Rehabilitation Center Annual Report 2009
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Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare’s Regional Rehabilitation Center demonstrates its commitment to clinical excellence in distinct ways.
- The Center is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), receiving four commendations in the last survey period.
- Its staff of Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurses (CRRN), physical, occupational and speech therapists and audiologists that regularly obtain higher education, board certification and specialized credentialing.
- It successfully implemented Electronic Medical Records (EMR) in the inpatient rehabilitation unit, and won a Team Excellence Award: Striving for Clinical Excellence at FSLH in 2009 for this work.
- In 2009, the Comprehensive Integrated Inpatient Rehabiliation Unit (CIIRP) was recognized for 20 years of continued dedication to Quality Improvement in Rehabilitation from Uniform Data Systems for Medical Rehabilitation (UDSmr).
But perhaps the most important evidence of the center’s clinical excellence is in its daily treatment of patients.
From newborn to geriatrics, The Regional Rehabilitation Center is the one-stop leader in rehabilitation services for the region. It serves patients with physical disabilities resulting from stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, neurological disorders, cardiac disease, arthritis, orthopedics and amputation. And consistently, the center has scored higher than the nation and the region in patient satisfaction and outcomes. “Each and every day, our team members advocate for the health and wellness of our patients and community,” said Mini Malhotra, MBA, MHA, OTR, Program Director/Administrator for Rehabilitation Services. “We are proud of our pledge that patient satisfaction and positive clinical outcomes always remain the heart of our work.”
In this report, you’ll meet Sandy Sherman and Glen Hance. Hance, who had a stroke, and Sherman, who has Guillain-Barré Syndrome, used many of the comprehensive services provided at the Center, including inpatient and outpatient therapy. They’ll be the first to tell you of the clinical excellence they witnessed daily at The Regional Rehabilitation Center, because that excellence meant one important thing to each of them: going home.
