This project involves 6 hospitals that are participating in a data collection and research project on treatments of spinal injuries. The hospitals using our mobile data collection software are:
- Craig Hospital
- Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York
- The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
- National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington DC
- Shepherd Center in Atlanta, Georgia
- Carolinas Rehabilitation in Charlotte, North Carolina
This research projects involves 250 Clinicians in 6 different disciplines including:
- Social Workers
- Physical Therapists
- Speech Therapists
- Occupational Therapists
- Psychologists
- Recreational Therapists
This study is designed for "Improving Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Outcomes" by:
Identifying individual patient characteristics, including demographic data, severity of spinal cord injury, and severity of illness (complications and comorbidities), that explain significant variation in the outcomes of acute rehabilitation for SCI.
Identifying specific medical/nursing procedures and therapy interventions, or combinations of procedures and interventions that are associated with better outcomes, controlling for patient characteristics.
Determining whether specific impairment-by-treatment interactions are associated with better outcomes. Participants for this study include individuals who sustained a traumatic spinal cord injury and are receiving inpatient rehabilitation at one of the participating facilities (Craig Hospital, Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York, The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington DC, Shepherd Center in Atlanta, Georgia, and Carolinas Rehabilitation in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Solution:
The solution consists of mobile data collection software called PointSync Mobility Platform from MobileDataforce and consumer grade handheld PDAs.
