
IT HealthTrack: Program Highlights
- Overview of the IRF Prospective Payment System (PPS) and the PAI
- Assessing Function with the Functional Independence Measurement
- Measuring Disability with the Functional Independence Measurement
- Function Modifiers
- Using Zeros when Assessing Function
- Domains of Function
- Self-Care: Eating, Grooming, Bathing, Upper Body Dressing, Lower Body Dressing, Toileting
- Sphincter Control: Bladder Control, Bowel Control
- Mobility: Bed/Chair/Wheelchair Transfers, Toilet Transfers, Tub/Shower Transfers
- Locomotion: Walking and Wheelchair Modes, Walking, Wheelchair, Stairs
- Communication: Comprehension and Expression Modes, Comprehension, Expression
- Social Cognition: Social Interaction, Problem Solving, Memory
- Implications of Total Functional Independence Measurement Scores: Functional Independence Measurement Scores and the Payment System, Functional Independence Measurement Scores and Outcomes of Rehabilitation
- Summary and Conclusions