Persons with medical problems such as stroke, spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, neurological disorders, limited mobility and self care, cognitive disorders, psychosocial and psychiatric impairments are served in the Inpatient, and Outpatient Medical Rehabilitation Programs. Students with an episodic illness are treated in Student Health Services.
The goal of Physician and Nursing Services is to provide medical and nursing care, coordinate and manage physical restorative, psychosocial and other services enabling the patient/student to achieve optimum levels of physical, social and psychological functioning within their living environment.
Program Features
- Diagnosis and treatment of impairment and disability
- Management of medical rehabilitation program
- Medical consultations
- Orthotics, Prosthetics, Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, Outpatient Evaluation, and Seating Clinics
- Patient and family education
- Physician and nursing assessment of common conditions
- Prescription of medication and medical equipment
- Psychological/Psychiatric diagnostic evaluations
- Electrodiagnostic testing
Staff members are specialists in internal, general and rehabilitation medicine; psychology/psychiatry.
The key advantage of this program is that physicians and nurses collaborate to coordinate the client’s treatment regimen and ensure that safe, quality care results in improved function. This physician prescribed program enables the patient to access third- party funding for services and equipment.
