The Central Maine Rehabilitation Center is Central Maine Medical Center’s inpatient acute rehabilitation center. It is the first hospital-based facility of its kind in Maine to earn CARF accreditation.
“Receiving CARF accreditation signifies the Central Maine Rehabilitation Center’s aspiration to attain the best outcomes possible for the patients we serve, while focusing on their unique individual needs. It is always of utmost importance to continue improving our efficiencies and service delivery, while creating a foundation for excellent patient satisfaction,” said CMMC Inpatient Rehabilitation Program Director Tina Nickey, R.N.
This three-year accreditation wasgranted to Central Maine Rehabilitation Center following a rigorous peer review process that included an on-site visit by a team of two industry peer surveyors.
During the survey process the surveyors completed a thorough peer review process conducting interviews with various members of the organization, including, but not limited to, the rehabilitation team, physicians, patients, and their families.
“The CARF accreditation decision represents the highest level of accreditation that can be awarded to a program such asours. It demonstrates Central Maine Rehabilitation Center’s substantial conformance to the CARF standards, offering programs and services that are measurable, accountable, and of the highest quality,” Nickey said.
The rehabilitation center began preparing for the CARF survey process two years ago after completing a thorough self evaluation of the unit’s current state, and then working to meetconformance standards to achieve accreditation.
Founded in 1966, CARF International is an independent, non-profit accrediting body whose mission is to promote thequality, value, and optimal outcomes of rehabilitation services through a consultative accreditation process focusing on enhancing the lives of thoseserved by such programs.
The Central Maine Rehabilitation Center opened in 1981 and has provided services to improve functional independence to thousands of individuals coping with disabilities or loss of function due to illness or injury. The 13-bed unit offers comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation services to adults with a variety of conditions that have caused a loss of function in daily living activities, mobility, cognition, or communication.
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