The Physiotherapy Department at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) is marking this year’s celebration of National Sports Day with the launch of their ‘Physiotherapy Online Exercise Program’.
The new website features 609 videos for patients and will continue to expand to reach 1,500 videos. The new online programme is intended to enhance patient experience and enable them to access exercise information in a safe and convenient manner.
Online consultation and telerehabilitation services
During the COVID-19 pandemic, online consultation and telerehabilitation services are well utilised by the Physiotherapy Department of HMC. As an initial response, telephone consultations were started, progressing gradually to video consultations. The challenges to communicate and yet maintain social distancing led the department to look for more innovative solutions. This led to the development of a large database of online exercise programmes, allowing patients access to use them through a secure channel, maintaining patient confidentiality and in consideration of patients’ safety.
After an evaluation – either in person or online – the physiotherapist will develop a treatment plan based on the problems of the patient. If the patient can be advised to perform a home programme, the physiotherapist will choose the right exercises from the online programme and will send an SMS and email to the patient.
These will have a password to log in to the exercise portal and access the exercise programme through the patient’s mobile or any digital device. At the same time, the physiotherapist will also be able to track the patient’s performance.
This is a safe and convenient way for patients to continue their treatment at home. This programme will be available only for patients who are being treated in the physiotherapy clinics in the various facilities of HMC.
HMC support
The entire programme – from conceptualisation, video shooting, script, models for the shoot, shooting, editing, branding, development of website content – was undertaken by the multi-talented team of physiotherapists at HMC, supported and guided by the dynamic supervisors of various facilities led by Chief Noora al Mudahka. The Physiotherapy Online Exercise Program would not have been possible without support from HMC Corporate Communications led by Ali Al Khater.
For more information about the programme, visit hamad.qa.
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