Research

With Clinicbuddy's information exchange feature you can participate in and contribute to research in the manual therapies... effortlessly.

Research in manual medicine

Clinicbuddy has an ultra-modern information exchange component built in to system. At the present time, Clinicbuddy has the capability of comparing and analysing the results of over 50.000 patients visits per month. With this system, which is fully anonymous (protecting the integrity of both patients and therapists), an endless variety of questions can be posed, for example:

• How many treatments are required on average for a problem such as lateral epicondylitis?
• What is the typical demographic for a particular diagnosis?
• What is the typical pattern of presentation for patients with lumbago when evaluated using the VAS(visual analog scale)?
• What treatment strategies produce the best results with a particular diagnosis? (eg. manipulation of the lumbar region only, as compared to manipulation combined with soft-tissue treatment)
• How many treatments does it typically require before a particular treatment begins affect a particular diagnosis?
• What is the average age for patients presenting with a particular diagnosis?

Associations

Professional associations can make use of this highly valuable information for the purposes of marketing. For example, 'This month, our members have treated 4000 patients with headache, with an average improvement of 65%.'