Speech Therapy Everywhere: TheraWeb Connects Therapists and Patients Online

From the comfort of his own home, a 12 year-old student signs onto a new web-based therapy service offered by Therapy Source and begins an interactive speech and language session with his therapist located hundreds of miles away. The service offers an alternative for school and healthcare facilities where locating an available therapist is challenging, time-sensitive therapy requirements are not being met, distance of therapist to patient is an issue, or where options are needed for weather emergencies.

The name of Therapy Source’s service is TheraWeb, part of an emerging medical technology field known as “telepractice” or “telemedicine” that embraces this technology application as a viable alternative to face-to-face therapy. Using web, audio and video conferencing technologies, therapists can conduct sessions that enable them to speak to and view patients as they normally would via a face-to-face session. TheraWeb is used for speech and language therapy and supports: screening and assessments, language therapy, articulation therapy, voice and fluency therapy, IEP and team meetings, and other types of consultation.

The student’s speech-language pathologist and Therapy Source contractor, Lisa Brady, is thrilled with the benefits. “TheraWeb eliminates the hurdles normally associated with therapy sessions, such as scheduling, travel time, location, expense, and the ability to locate a qualified therapist who is near the patient,” Brady explained. “In addition, the computerized approach can raise patient interest in the therapy, particularly in children, who are very computer savvy. This technology is completely natural for them.”

Secure through robust encryption, unique identity authentication, and independent security reviews, individuals and therapists using TheraWeb are ensured their sessions cannot carry viruses or be embarked on by other uninvited parties. TheraWeb is currently in use by multiple Therapy Source clients and is highly flexible, requiring no sophisticated computer equipment other than a high-speed internet connection and a simple webcam.

About Therapy Source, Inc.

Therapy Source, a premier therapy staffing provider, offers highly qualified speech, occupational, physical, psychological and related therapy services to educational and healthcare organizations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Ohio. For more information on Therapy Source, visit http://www.theraweb.us or call toll free at 866-783-5301.

Therapy Source, Inc. is doing business as TX Source, Inc. in Ohio and New Jersey.

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