Inpatient rehab is required when patients require intensive (24-hour) therapy services and medical management.? Inpatient rehabilitation is delivered in a specialized hospital that focuses on physical, occupational, and/or speech therapy.?? Care in this setting is coordinated by a doctor who specializes in rehabilitation medicine.? Patients also receive care from nurses with specialized rehabilitation training who reinforce therapy goals in addition to managing the patient?s medical needs.? The inpatient rehab length of stay is about 10-14 days.? After inpatient rehab, most patients return home often with outpatient rehab or home health services.
Our Inpatient Programs
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Amputation |
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Brain Injury |
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Orthopedics |
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Cancer Rehabilitation |
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Spinal Cord Injury |
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Stroke and Other Neurological Disorders |
Our Inpatient Facilities
Allied operates two nationally-respected and accredited rehabilitation hospitals
- Allied Rehab Hospital, 475 Morgan Highway, Scranton PA. Phone 570-348-1359
- Heinz Rehab Hospital, 150 Mundy Street, Wilkes-Barre PA. 570-826-3800
Our inpatient facilities meet the highest and most rigorous national and international standards for quality performance. Both the Allied Rehab Hospital and John Heinz Rehab are the only licensed freestanding acute rehabilitation hospitals in the Scranton and Wilkes-Barre health care market.
Both hospitals care for patients of all ages who are recovering from surgery, prolonged illness, stroke, orthopedic and neurological conditions, and offer:
- An environment of warmth and compassion
- Patient-friendly admission process
- Spacious and comfortable patient rooms
- Quality-driven care
- A comprehensive team-oriented approach
- The latest in technology and technique
- Collaboration with and education for both patient and family
- Support services for every stage of your recovery
- Our commitment to get you to the highest level of independent living that can be achieved
Our Services
The goal of our services is to improve the medical, functional, and emotional state of our patients. Our team of skilled clinicians includes a wide-range of specialties to assist in achieving that goal.
| Medicine: Our credentialed medical staff exceeds 400 qualified physicians in over 31 specialties. The medical staff is lead by a team of dedicated board-certified specialists in physical medicine and rehabilitation. |
| Nurses: Nurses work with medical staff to assess, plan, and implement the medical care of our patients. The system features a diverse blend of skilled clinicians including over 60 certified rehabilitation registered nurses who have specialized training and experience in rehab nursing. Additionally, the system employs nurses with specialty certifications in wound care, intravenous therapy, critical care, oncology, ostomy, restorative therapy, and continence. |
| Physical Therapy: Physical therapists focus on optimizing muscle control, balance, flexibility and movement. They assist patients in building strength and endurance to improve mobility and decrease pain. Doctors of Physical therapy work throughout the Allied System |
| Occupational Therapy: utilizes ?occupation? or ?productive activity? to improve functional independence in individuals who have been affected by disease, aging, disability, illness, or trauma. The O.T. practitioners teach patients to live productively by adapting to environmental demands. OT is based on the use of everyday activities as the means of helping people to achieve independence. The focus of treating a person with a physical disability is on the performance of activities necessary to function in home, school, community, and work environments. |
| Speech Therapy: Speech therapists work to improve language, cognition and communication skills, as well as any swallowing deficits. Our Speech and Language pathologists have a wide variety of clinical interests. |
| Recreational therapy: Recreational Therapy is a treatment service designed to restore, remediate and rehabilitate a person’s level of functioning and independence in life activities, to promote health and wellness as well as reduce or eliminate the activity limitations and restrictions to participation in life situations caused by an illness or disabling condition’. Recreational Therapy is provided by a CTRS (Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist). |
| Medical Social Work: Medical social workers help patients deal with the physical, emotional, and financial challenges of an illness or injury. They act as the primary contact person for family and physicians regarding a patient?s progress and care. They also coordinate follow-up care and post-discharge needs. |
| Psychology/Neuropsychology: These professionals conduct individual, group, and family counseling to help patients understand and cope with the changes patients encounter during rehabilitation and beyond. |
Awards & Accreditations
Inpatient Rehabilitation Top Performer Award
In 2010, both Allied Rehab Hospital and John Heinz Rehab Hospital received the Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation?s (UDSmrSM) Top Performer Award. UDSmrSM is the largest third-party quality outcomes vendor in the inpatient rehabilitation industry. Each year, UDSmrSM compares the nearly 800 inpatient rehab providers in it?s national database on key quality measures including functional improvement (that is, how much better our patients get at being able to get around and take care of themselves) and the percentage of patients who return home after rehab. Facilities whose quality scores are among the top 10% of all providers each year receive the Top Performer Award. This was the first time that John Heinz Rehab earned the award, scoring in the top 4% of inpatient rehab hospitals nationwide. Allied Rehab Hospital earned the award for the fourth consecutive year (each year the award has been given), scoring in the top 1% of rehab facilities.
Joint Commission Accreditation
Allied Services Inpatient Rehab Hospitals have both been accredited by the Joint Commission. Founded in 1951, The Joint Commission seeks to continuously improve health care for the public, in collaboration with other stakeholders, by evaluating health care organizations and inspiring them to excel in providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value. The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits more than 18,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. An independent, not-for-profit organization, The Joint Commission is the nation’s oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care.
CARF Accredited
Allied Rehab Hospital has received full three-year accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) for the following programs/services:
- Comprehensive Rehabilitation Programs for both Adults and Children/Adolescents
- Spinal Cord Systems of Care for both Adults and Children/Adolescents
- Stroke Programs for both Adults and Children/Adolescents
- Amputee Rehabilitation Programs for both Adults/Adolescents
This accreditation represents the highest level of accreditation that can be awarded to an organization and shows the organization?s substantial conformance to the CARF standards. An organization receiving a Three-Year Accreditation has put itself through a rigorous peer review process and has demonstrated to a team of surveyors during an on-site visit that its programs and services are of the highest quality, measurable, and accountable. CARF is an independent, nonprofit accrediting body whose mission is to promote the quality, value, and optimal outcomes of services through a consultative accreditation process that centers on enhancing the lives of the persons served. Founded in 1966 as the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, and now known as CARF, the accrediting body establishes consumer-focused standards to help organizations measure and improve the quality of their programs and services.
Making a Referral
Making a referral to Allied Services Integrated Health System is easy. Simply call or fax any the numbers listed in the Locations section and our admissions staff can guide you through the referral process.
Determining the Right Level of Care
We offer in-home patient evaluations by a Certified Nurse Practitioner experienced in post-acute care. This service is also available in our Physician offices. To initiate a referral or for additional information, please call (570) 826-3885 (Wilkes-Barre) or (570) 348-1359 (Scranton).
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Allied Services has world-class inpatient rehabilitation facilities in two locations:
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