Acute Therapy Benchmarking

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I am performing benchmarking of activity levels and staffing needs

for an acute rehab department that services a 220 bed hospital in

Central Oregon.

What I'm looking for are appropriate metrics that are widely used and

comparable between facilities in order to determine the " correct "

amount of therapy that should be delivered and the appropriate amount

of staff required to do so effectively.

Some of the specific questions I have are:

(1)Are we providing the optimal amount of therapy to our patients?

This question can also be broken down into the optimal amount of PT

versus OT delivered based on diagnosis or patient type.

(2)Are we utilizing our staff efficiently and effectively to achieve

this " optimal " level of therapy?

(3)Are we keeping our patients " on service " for an appropriate length

of time?

If anyone has information regarding these specific questions, or has

information regarding the " traditional " benchmarks used to compare

services between facilities I would much appreciate this information.

Thanks,

Tannus Quatre, PT

Team Leader, Acute Rehab Services

St. Medical Center

Bend, OR 97701

x6141

tquatre@...