For Administrators
Burt® maximizes a rehabilitation hospital’s bottom line
Burt® is designed for productivity and efficiency, optimizing the speed of recovery while eliminating wasted minutes spent recalibrating a robot between each patient session. Administrators appreciate the fact that therapy time is not lost recalibrating a robot between patients, which takes 5-15 minutes for most upper-extremity robots. The quality of the Burt® robot is also a hospital’s magnet for therapists and patients alike, reducing the costs of recruitment efforts among those two populations.
Burt® also minimizes the risk for therapist back injuries, which otherwise directly degrade the profitability of a hospital. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Therapists who, without a robot, must lift the weight of a flaccid or heavy limb at awkward angles, are 2X-3X more likely to be severely injured on the job, at enormous cost to the hospital. Burt® not only off-loads the weight of the limb, but its simple design allows therapists to easily maintain proper body mechanics while using the system.
Finally, the data produced by Burt® is a valuable resource for administrators and insurance companies who must demonstrate quantitative improvement across the patient population.
Burt® maximizes a rehabilitation hospital’s bottom line
Burt® is designed for productivity and efficiency, optimizing the speed of recovery while eliminating wasted minutes spent recalibrating a robot between each patient session. Administrators appreciate the fact that therapy time is not lost recalibrating a robot between patients, which takes 5-15 minutes for most upper-extremity robots. The quality of the Burt® robot is also a hospital’s magnet for therapists and patients alike, reducing the costs of recruitment efforts among those two populations.
Burt® also minimizes the risk for therapist back injuries, which otherwise directly degrade the profitability of a hospital. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Therapists who, without a robot, must lift the weight of a flaccid or heavy limb at awkward angles, are 2X-3X more likely to be severely injured on the job, at enormous cost to the hospital. Burt® not only off-loads the weight of the limb, but its simple design allows therapists to easily maintain proper body mechanics while using the system.
Finally, the data produced by Burt® is a valuable resource for administrators and insurance companies who must demonstrate quantitative improvement across the patient population.
"We have been searching for the right OT candidate that can join our team. Our department was able to attract an Occupational Therapist who works in acute setting and was searching for the right team where she can collaborate, grow and enhance her skills. When we did the tour, she was amazed that we have robotics and she zoned in on Burt®. She got excited and could not believe that we have it in our building and our patients have access to it. That same day she was offered with the job and she accepted it."
— 50-Bed Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility in Houston, TX