Digital MSK triage - literature review summary

Summary of results

DT and PM applications have the potential to add significant benefits for patients, clinicians and healthcare providers across a wide range of physiotherapy settings. However this emerging field is currently being explored and urgently needs more research and development with higher quality studies and more consistent reporting to increase patient and clinical confidence and remove barriers to more widespread adoption.

There is currently no available application which is  as comprehensive in an MSK physiotherapy setting as the solutions in development and production at EQL. There is, however, a very close match in a general practice setting. For this reason we believe that the solutions in development and production at EQL are based on well-established clinical association. The case for a well-established clinical association is further strengthened as we found supporting evidence for each of the components in development and production at EQL  (triage and diagnostics / clinical decision support) in physiotherapy settings across separate articles.

Commercial competition is low, with competitors either having poor market penetration or insufficient clinical scope in a physiotherapy setting. This puts EQL in an excellent position to take advantage of this gap in the market to deliver safe, accessible and high quality patient care, while simultaneously reducing care cost and clinician burden.