihab™ S2S Mobile Unit is like having an employee. However, this employee does not need to be paid after 12 months. You don’t have to provide this employee with benefits, sick days, or vacation. What’s more, this employee will work 365 days per year, and it is designed to prevent injuries to your therapists and patients.

The S2S Standing Frame™ by Therapeutic Industries offers your medical facility up to $17,900 in ROI within the first year.

Also consider the Barihab™ XS Treatment and Assessment Platform as an alternative to a therapist, offering the productivity of a highly skilled professional without the associated labor costs. After a year, this top-of-the-line therapy equipment by Therapeutic Industries does not need to be paid and it needs no vacation time or benefits.

This Barihab™ equipment will provide your long-term care facility with as much as $24,800 ROI in 12 months.

There is also the Barihab™ XKS physical therapy table that could also potentially boost your profit margin. With no need for benefits, sick days, or vacation time, this industry-leading piece of rehab equipment – like the other Therapeutic Industries products – offers safer treatments, faster recovery for your patients, and better outcomes!

You can count on the Barihab™ XKS to generate a whopping $28,900 ROI in just one year!

With Barihab™ Best-in-Market Rehab Equipment, the Numbers Add Up Favorably for Your Medical Facility

When you purchase any one or all of the Barihab™ treatment and assessment platforms, you enjoy all of the productivity that they afford your smaller and leaner staff, minus the profit-eating costs associated with cost of paying your staff, workers’ compensation claims due to all-too-common musculoskeletal disorders, and other injuries that get in the way of the progress of your patients’ rehab journey.

Put simply, substantial labor savings, along with injury prevention and faster patient progression, all add up to an accelerated pay-back period for your healthcare facility.

How the Savings Add Up with Barihab™ Equipment Taking the Place of More Therapists at your Medical Facility

Take the Barihab™ XS. It features a lifting capacity appropriate for all patient body sizes up to 500 lbs. It transforms into several therapy devices that allow multiple therapies without transferring the patient from one apparatus to another. This reduces or even eliminates, in some cases, the need for transferring patients. This results in fewer therapists needed per session, fewer injuries to staff, and reduced workers’ compensation costs.

There’s still more cost savings you enjoy with the Barihab™ XS. This rehab equipment reduces the need for therapist intervention because patients are able to rotate into a sitting position independently, as well as adjust the backrest and use the standing frame. All of this promotes core strengthening and stability, and improves patient outcomes.

The Barihab™ XKS gives long-term care facilities unmatched versatility in a single platform. It features a large treatment surface, while 5’x8’ treatment area of this PT table provides ample space for various physical and occupational therapy exercises such as bed mobility.

The user-friendly, intuitive Barihab™ XKS enables one clinician to handle max-assist patients safely. This gives your healthcare facility more freedom from staffing costs, as you can operate with fewer therapists and still ensure optimal rehab results for your patients. In short, the Barihab™ XKS minimizes labor costs while maximizing treatment efficiency.

The added efficiency and enhanced effectiveness with a smaller staff translate into patients being treated more quickly. Faster patient recovery frees up beds and boosts throughput.

Administrators Enjoy Distinct Advantages with the Barihab Edge

By incorporating Barihab™ treatment and assessment platforms into the rehab regimen of your patients, you can take advantage of the sleek, trailblazing features that this equipment offers, and rely less on staffing needs. Despite occasional turnover challenges, administrators like you can depend on predictable staffing needs.

Labor costs are a huge albatross for healthcare facility administrators who want to provide premium quality rehabilitation to patients while also generating a profit. Fortunately, by decreasing staff and instead relying more on rehabilitative equipment technology, owners can realize significant savings. For example, a reduction in staff costs can be a game-changer when it comes to trimming the budget at a skilled nursing facility, where an estimated 75 percent of their expenses are allocated toward paying staff and providing employee benefits.

Marketing Benefit of Barihab™ Therapy Equipment:   When your long-term care facility offers patients premium-quality equipment like that designed by Therapeutic Industries, it can serve as a huge selling point for patients, their families and friends, and even vendors. Because of the exceptional results the Barihab™  equipment provides to patients and the potential tremendous savings it delivers to your bottom line, it can be a clear differentiator in the marketplace, and help you stand out among your competitors.

Real-World Proof of Barihab™ Therapy Equipment Effectiveness 

Therapeutic Industries, with its state-of-the-art rehabilitation platforms, is leading innovation through design. It is meeting the future demands of your patients with user-friendly devices and pioneering technology.

See what medical facility executives like you are saying about Barihab™ treatment and assessment platforms and the advantages they are bringing to staff and patients.

“I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for introducing us to the Barihab Treatment and Assessment Platform. The Barihab has been used multiple times per day, every day, since we purchased it. We have been able to use it on our orthopedic and neurologic populations, and of course, with our bariatric residents as well. The therapy staff love it as it reduces the physical strain on them throughout the day. I have even seen some remarkable progress in some of our long-term care residents that had plateaued in therapy previously. I would recommend this tool for any therapy department with the desire to provide the highest level of care for their residents.”

Eric Amiel P.T., DPT

“I wanted to send a formal thank you to you personally for your incredible Barihab Platform Table. It has been a godsend for both our patients and our staff. For our patients learning to stand and walk again, it has provided both safety and confidence that they previously did not have. The stability provided through your unique technology eliminates the fear and anxiety that often accompany bariatric recovery. As you know, this speeds recovery, increases positive outcomes, and most importantly, gets patients walking in half the time. The other beneficiary of this great product is the therapy staff. Heavy, multiple-therapist lifting has been virtually eliminated. Your product has greatly reduced the risk of lift injuries to our therapists and allowed even our smallest therapists to handle heavy or large patients. Economically, the Barihab pays for itself with higher safety for the patient and staff, the elimination of anxiety for the patient, and increased productivity for the therapy staff.  We no longer need three or more therapists to help physically lift our bariatric patients. Additionally, the electronic read-out features allow the therapist to more accurately document the patients’ progress and more effectively communicate with the physicians and families regarding the patient’s progress.”

Alec Wetzel, NHA
Administrator, Signature Healthcare of Port Charlotte

From Purchase to Payback 

When you purchase any of our Barihab™ treatment and assessment platforms, you’ll begin to see measurable improvements to your bottom line over time. These dynamic pieces of rehab equipment give your medical facility a competitive edge and enable your patients to experience a higher level of rehab services.

For example, in just one month, you will notice a reduction in injuries to your therapists. Additionally, these advanced machines will prevent the need for multi-person transfers.

By the third month, your staff will observe a noticeable throughput increase, as well as lower overtime, and improved staff morale.

After one year of using the Barihab™ equipment by Therapeutic Industries, your long-term care facility will reap the benefit of having your capital expenses being recouped through labor savings and increased reimbursement potential from improved patient outcomes. 

Try our Barihab™ Therapeutic Rehabilitation Equipment and Experience a Risk-Free Upgrade

We invite you to upgrade your therapy equipment to Barihab™ by Therapeutic Industries and see what a significant difference it will make for your bottom line, the quality of care for your patients, and how it will improve the morale of your staff.

“In just one year, the Barihab™ can return your investment – and every year after that. It’s pure gain for your medical facility.”

Now is the time to request from Therapeutic Industries an ROI assessment that is specific to your medical facility’s patient volume.

Here is a link to schedule a demo or to start a quote.