CONTINUITY ASSESSMENT/RECORD EVALUATION (CARE) MOBILITY & SELF-CARE ITEM SET

Course overview

Patients cared for in post-acute care (PAC) settings (inpatient rehabilitation, skilled nursing facility, long term acute care and home health care) often transition between multiple sites of care when their health and functional status changes, and therefore are particularly vulnerable and costly to the health care system. Currently performance measurement across PAC settings is fragmented due to the heterogeneity of patient populations, as well as the various reporting mechanisms across settings. These learning modules will provide participants with a context for understanding the importance of gathering consistent items across PAC settings in order to develop meaningful outcome measures to support the value of physical therapy services in disease management as well as future models of payment. These modules will provide participants with the knowledge and understanding to begin measuring self-care and mobility functional outcomes in their practice setting in a consistent and objective manner.