Cleveland Clinic Children's Outcomes

The WeeFIM national database provides reports comparing individual programs against national benchmarks. The WeeFIM length-of-stay efficiency score is the most important measure of the effectiveness of a rehabilitation program because it indicates how quickly a program is able to improve a child's functional abilities. Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital for Rehabilitation's score has consistently outperformed similar facilities and the national benchmark.

The WeeFIM II System measures several metrics of functional ability including self care, mobility, and cognition. WeeFIM measures the improvement — or gain — in these areas from the time of admission to time of discharge.

Self care refers to how well a child is able to feed, groom, bath, dress, and complete toileting tasks including the management of bowel and bladder.

Mobility refers to how a child is able to transfer in/out of a chair or wheelchair, on/off a toilet, or in/out of a tub or shower. It also assesses a child's ability to walk, crawl, or use wheelchair; and go up and down stairs.

Cognition refers to how a child understands, expresses themselves, interacts with peers, solves daily problems, and recalls information.