This customizable document, Initial Patient Assessment - Rehabilitation Services, is taken from MCN Healthcare's Provision of Care, Treatment and Services Manual. For more than 20 years, MCN has been the health care industry's leading provider of policy and procedure templates, forms, competencies and other compliance tools.

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Here is some sample content from Initial Patient Assessment - Rehabilitation Services:

	POLICY: A functional status screening is completed within 24 hours of inpatient admission when warranted by the patient's needs and/or clinical condition. Initial patient assessment and evaluation for benefits of Rehabilitation Services will be performed on all patients referred to the Rehabilitation Services Department by an ordering physician. All assessments/evaluations will be performed by a Licensed/Registered Rehabilitation Services professional. Treatment plans will be developed for all patients who are determined to be candidates for beneficial outcome from rehabilitation...
Second excerpt:
	...from Rehabilitation Services Department, indicating specific discipline i.e., PT, OT, ST. Complete changes section on the evaluation form, which should reflect the patient's current status at the time of discharge. Resolve the plan of patient care by putting the discharge date in the date resolved column. Enter the restorative problems and goals in the plan of patient care. As the treatment changes, new problems must be entered on the plan of patient care. From the Facility: A...