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MossRehab Patients Score High on Functional Improvement

We are proud to say that the functional improvement of our patients at

  • MossRehab at Elkins Park
  • MossRehab at Albert Einstein Medical Center on Tabor Road
  • MossRehab at Frankford Hospital - Frankford in Northeast Philadelphia
  • MossRehab at Sacred Heart Hospital in Allentown

exceeds that of patients at other regional and national facilities regardless of their diagnosis on admission.

The Functional Improvement Measurement (FIM)™ is a widely accepted scale used to measure the functional abilities of patients undergoing rehabilitation.

       
  MossRehab

Other
Regional
Facilities

Nationwide
Scores
Stroke Patient FIM Change 26.44 21.54 21.18
% of Stroke Patients Discharged Home 67.21 58 62.32
       
Brain Injury Patient FIM Change 34.53 25.84 25.74
% of Brain Injury Patients Discharged Home 76.92 59.05 64.27
       
Spinal Cord Injury Patient FIM Change 25.06 20.25 19.86
% of Spinal Cord Injury Patients Discharged Home 73.58 63.75 67.91
       
Orthopaedic Patient FIM Change 25.63 23.75 22.59
Orthopaedic Patients Discharged Home 86.17 81.12 81.2
       
Neurology Patient FIM Change 22.72 20.65 19.18
Neurology Patients Discharged Home 85.04 76.23 75.53
       
General Medical Rehab Patient FIM Change 23.68 20.82 19.6
General Medical Rehab Patients Discharged Home 72.91 68.51 68.56
       
Amputation Patient FIM Change 17.88 17.39 17.5
Amputation Patients Discharged Home 75.86 71.88 75.42
       

Note: Patient satisfaction for MossRehab at Sacred Heart and Frankford is calculated separately and is 98.2% and 100% respectively.

1 - Source: eRehab, a service of the American Medical Rehab Providers Association

Definition and other information on FIM scores.

 
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