Program areas at MedStar National Rehabilitation Network
See schedule omedstar National Rehabilitation network's largest program is access to and the provision of Rehabilitation Hospital services to the communities of Washington, d.c. and the surrounding areas. In addition to the program service expenses listed above, medstar nrn incurred an additional $48.7m of management and general expenses in providing services to its communities. Medstar nrn is a comprehensive medical Rehabilitation facility offering a full range of treatments and services for the physical Rehabilitation of individuals with disabling injuries and illnesses such as stroke, traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, arthritis, amputations, post-polio syndrome, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, chronic pain, back and neck pain, occupational injuries, cancer and cardiac disease that requires medical Rehabilitation. In partnership with children's National health network, the Hospital also offers specialized pediatric care. Medstar nrn owns, operates, or participates as a joint venture partner in the outpatient centers which offer general rehabilitative care as well as distinct programs such as hand therapy, occupational Rehabilitation, cancer Rehabilitation and sports medicine. Medstar nrn is nationally known for its research and body of knowledge on improving the lives of people with spinal cord injury and disease.since march 2020, medstar health has cared for 1 in 4 covid-19 patients in the region. Operating as one medstar and aligning with guidance from the centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) and local departments of health, medstar health covid-19 preparations and response continue to be guided by three critical drivers: provide a safe care environment for patients and associates; mitigate community spread of covid-19; and ensure operational continuity to fulfill our core mission of caring for our communities.these efforts have evolved and transitioned in multiple ways throughout the duration of the covid-19 pandemic, leading to a number of integrated care approaches in place today: utilization of medstar health urgent care, medstar evisit and our digital capabilities to create access, testing sites, and telehealth for primary care and follow-up visits; expanded management of care continuum needs for patients through medstar health home care; execution of innovative laboratory approaches integrated with occupational health to better support associates managing through covid-19 exposures; deployment of community mobile units and clinics for covid-19 vaccinations/boosters; increased management of supply and acquisition of personal protective equipment (ppe), n95 respirators, covid-19 vaccines and boosters; reinforcement of a mandatory covid-19 vaccination policy resulting in compliance of 99% of associates and physicians; and administration of more than 36,800 covid-19 vaccinations/boosters to medstar health associates and physicians and more than 74,500 to patients across the region in fy 2022.
Medstar National Rehabilitation network spent $450k in community health improvement services in fiscal year 2022. These are activities carried out or supported for the express purpose of improving community health.
Medstar National Rehabilitation network provided $5.2m in health professions education in fiscal year 2022. This category includes training in graduate medical education, and education for physicians, medical students, nurses, and other health professions.