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WEBINAR: Achieving Person-Centered Outcomes: The Importance of Developing New Outcome Measures
Sara Karon, PhD, Senior Health Policy Analyst, Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Care at RTI International presented “Achieving Person-centered Outcomes: The Importance of Developing New Outcome Measures,” at the 2022 TASH Conference in December. She discussed gaps in measures that assess person-centered outcomes for people receiving HCBS.
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WEBINAR: Achieving Person-Centered Outcomes: The Importance of Developing New Outcome Measures
Sara Karon, PhD, Senior Health Policy Analyst, Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Care at RTI International presented “Achieving Person-centered Outcomes: The Importance of Developing New Outcome Measures,” at the 2022 TASH Conference in December. She discussed gaps in measures that assess person-centered outcomes for people receiving HCBS.
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"Up-and-Up" in Rehab: Sam Estep on Getting to See Patients Progress to Their Goals
Being in an inpatient rehabilitation hospital offers Samantha Estep, BSN, RN, CRRN — and RNs like her — a unique opportunity to witness patients "literally get better from day to day."
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Study Supports Need for Standardized Measures of Orthosis Performance and Patient Satisfaction
While some orthoses are prefabricated, some patients require a custom-made device. In that case, orthotists make plaster casts of the patient’s limb and craft the orthosis to fit as well as possible.
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New Grant: Helping Patients Understand Rehabilitation Measures
Clinical research scientist Linda Ehrlich-Jones has spent her career exploring the best ways to help people with chronic illnesses such as Lupus and Parkinson’s disease live better lives.
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Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR)
This lab focuses on outcome studies, measuring the long-term impact of medical rehabilitation in patients with disabilities.
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Survey Finds Need for Improved Way to Measure Quality of Orthotics Care
To get a better handle on the situation, researchers at the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR) at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab surveyed orthotists and physical therapists around the country on their perspectives on quality-of-care indicators for people who use custom ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs).
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Slutzky Neuroprosthetics Laboratory
Our laboratory uses neural prosthetics to improve both our understanding of brain function as well as restoring movement and communication.
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Study Supports Need for Standardized Measures of Orthosis Performance and Patient Satisfaction
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that almost 2 million people in the U.S. use an orthotic device. While some orthoses are prefabricated, some patients require a custom-made device. In that case, orthotists make plaster casts of the patient’s limb and craft the orthosis to fit as well as possible.
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Participant Council to Play Major Role in Developing New Quality-of-Life Measures for People with Disabilities
Karon has spent decades developing quality-of-life measures for people with disabilities and is leading a project at the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR) at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.
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Episode 11: Developing and Testing Person-Centered HCBS Outcome Measures
On this episode of INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast, our guests are Bridgette Schram, PhD, project manager on the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Home and Community-Based Services at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, and Sara Karon, PhD, co-principal investigator on the project and a senior health policy analyst at RTI International.
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Survey Finds Need for Improved Way to Measure Quality of Orthotics Care
To get a better handle on the situation, researchers at the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR) at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab surveyed orthotists and physical therapists around the country on their perspectives on quality-of-care indicators for people who use custom ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs).
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