Teresa Boynton, MS, OTR, CSPHP: Mobility Assessment and Technology Interventions

This episode we speak with Teresa Boynton. 

Teresa Boynton, MS, OTR, CSPHP is currently an independent Safe Patient Handling Mobility (SPHM) and Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool (BMAT) consultant. She previously worked for Hill-Rom as a Clinical Consultant assisting healthcare facilities across the U.S. to build and sustain SPHM programs with a focus on improving patient outcomes while increasing caregiver safety using a standardized assessment linked to SPHM interventions. Prior to this, she worked for Banner Health for over 26 years.  In 2001, she became the Banner Health “Ergonomics and Injury Prevention Specialist.” In 2003 with the goal of establishing SPHM programs system-wide, she began work on what became the Banner “Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool (BMAT) – a validated nurse-driven tool for assessing current mobility status based on objective findings. From 2011 through 2015, she led the Banner Health combined “Safe Patient Handling and Falls Prevention Team.”  Other projects include using the HFMEA model to develop algorithms, a standardized care path, and appropriate equipment bundle for patients-of-size; standardizing workers’ compensation injury coding, tracking and trending for effective injury prevention action planning; reviewing FDA medical device adverse events reports related to sling and lift safety issues, and participating with a team that wrote the “Healthcare Recipient Sling and Lift Hanger Bar Compatibility Guidelines.” Teresa is certified by the Association of Safe Patient Handling Professionals (ASPHP).