HealthSouth Tustin Rehabilitation Hospital hosts Amputees Across America (AAA)

What:	Amputees Across America, a group of five amputees, is making their ninth annual transcontinental bike ride. From June 2 through July 26, the riders will visit 20 HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospitals across the nation to increase public awareness of amputees as people with active lifestyles.
Where:	Amputees Across America will visit HealthSouth Yuma Rehabilitation Hospital located at 901 West 24th Street.
When:	Friday, June 4, 2010 at 10a.m.
Contact:	Butch Bodine (928) 726-5000
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Stroke Rehabilitation Center of Excellence

Yuma Rehabilitation Hospital has once again received the Stroke Center of Excellence Accreditation. This designation can only be achieved through a tremendous amount of hard work and superior patient outcomes made possible by talented staff. Only 18% of the Health South Rehabilitation Hospitals qualified for the designation during this application period.

The Stroke Rehabilitation Center of Excellence internal recognition program highlights the accomplishments of HealthSouth hospitals that have exceeded established benchmarks in clinical programming and patient outcomes for the treatment of stroke.

Some of those benchmarks include the program being led by a board-certified physician with expertise and specialized training in stroke. The hospital’s medical staff includes specialty physicians in the areas of neurology, cardiology, gastroenterology, urology, and pulmonary and internal medicine.

HealthSouth Stroke Rehabilitation Centers of Excellence employ treatment teams of specially trained clinicians in the areas of physical, occupational and speech therapies, in addition to nursing.

These treatment teams meet weekly to develop individualized courses of treatment for patients. The course of treatment could include a combination of the following specialty programs: cognitive retraining, behavior management, comprehensive spasticity management, neuropsychological testing and treatment, augmentative communication, driving education, and gait and balance training.

Yuma Rehabilitation Hospital achieved a top 10 clinical ranking

In June of 2009, HealthSouth Yuma Rehabilitation Hospital achieved a top 10 clinical ranking and was recognized as one of the top acute rehabilitation hospitals in the nation for patient satisfaction, services and business operations.

Of the 100 HealthSouth hospitals in the United States, Yuma Regional Medical Center is ranked no. 7. Yuma Rehabilitation Hospital has again demonstrated clinical excellence and its commitment to Yuma, Brawley, El Centro and the surrounding communities by serving its physicians, healthcare providers and most importantly patients and their families.

HealthSouth Yuma Rehabilitation Hospital, a Stroke Rehabilitation Center of Excellence, places priority on responsiveness to individual patients’ needs, highly specialized treatments programs and innovative thinking that leads to increasingly positive outcomes.

Highly skilled physicians, nurses and therapists utilize the latest in equipment and techniques to return patients to home and work using, occupational therapy, physical therapy, respiratory therapy, speech/language therapy and nutritional counseling.

Specialized Programs

Lymphedema Therapy

Back Program

Spasticity Screening

Speech Pathology: BIG Program, LSVT, Vital Stim, Interactive Metronome

Pediatric Outpatient Therapy/Speech and Occupational Therapy

Hand Therapy

AutoAmbulator

Bioness H200/L300

SmartStep

DriveABLE Cognition Assessment Tools

Awarded Joint Commission Accreditation

YUMA, Ariz. October 2009 – By demonstrating compliance with The Joint Commission's national standards for health care quality and safety, Yuma Rehabilitation Hospital has earned the Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval™.

"Achieving accreditation demonstrates Yuma Rehabilitation Hospital has voluntarily sought an independent evaluation of its compliance with state-of-the-art performance standards," says Michael Kulczycki, executive director, Ambulatory Care Accreditation Program, The Joint Commission.

"We seek accreditation for our organization because we want to be the best," says Steve Smith, CEO. "We view obtaining Joint Commission accreditation as another step toward excellence."

"Our staff is very supportive of the process. It gives them a feeling of prestige to work in an accredited organization," says Steve Smith. "They also appreciate the educational aspect of the survey and the opportunity to interact with The Joint Commission."

An independent, not-for-profit organization, The Joint Commission is the predominant standards-setting and accrediting body in health care. Since 1975, The Joint Commission has developed state-of-the-art standards for outpatient ambulatory care organizations. Nearly 1,200 freestanding ambulatory care organizations maintain Joint Commission accreditation.

He called the accreditation, "proof of an organization-wide commitment to provide quality care on an ongoing basis."