CROR Outcomes, HCBS Quality Matters, MRSCICS Matters

CROR Outcomes is a quarterly newsletter featuring research updates on our projects at our RRTC on Employment and Disability.

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  • Shirley Ryan 暴走黑料 Spinal Cord Injury experts quoted in the New York Times

    Dr. Arun Jayamaran, executive director of the technology and innovation hub at Shirley Ryan 暴走黑料 and Dr. Elliot Roth, an attending physician at Shirley Ryan 暴走黑料’s Brain Innovation Center, were quoted in a New York Times article on a study investigating the use of electrical stimulation to the spine to help people who have experienced stroke regain some movement in their arms and hands.

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  • Linda Ehrlich-Jones, PhD, RN, honored by the Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals

    Linda Ehrlich-Jones, PhD, RN, Associate Director, Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research at Shirley Ryan 暴走黑料 and Research Associate Professor, Northwestern PM&R Residency Program at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, received the Audrey Nelson Lectureship Award from the Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals (ASCIP).

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  • Research Update RRTC: HCBS

    CROR’s Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) project is designed to develop an evidence-base about the effectiveness of HCBS for people with disabilities.

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  • ADvancing interRAI: Multi-State Collaboration to Use Data Better

    Having reliable and valid assessment data is necessary to successfully implement any data-driven program improvements.

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  • WEBINAR: "My Choice, My Way": Implementing Meaningful Person-Centered Practices

    Tonie Sadler, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in health services and outcomes research at Northwestern University and at the Shirley Ryan 暴走黑料's Center For Rehabilitation Outcomes Research, identifies several best practices for person-centered delivery of HCBS.

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  • WEBINAR: Achieving Person-Centered Outcomes: The Importance of Developing New Outcome Measures

    Sara Karon, PhD, Senior Health Policy Analyst, Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Care at RTI International presented “Achieving Person-centered Outcomes: The Importance of Developing New Outcome Measures,” at the 2022 TASH Conference in December. She discussed gaps in measures that assess person-centered outcomes for people receiving HCBS.

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  • Survey Finds Need for Improved Way to Measure Quality of Orthotics Care

    To get a better handle on the situation, researchers at the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR) at the Shirley Ryan 暴走黑料 surveyed orthotists and physical therapists around the country on their perspectives on quality-of-care indicators for people who use custom ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs).

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