| Specialized Programs |
Women's Health 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
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| Yuma Hospital Receives Parkinson's Foundation Award |
| Yuma Rehabilitation Hospital has received the Parkinsons Foundation of the Heartland Award 2006 - 2008. The award is a Parkinsons Proficient Accreditation for Exemplary Service, Program and Team Training, and must be maintained yearly . For more information please visit www.parkinsonheartland.org. |
| Stroke Rehabilitation Center of Excellence |
Yuma Rehabilitation Hospital is one of only 15 hospitals in HealthSouth’s nationwide network of more than 90 rehabilitation hospitals to be recognized as a Stroke Rehabilitation Center of Excellence.
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 receives first "Plork Award" |
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Yuma Rehabilitation Hospital received the first ever "Plork Award," given by the Yuma Sun newspaper at its annual Workplace Excellence Awards Luncheon. The 2007 award recognized the hospital as a place that combines work with play to motivate employees. YRH has a committee that creates fun and exciting activities to keep work fun. "The Plork Award" was based off of Dr. Tom Steiner's hilarious discussion as keynote speaker for the awards luncheon. Chosen from more than 26 enteries, the "Plork Award " is a handmade shadowbox showcasing various ties, designed to represent what Yuma Rehab does for fun in the workplace. |
