At Cleveland Clinic's Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, our teams of care providers help patients manage and often overcome physical, psychosocial, cognitive and vocational impairments.
Rehabilitation Team
We use a team approach to rehabilitation to help restore as much independence as possible for you and your family. We also help patients in various settings - when they are in the hospital, between the hospital and home (in Cleveland Clinic's Center for Rehabilitation), and on an outpatient basis. We also work closely with Cleveland Clinic Home Care Services.
This broad spectrum of care enables us to address the needs of the individual during each phase of the rehabilitation process, as well as when transitioning from one phase to the next. This continuum allows us to effectively coordinate services to help people maintain the gains they have achieved as inpatients.
Learn about our special services. These services focus on a specific need, such as vestibular rehabilitation, or a specific type of therapy, such as aquatic therapy. On this page, we provide an overview of our Department services.
Who We Serve
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation serves patients with impairments and disabilities in the areas of mobility, self-care, communications, swallowing and cognition; the impairments may result from accidents, illnesses or natural causes. These patients’ medical needs may range from simple to very complex, or may be chronic in nature. Issues of endurance and safety, psychosocial, vocational and recreational needs are also addressed.
Patients receive our services throughout the continuum of care:
- while they are in the hospital,
- in an intermediate care facility such as a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF),
- on an outpatient basis.
Most importantly, our rehabilitation team includes the patient and family members. We all work together to restore the patient to his or her community.
An Overview of our Care Services
We emphasize a multidisciplinary team approach. This team, under the guidance Department Chairman Vernon Lin, M.D., Ph.D., coordinates its efforts to effectively manage any special needs of the patient.
Patients with multiple medical problems also benefit from having access to all Cleveland Clinic’s nearly 1,000 physicians in 100 medical specialties and subspecialties easily accessible. We use a state-of-the-art electronic medical record system so that all practitioners can quickly and easily review patients' progress.
Why You Should Choose Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Teamwork: Our multidisciplinary team of rehabilitation professionals helps each person regain as much physical mobility and independence as possible.
- Outcomes: The average stay with Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation has been consistently shorter than the national average while at the same time successfully improving the level of function.
- Communication: The rehabilitation admission coordinator is available to receive referrals and facilitate communication to the referring physician in order to obtain the appropriate level of care.
- Coordination: Patients with multiple medical problems are effectively treated in a multispecialty group environment.
