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Quality Improvement Tool:

Quantify Rehab Therapy Utilization For Each Resident

Published on Mon Jan 28, 2008

This handy tool can easily identify patterns of rehab use.

Source: Jane Belt, MSN, RN, consulting manager with Plante & Moran LLC (Columbus, OH). Handout presented in a session at the American Health Care Association's 2007 annual conference. Used by permission.

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