Physician Life Care Planning provides Board Certified life care plans for ill and injured in Portland. Our team of experts has over 40 years experience providing quality care planning services across the United States. We are practicing physicians who specialize in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, we possess the requisite capacity to independently formulate and defend a strong medical foundation for damages valuation.
Qualifications of our Certified Physician Life Care Planners in Oregon
Our Certified Physician Life Care Planners in Oregon are practicing physicians who are Board Certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, a medical specialty that has long been recognized as uniquely qualified to provide a strong medical foundation for life care plans. Our Board Certified Physician Life Care Planners in Oregon are also Board Certified in additional medical specialties, such as electrodiagnostic medicine; and they are Certified Life Care Planners (CLCP™), as designated by the International Commission on Health Care Certification.
The Oregon Life Care Planners at Physician Life Care Planning are highly experienced medical professionals who have maintained numerous clinical appointments, executive appointments, and medical directorships at leading medical facilities including Oregon Health & Sciences University in Portland, Providence St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Portland, and Tuality Healthcare in Hillsboro.
Our Oregon Life Care Planning Physicians have held chairmanships, board memberships, and executive and committee memberships at leading organizations including the Oregon Health & Sciences University Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the Oregon Medical Association, the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the State of Oregon Workers Compensation Division, and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital.
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Members of our Team of Certified Oregon Life Care Planners have also maintained clinical professorships, and academic appointments, and they have lectured and presented at both public and private institutions, including Oregon Health & Sciences University in Portland, the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center, Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon Health & Science University in Welches, the Samaritan Health Internal Medicine Residency Program in Corvallis, the American College of Rheumatology, the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, and the American College of Sports Medicine.
Life Care Planning Physicians in Oregon at Physician Life Care Planning have also been published in numerous medical and peer-reviewed journals and publications including The Spine Journal, PM&R: The Journal of Injury Function and Rehabilitation, Bone & Joint Journal, the Clinical Dysmorphology Journal, the International Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, The Inflammatory Myopathies, the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Current Women’s Health Reports, Doody’s Health Science Book Review Journal, and Exercise Prescription.
Our Oregon Life Care Planning Physicians are also prolific presenters and lectures on topics of life care planning and clinical topics related to the impairments, disabilities, symptoms and future medical requirements of injured individuals in Oregon who require life care plans, including: Musculoskeletal Pain Management, Joint Pain Management, Functional and Radiographic Wrist Anatomy, Surgical Management of Osteoporotic Compression Fractures, Electrodiagnostic Interpretation, Upper Extremity Kinematics, Sports Medicine, Management of Neck and Arm Pain, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, , Entrapment Neuropathies, Nerve Conduction Studies, Soft Tissue Rheumatism, Nerve Conduction Interpretation, Electromyography, Non-Traumatic Knee Injury, Vertebral Marrow Signal Abnormality, Management of Persistent Musculoskeletal Pain, and Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders.
Our Certified Physician Life Care Planners who serve Oregon maintain active medical licenses, and they are associated with a variety of national and Oregon medical and professional associations and societies, including the Oregon Medical Association, the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, the American Academy of Physician Life Care Planners, the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine, the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, and the American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.
Our Board-Certified Physician Life Care Planners in Oregon have also received medical training and education at some of the country’s leading universities, colleges, and medical facilities, including Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Willamette University in Salem, the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, and Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, New York.
Common Causes of Injuries in Oregon that Require Life Care Plans
Common Causes of injuries in Oregon that require life care plans include Animal Attack Injuries, Assault-related Injuries, Aviation Injuries, Drug & Medical Injuries, Industrial Injuries, Occupational Injuries, Oilfield Injuries, Plant & Refinery Injuries, Railroad Injuries, and Truck & Automobile Injuries.
We’ve helped ill and injured Oregonians by providing Life Care Planning services in Oregon that address cerebral palsy, major burns, spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, acquired brain injuries, burns, amputations, mild traumatic brain injury, birth injuries, major joint injuries, multiple trauma, orthopedic trauma injuries, chronic pain injuries, and spinal injuries.
The Methodology Used by our Certified Physician Life Care Planners in Oregon
The tenets, methods and best practices of the American Academy of Physician Life Care Planners was first published in 2017 in A Physician’s Guide to Life Care Planning: Tenets, Methods, and Best Practices for Physician Life Care Planners.
This published, regularly employed peer-reviewed methodology is widely accepted within the discipline of life care planning; and it has been reliably employed in thousands of state and federal court cases throughout the United States.
Training in the methodology advocated by the American Academy of Physician Life Care Planners has been peer-reviewed by the International Commission on Health Care Certification (ICHCC), the certifying body which governs the Certified Life Care Planning Certification (CLCP™), the oldest and most widely held certification in the field of life care planning. Additionally, the ICHCC peer-reviews and accepts life care plans which employ the methodology advocated by the American Academy of Physician Life Care Planners for purposes of awarding CLCP™ Certification to CLCP™ Certification Candidates. Further, the ICHCC affords ICHCC Continuing Education Units (CEUs) to CLCP™ Certification Holders who receive methodological and clinical education from the American Academy of Physician Life Care Planners.
Training in the methodology advocated by the American Academy of Physician Life Care Planners is reviewed and accepted by the American Medical Association (AMA), in conjunction with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the University of Texas Health Science Center of San Antonio. The AMA affords its highest level Continuing Medical Education Credits (CME Credits) to licensed physicians who receive methodological and clinical training and education from the American Academy of Physician Life Care Planners.
What are the Clinical Objectives of a Life Care Plan?
According to the published, peer-reviewed tenets, methods and best practices advocated by the American Academy of Physician Life Care Planners, the Clinical Objectives of Life Care Planning are:
- Diminish or eliminate physical and psychological pain and suffering.
- Reach and maintain the highest level of function given an individual’s unique circumstance.
- Prevent complications to which an individual’s unique physical and mental conditions predispose them.
- Afford the individual the best possible quality of life in light of their condition.
What Types of Medical Treatment are Included in Life Care Plans
The American Academy of Physician Life Care Planners categorizes Future Medical Recommendations according to the following structure:
- Physician Services
- Routine Diagnostics
- Medications
- Laboratory Studies
- Rehabilitation Services
- Equipment & Supplies
- Nursing & Attendant Care
- Environmental Modifications & Essential Services
- Acute Care Services
Board Certified Life Care Planners in Oregon
If you’re if you’re seeking a Board Certified life care planner in Portland, Physician Life Care Planning can help. We serve clients throughout the state of Oregon, and throughout the nation.
We serve all of Oregon including:
Salem, Eugene, Gresham, Hillsboro, Bend, Beaverton, Medford, Springfield, Corvallis, Albany, Tigard, Lake Oswego, Grand Pass, Keizer, Oregon City, Redmond, McMinnville, Tualatin, West Linn, Wilsonville, Forest Grove, Woodburn, Happy Valley, Newburg,
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