• The North Shore-LIJ Health System Continuum of Care
• Inpatient Rehabilitation: Scope of Services
• Publicly Reported Outcomes

In order to achieve the highest level of function in the timeliest manner possible, you may need additional care after you leave the hospital to safely function at home. Understanding and planning for this care now can help reduce the length of time you have to spend in the hospital and make sure you gain access to the highest quality, most comprehensive after-care possible.

Rehabilitation refers to the restoration of skills and abilities needed for you to function as independently as possible. The North Shore-LIJ Health System is committed to providing the highest quality of care and patient outcomes for those with musculoskeletal and neurological disabilities. Depending on your specific symptoms and needs, you may benefit from care provided at different levels or in different settings. For example, a brain injury or stroke can limit your ability to walk, talk, eat, bathe yourself or affect your memory and mood.  In order to maximize your recovery these impairments require the care of a specialized comprehensive rehabilitation team.

A multidisciplinary team of rehabilitation specialists will develop an individualized plan of care for patients who need rehabilitation. This may be in a specialized inpatient rehabilitation unit, an outpatient center, or in your home. Your doctor and therapists will recommend the level of rehabilitative care that will best suit your needs. Your discharge planner/care coordinator will review these options with you and your insurance company so that you can make an informed decision about your continued care.

The North Shore-LIJ Health System Continuum of Care (Download as PDF)

The North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System offers a full continuum of care for individuals with a need for rehabilitation:

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Inpatient Rehabilitation: Scope of Services

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Publicly Reported Outcomes

The North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System believes that the community should have information as the outcomes of each program within the system. Each item is important in the decision of each family and individual seeking services.

Percent Discharge to Home:
This measurement shows how successful a facility is in getting people home after their stay in an inpatient facility.
This is influenced by a number of factors including:

• the resources available to the families in the communities in which they live which can support the person at home etc.
• the severity of cases that each facility takes i.e. the more involved a person is neurologically the more they may need care after their inpatient rehabilitation stay.  In general the greater the percentage of orthopedic patients in each facility the greater the percentage of patients that are discharged home. The percentage of patients discharged home from January-March 2008 is as follows:

NSUH at Glen Cove - 88% Discharged Home 

• 83% Orthopedic
• 10% Neurologic
• 7% Other

Southside Hospital - 76% Discharged Home 

• 45% Orthopedic
• 42% Neurologic
• 13% Other

Staten Island University Hospital - 63.7% Discharged Home 

• 34% Orthopedic
• 40% Neurologic
• 26% Other

Number of yearly discharges
The volume of patients that come through a program gives a sense of how active the program is and is based on the number of available
beds for patients. The more beds a facility has the larger the number of overall yearly discharges will be. 

The number of discharges from January -December 2007 is listed as follows:

• Glen Cove Hospital - 81 beds - 2, 203
• Southside Hospital - 49 beds - 957  
• Staten Island University Hospital - 68 beds - 1,326

Likelihood to recommend the program:
This assists families and patients in understanding if other patients and families who have used the services in the past are happy with the      program. A score greater than of 80% indicates that a program that scores between good and very good.

Here is our performance for January – March 2008:

• Glen Cove Hospital: 93%
• Southside Hospital: 87%
• Staten Island University Hospital: 86.1%

 Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Programs

• Glen Cove Hospital, Glen Cove, NY • 516-674-7692
• Southside Hospital, Bay Shore, NY • 631-968-3446
• Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY • 718-226-8570

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