Alta Bates Summit Regional Rehabilitation Center…
Committed to the highest standards of excellence.

Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Program

Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (ABSMC) Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Program is recognized as one of the best in the country. Our 39 bed unit, housed at the Herrick campus in Berkeley, California provides intense interdisciplinary rehabilitation specializing in stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, neurological disorders, complex orthopedic conditions and multiple trauma for patients over the age of 18.

The ABSMC Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Program is fully accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), for Comprehensive Inpatient Rehabilitation and Brain Injury Rehabilitation. CARF is the hallmark of quality and only accredits programs that substantially meet internationally recognized standards. Our CARF accreditation assures that ABSMC Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Program has made a commitment to continually enhance the quality of our services and programs.

In addition, our Stroke Center has been recognized as among the top 5% in the United States, and was the recipient of the HealthGrades Stroke Excellence Award.

Commitment to Quality

In 2007, the ABSMC Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Program achieved Clinical Outcomes for our patients in the top 10% of all rehabilitation programs Nationwide. (Uniform Data Systems)

We measure the outcomes and successes of our patients’ recovery so that we may continuously strive for excellence in customer care and service. We do this through the use of independent national and regional data collection systems.

The tracking system used by our therapists to rate the patients activities at admission and discharge is the Functional Independence Measure (FIM). This serves as a standard assessment tool for rehabilitation and gives us the disability measurement that determines “burden of care”. As the patient progresses the FIM score gets higher and the patient is able to function more independently.

ABSMC Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Program 2007 Report Card

Patients served	614
Average length of stay	17 days
Average hours of therapy per day	3.75
Achievement of projected goals	90%
Patients discharged to community	91%
Overall admit to discharge FIM change	28.4

2007 Brain Injury Report Card

Patients served	92
Achievement of projected goals	92%
Patients discharged to community	96%
Overall admit to discharge FIM change	30

2007 Stroke Report Card

Patients served	265
Achievement of projected goals	87%
Patients discharged to community	96%
Overall admit to discharge FIM change	29

Our FIM change exceeded National (25.5) and Regional (26.9) Benchmarks

The 614 patients served had the following diagnoses:

Patients Diagnosis	# of Patients	Length of Stay
Stroke	265	18
Brain Injury	92	18
Spinal Cord Injury	81	17
Neurological Disorders	55	15
Orthopedic Disorders	53	13
Amputation	15	14
Other	53	14

Discharge to Community

	All Patients	Brain Injury Patients	Stroke Patients
ABSMC	91%	96%	96%
Regional	78%	77%	76%
National	75%	72%	69%

“Health Track” results show that we exceeded the national benchmark for patient satisfaction. Out of a possible score of 4, ABSMC rated 3.84, exceeding the National Average result of 3.81. We are pleased and proud that our rehabilitation outcomes consistently meet or exceed national standards.

The Voices of our Patients…
93% of our patients are likely to recommend our program. Here are some of their actual comments…

“Excellent Nursing staff, best hospital experience I ever had.”

“Everyone treated me with the utmost care and respect”

“The Therapists were tops! Unbelievable and outstanding in their ability to advance you to the next level.”

“Can’t say enough! Nurses were warm, patient, showed great kindness”

“EXCELLENT!” “Alta Bates Summit Acute Rehab is by far the best, most thoughtful and thorough hospital I’ve ever seen.”