Hennepin Healthcare's Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Outpatient
Program is the first in the world to receive official 3-year
accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation
Facilities (CARF International) for its Concussion Rehabilitation
Program. Accredited as a Brain Injury Specialty Program since 2017,
this shows continued excellence in patient care.
MINNEAPOLIS, July 16,
2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- On June 26, Hennepin Healthcare's Traumatic Brain
Injury (TBI) Outpatient Program became the first in the world to
receive official 3-year accreditation by CARF International for its
Concussion Rehabilitation Program. Accredited as a Brain Injury
Specialty Program since 2017, this shows continued excellence in
patient care.
"It's an incredible honor and privilege to
shine a light on what we have already been doing so well here for
years," explains TBI Outpatient Program Manager Allison Carolan. "And to be measured and
challenged to become even better for those we serve."
CARF International recently published the first-ever set of
field-driven concussion program standards. Hennepin Healthcare is
the first program to receive accreditation with these new
standards. During its recent site survey at Hennepin Healthcare in
May 2024, CARF evaluated more than
3,000 different standards, which included the new program
requirements.
"It's an incredible honor and privilege to shine a light on what
we have already been doing so well here for years," explains TBI
Outpatient Program Manager Allison
Carolan. "And to be measured and challenged to become even
better for those we serve."
According to CARF's Managing Director of Medical Rehabilitation
and Aging Services Terrence Carolan, * "Hennepin Healthcare's
Concussion Rehabilitation Program has shown a profound commitment
to enhancing the lives of people affected by concussion, and this
accreditation is a testament to the team's dedication to providing
person-centered care with a focus on quality and performance
improvement.
While the Concussion Program standards might be new, Hennepin
Healthcare has been providing TBI and concussion rehabilitation for
quite some time – 20 years to be exact. Founded in 2004 by Dr.
Sarah Rockswold, the TBI Outpatient
Program was one of the flagship programs in the state of
Minnesota and across the nation
for treating not only moderate to severe TBI but also often
underrecognized, mild TBI/concussions with a coordinated,
interdisciplinary team approach.
"Our patients remain the driving force behind all we do," said
Dr. Min Jeong Graf, Hennepin
Healthcare's TBI Outpatient Program Medical Director and Chair of
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. "Nothing is
more fulfilling than being part of a dedicated team with passion
and expertise, with a shared goal of improving the lives of a
patient who has experienced a TBI and is now living -- and thriving
– thanks to receiving professional care. We are also grateful for
the resources and partnership with CARF during this successful
journey."
CARF is an independent, nonprofit accrediting body founded in
1966, whose mission is to promote the quality, value, and optimal
outcomes of services through an accreditation process that centers
on enhancing the lives of the persons served. For more information
about the accreditation process, please visit the CARF website at
carf.org.
Hennepin Healthcare is an integrated system of care that
includes Hennepin County Medical Center known as HCMC, a nationally
recognized Level I Adult Trauma Center and Level I Pediatric Trauma
Center and acute care teaching hospital and research center in
downtown Minneapolis, as well as a
clinic system with primary care clinics located in Minneapolis and across Hennepin County. The system is operated by
Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc., a subsidiary corporation of
Hennepin County.
- Neither of the quoted parties are related.
Media Contact
Christine Hill, Hennepin
Healthcare, 612-919-8711, christine.hill@hcmed.org,
https://www.hennepinhealthcare.org/media-contacts/
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