Rehab Continuum Report Archives – May 1, 2004
May 1, 2004
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Providers are concerned about the future of long-term care hospitals
Concern over the 75% rule, new local medical review policies, and the on-again, off-again outpatient therapy cap certainly have kept rehab advocates busy over the last year. Now another area of concern is emerging: the future of long-term care hospitals (LTCHs). -
Group sees potential for telerehabilitation
When Steve Dawson, PT, was first approached with the idea of teletherapy four years ago, he had to laugh. Providing therapy services over a videophone to a patient in a remote location went against the very grain of his profession. -
Program returns rehab patients to active lifestyle
As a teenager, Muffy Davis goal in life was to make the Olympics. She consistently was ranked one of the top skiers in the United States. Fifteen years later, Davis retired from competitive skiing with a bronze medal from the 1998 Nagano (Japan) Games and three silvers from the 2002 Salt Lake City Games. A success story, but with a twist: Davis medaled in the Paralympics, not the Olympics, and she did it sitting down as a monoskier. -
Patient grievance policy vital tool for improvement
They may not grab many headlines, but grievance policies and procedures are, nonetheless, a critical component of a thorough, effective quality improvement effort. -
Stop harmful staff from getting hired
If a nurse applied for a hard-to-fill night shift at your organization who had left a previous facility under suspicion of murdering several patients, do you think shed be hired? Would it be possible for a technician to intentionally harm patients at your hospital over a period of years, with absolutely no action taken?