Priority topics:

• Evidence-based clinical and functional care approaches for COVID-19 ‘Long Haulers” (Long COVID) in nursing facilities and/or assisted living residences
• Telehealth in skilled nursing facilities and/or assisted living residences during the coronavirus pandemic
• Safety in skilled nursing facilities and/or assisted living residences during the coronavirus pandemic
• Workforce issues impacting care delivery in skilled nursing facilities and/or assisted living residences during the coronavirus pandemic
• Implementation of a mobility program in in skilled nursing facilities and/or assisted living residences
• Transitions of care across the continuum impacting skilled nursing facilities and/or assisted living residences  
• Improving efficiency in obtaining functional change outcomes in skilled nursing facilities and/or assisted living residences

Priority topics:

• Patient-Driven care plan design and the resulting impact on quality outcomes
• Variation in quality outcomes related to different payment models
• Unintended consequences of the coronavirus pandemic
• Policy changes during the coronavirus pandemic
• Policy and payment changes in the home health setting

Priority topics:

• Implementation of a mobility program in acute care
• Implementation of functional outcome assessment; outpatient 
• Measurement of functional capacity across care transitions
• Disparities in access, quality, and outcomes of rehabilitation

Priority topics:

• Transitions of care across the continuum, particularly from the acute hospital to home health care
• Targeting rehabilitation interventions to facilitate discharge from the hospital to home 
• Effectiveness of pre-habilitation in surgical care
• Unintended consequences of the coronavirus pandemic
• Using patient-reported outcomes to evaluate and improve outpatient rehabilitation
• Disparities in access, quality, and outcomes of rehabilitation

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Priority topics:

• Transitions of care across the continuum
• Value-based care pathways
• Health equity
• Implementation of a mobility program in acute care
• Effectiveness of rehabilitation for high-need / high-cost patients
• Team-based models of care, care coordination
• Telehealth during and after the coronavirus pandemic
• Integrating evidence-based decision support into an HER

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Priority topics:

• Implementation of systematic approach to mobility in the acute care hospital 
• Precision Rehabilitation: Using high information content measurement to personalize rehabilitation interventions across the healthcare continuum
• Effectiveness of innovative care delivery models prior to surgery
• Long term consequences of the coronavirus pandemic
• Development of Age Friendly Health Systems model consistent with the 4Ms Framework

Priority topics:

• Post-Acute site(s) for optimal patient outcomes
• Transitions of care across the continuum
• Effectiveness of rehabilitation for high-need / high-cost patients
• Team-based models of care, care coordination
• Unintended consequences of the coronavirus pandemic

Priority topics:

• Evaluation and development of a telehealth protocol for assistive technology
• Implementation of a streamlined data collection process (on assistive technology) in clinical practice
• Development of a new wheelchair prescription policy for seating and mobility clinics

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UPMC’s Center for Rehabilitation Services (UPMC CRS)

Priority topics:

• Effectiveness of a mobility program in acute care
• Hospital outcomes of patients receiving acute care PT during the pandemic  
• Using outcome measures in acute care to identify at risk patients post-acutely  
• Transitions of care across the continuum
• Effectiveness of rehabilitation for high-need / high-cost patients
• Adherence to clinical practice guideline recommendations and associated clinical outcomes

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UPMC’s Innovative Homecare Solutions (UIHS)

Priority topics:

• Efficient use of rehabilitation services in the home health setting
• Use of technology in the home health setting to augment or as a substitute for nurse and/or therapist care