Priority Topics for Health System Partners
American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL)
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
BAYADA Home Health Care
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
Boston Medical Center (BMC)
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
The Cleveland Clinic
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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Intermountain Healthcare
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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Johns Hopkins Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR)
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
naviHealth
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
UPMC's Center for Assistive Technology (UPMC CAT)
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
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
View our first LeaRRn Scholar.
View our second LeaRRn Scholar.
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