Patients and Outcomes

Our Patients

Most of our patients have neurological diagnoses such as stroke, cerebral aneurysm, multiple sclerosis, brain tumor, head injury, spinal cord disease, and peripheral neuropathy or orthopedic diagnoses such as hip replacement, knee replacement, hip fracture, or amputation.  We also rehabilitate medical patients who have lost essential functional skills due to long hospitalizations for heart disease, organ transplant, or cancer therapy.

We evaluate appropriateness for admission according to CMS (Center for Medicare and Medicaid) criteria that include diagnosis, ability to participate in 3 hours of skilled therapy daily, medical stability, and likelihood that the patient will benefit from rehabilitation.  Our Admissions Committee responds promptly with an admissions decision upon receiving a referral.

Outcomes

Patient satisfaction with the rehabilitation process is important to us.  We engage MedTel Outcomes, to contact our patient after discharge and assess their level of satisfaction with our services. More than 97% expressed satisfaction with their rehabilitation stay

We strive to return our patients to their homes in the community.  More than 75% of our patients return to their homes or their families at discharge

We track our patients’ functional gains using the functional independence measure (FIM). We submit our  data on our functional gains to the Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation (UDS) and receive quarterly feedback comparing our performance to regional and national benchmarks.  Our patients’ daily gain in FIM exceeds the national average for stroke, medical deconditioning, and non-traumatic brain injury.  We meet the national average for daily gain in FIM for joint replacement and spinal cord injuries.