Hospitals with enclosed rehab units

[Guest guest]

Sorry for the repeat post if you also read the hpa-listserve.

Just curious of how different departments are set up for hospitals

with both Acute Care and Acute Rehab departments in the same hospital

(same physical space).

Our hospital has 224 beds total, 25 are for the acute rehab unit.

We have separate therapy departments, separate therapy managers,

separate staff and per diems.

Anyone have the 2 combined? or a different setup? Or any input on an

ideal setup?

Thanks

Greg Woodsum, PT

RMU Therapy Manager

Catholic Medical Center

Rehabilitation Medicine Unit

100 McGregor Street

Manchester NH 03102

[Guest guest]

Our facility has 304 beds with a 23 bed inpatient rehab unit. I am the

Coordinator for both the inpatient rehab unit and the acute care rehab program.

Our acute care therapists share office space with the IRF therapists - this is a

change we have made in the past year. We expect the two groups to help each

other out with patient coverage (all of our therapists are crosstrained in both

acute care and IRF). Having them all the same office has helped them identify

when coverage is needed in each area and has taken some of the load off me to

find coverage when someone is out - they often work it out themselves. This way

everyone feels better about it!

Andi MS CCC SLP

Coordinator, Inpatient and Acute Rehab

Floyd Medical Center

Rome GA

Hospitals with enclosed rehab units

Sorry for the repeat post if you also read the hpa-listserve.

Just curious of how different departments are set up for hospitals

with both Acute Care and Acute Rehab departments in the same hospital

(same physical space).

Our hospital has 224 beds total, 25 are for the acute rehab unit.

We have separate therapy departments, separate therapy managers,

separate staff and per diems.

Anyone have the 2 combined? or a different setup? Or any input on an

ideal setup?

Thanks

Greg Woodsum, PT

RMU Therapy Manager

Catholic Medical Center

Rehabilitation Medicine Unit

100 McGregor Street

Manchester NH 03102

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[Guest guest]

We are a 175 bed acute care hospital with 23 designated rehab beds. We

have separate directors for the rehab unit and the physical medicine

departments but the therapy staff are all under the physical medicine

director. The rehab director handles the nursing unit aspects of the

rehab unit and the program decisions for the unit. The physical medicine

director handles the acute/OP aspects of the physical medicine department

and the therapy clinical aspects that arise on rehab. This allows us the

freedom to easier flex staff to where the patient census is highest (

often the acute census is high right before the patients shift to rehab

then as the rehab census increases the acute decreases) and to have fewer

issues with weekend staffing.

, PT

SMGSI Mt. Vernon, IL

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10/27/2004 03:33 PM

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Hospitals with enclosed rehab units

Sorry for the repeat post if you also read the hpa-listserve.

Just curious of how different departments are set up for hospitals

with both Acute Care and Acute Rehab departments in the same hospital

(same physical space).

Our hospital has 224 beds total, 25 are for the acute rehab unit.

We have separate therapy departments, separate therapy managers,

separate staff and per diems.

Anyone have the 2 combined? or a different setup? Or any input on an

ideal setup?

Thanks

Greg Woodsum, PT

RMU Therapy Manager

Catholic Medical Center

Rehabilitation Medicine Unit

100 McGregor Street

Manchester NH 03102

Looking to start your own Practice?

Visit www.InHomeRehab.com.

Bring PTManager to your organization or State Association with a

professional workshop or course - call us at 313 884-8920 to arrange

PTManager encourages participation in your professional association. Join

and participate now!