Supplement-Rehab Continuum Report 1999 Index

Accreditation

CARF, Joint Commission expand accreditation pact, FEB:25

Combined CARF-JCAHO survey now a reality, MAY:68

Charts and tools

Cardiac rehab questionnaire, MAY:insert

Clinical pathway physician's order, JAN:insert

Expanding the continuum of care: the make vs. buy decision, OCT:insert

Interdisciplinary peer review form, AUG:insert

Patient satisfaction questionnaire, MAY:insert

Productivity quiz, APR:insert

Total joint replacement for hip or knee clinical pathway, JAN:insert

Treatment form, SEP:120

Treatment plan, progress summary and discharge summary database, SEP:121

Cost-saving strategies

Electronic medical record can save millions, SEP:119

Electronic medical record databases in a nutshell, SEP:123

Day treatment

Adult day center serves variety of ages, diagnoses, FEB:23

CARF adult day program conferences, FEB:18

Day program gets elderly patients out of the house, FEB:24

Neurology day treatment helps avoid long-term care, FEB:20

Neurology day treatment program includes cohesive treatment team, FEB:21

Services ranging from treatment to day care attract payers, patients, FEB:17

Depression treatment

Depression can affect patient's progress, NOV:137

Experts offer tips on treating depression, NOV:139

Efficiency measures

Combined form saves time for staff, patients, JUN:80

Patients bypass admitting, go directly to rooms, JAN:15

Training video saves time, reinforces teaching, MAR:39

Falls programs

Program reduced incidences of patient falls, DEC:149

Reduce patients' fear of falling, DEC:152

Try these tips on reducing falls and fear of falling, DEC:153

Financial issues

BBA means lost jobs, lost revenue, studies find, JUL:84

Create a rehab consortium to improve patient base, DEC:157

Using the episode-of-care approach to billing, JUN:73

HCFA policies

Agencies using OASIS despite HCFA delay, JUL:83

Cardiac rehab hit with stricter supervisory rules, MAY:64

GAO report discovers nursing home shortfalls, JUN:75

Rehab groups still protesting outpatient cap, MAY:57

Support mounts for FIM-FRG system, AUG:104

Infection control

Rehab infection control protocol, AUG:105

Innovative projects

'Rehab in the park' offers break from the routine, FEB:26

Restaurant helps fitness clients stay on track, APR:52

Rural patients benefit from community outings, APR:50

Marketing strategies

Focus rehab marketing on prevention, not illness, OCT:133

Market rehab services through partnership with health clubs, DEC:155

Outcomes

Combining databases is not a difficult task, JAN:8

FIM gains: One rehab center's success story, JUL:89

Group involvement key to monitoring outcomes, MAY:60

Industry group calls for better outcomes measures, APR:46

Link outcomes, cost, satisfaction to create efficiency, JAN:7

Outcomes data can convince payers, referral sources of the value of cardiac rehabilitation programs, MAR:33

QI projects coordinated throughout the continuum, JAN:9

Rehab hospital measures functional independence, MAY:61

Use outcomes, service to chart improvement, JUL:88

Partnerships

Advantages of linking with integrated delivery system (IDS), APR:44

Avoiding pitfalls along service expansion path, OCT:128

Joint venture builds on partners' strengths, OCT:127

Partnerships can grow your business, OCT:125

Patient satisfaction

Agency raises patient satisfaction rating, wins award, MAY:59

Consumerism: How customer-friendly are you? SEP:115

Give rehab patients their say to raise satisfaction, MAY:62

Prospective payment system

Details of rehab PPS still sketchy, MAR:29

Empower staff as part of transition to PPS, NOV:145

Focus on process improvements to survive IPS, PPS, JUL:87

HCFA chooses per-discharge system for PPS, SEP:109

HCFA letter on PPS methodology, SEP:110

HCFA still weighing PPS methodology, JUN:74

Industry groups still seeking PPS formula, JUL:85

It's time to start reorganizing therapy department for PPS, NOV:143

NovaCare study shows post-PPS FIM decline, JUL:91

PPS clouds future of skilled nursing as hospitals anticipate losing millions, JUN:69

PPS guide to government guidelines, NOV:142

Prospective pay formula debate continues, MAY:58

Prospective payment system for rehab enters new stage of development, JAN:1

Rehab could learn from home health industry's experience, JUL:81

Rehab prospective pay inches closer to reality, APR:48

Research will decide resources for rehab, JAN:3

Tips for surviving PPS, JUN:71

Quality improvement

Extended therapy hours maximize patient gains, MAR:31

Patients receive individual therapy on weekends, MAR:32

Post-90 hip fracture patients spring back well, AUG:107

Translating numbers into useful information, APR:47

Reimbursement

Cut out middleman through direct contracting, MAY:64

Doing more with less: Facilities cope with declining reimbursements, APR:41

Giving details to payers enhances relationship, FEB:22

Know how to play direct contracting game, MAY:66

Practitioners adapt to realities of managed care, APR:44

Rehab hospital develops global pricing programs, JUN:74

Try bundled arrangements, JUN:72

Specialty programs

Cardiac rehab adds value to your rehab continuum, MAR:38

Cardiac rehab focuses on prevention, home exercise, MAR:37

Joint replacement critical pathway, JAN:14

Joint replacement rehab stays on track with pathway, JAN:13

Office campus event takes a lot of planning, FEB:28

Pain management program includes use of magnets, DEC:159

Post-stroke survival for baby boomers, APR:49

Wound program can boost revenue, patient care, JUN:76

Wound care program improves with teamwork, JUN:78

Spinal cord injuries

Spinal cord injured need longer LOS in rehab, SEP:117

Staffing issues

Are private therapists doomed to extinction? JUL:95

Foreign therapists may flood U.S. market, OCT:135

Gripes turn to gratitude over staff evaluations, OCT:130

Master's requirements for future OTs likely, AUG:106

Motivating employees in era of Chicken Little, JUL:86

OTs make more money, work harder, MAY:63

Telemedicine

Lowdown on costs of telemedicine, MAY:55

Rutgers research aims to bring telerehab home, MAY:56

Telerehabilitation is part of future of rehab, Sept:112

Using telemedicine to overcome distance barriers, MAY:53

Traumatic brain injury services

CDC releases analysis of TBI statistics, AUG:100

Panel answers questions about TBI, rehabilitation, AUG:103

South Carolina hospital has thriving TBI program, AUG:97

TBI survivor beats odds, becomes peer counselor, AUG:101

Y2K issues

Develop contingency plan for potential Y2K problems, JAN:11

Health care Y2K resource book is now available, AUG:108

Here's list of equipment that may be affected by Y2K, JAN:5

Make backup copies of patient data, JAN:12

New manual can steer you through Y2K, MAY:67

Pay attention to details in your contingency plan, JAN:12

Steps for making equipment Y2K-compliant, JAN:6

Y2K problems possible with biomedical equipment, JAN:4

Y2K work moving slowly for health industry, MAY:67