Physical Therapist and Physical Therapist Assistant Cross Profession Minimum Data Set Questions (PT CPMDS)
August 2023
Researcher: Veritas Health SolutionsPhysical Therapist Cross Profession Minimum Data Set Questions PT CPMDS
The Physical Therapist and Physical Therapist Assistant Cross Profession Minimum Data Set is to serve as a framework for standardizing data collection in Physical Therapy for the purpose of supporting within and between profession comparisons and analyses.
A Roadmap for Enhancing State Health Workforce Data: Implementation Guide for the Cross-Profession Minimum Data Set
Authors
H. Maxey
C. Medlock
Executive Summary
About the CPMDS
The CPMDS is a set of core questions for collecting data elements widely considered the “minimum necessary” for health workforce planning. The intent of the CPMDS is to serve as a framework for standardizing data collection across various health professions for the purpose of supporting within and between profession comparisons and analyses. As a framework, the CPMDS questions have been designed with varying levels of standardization. For example, the CPMDS provides standardized questions and response options for data elements that are consistent across the professions (example: demographics) but includes flexible questions and response options for data elements requiring customizations (example: specialty and setting). The PT CPMDS is the specific tool that standardizes the response options to these flexible questions for the physical therapy profession. Veritas Health Solutions worked with a Task Force from the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy to develop the profession-specific response options.
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