FDA Health Care at Home Initiative Identifies Occupational Therapy as a Key Need

Occupational therapy will figure prominently in the launch of the Food and Drug Administration Health Care at Home Initiative to Help Advance Health Equity. The initiative aims to better position the FDA to address healthcare needs by moving care into the home setting.

Based within the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health, the initiative cites advancing health equity as one of three key strategies. AOTA will be represented on the Steering Committee for the FDA Initiative, underscoring the role of occupational therapy as a key practice area of expertise, as occupational therapy practitioners are creative problem solvers who deliver health solutions to people from birth through aging.

To accomplish the goals of the FDA’s initiative, the agency has formed partnerships with a range of problem solvers who will be able to help design features of a home that could accommodate this transformation of healthcare. The American Occupational Therapy Association was asked to join the FDA network of experts, citing the member organization’s knowledge and expertise in the field of occupational therapy will be crucial to the conversation.

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