Brain Injury Rehabilitation Outcome Measurement: Challenges and Future Directions

The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) published a position paper (http:// www.biausa.org/biaa-position-papers.htm) that describes the state of outcomes research in the field of brain injury and identifies the factors to consider when evaluating existing studies and embarking on future outcomes research. This commentary summarizes that article by highlighting 3 major challenges for outcome measurement in brain injury rehabilitation. It also presents opportunities for improving outcomes research through improved research design, standardization of measurement tools across the continuum with utilization of national databases, and an evidence-based approach to providing care to help move brain injury rehabilitation outcome measurement in a positive direction

What Families, Clinicians and Payors Need to Know About Transitional Rehabilitation

When a person sustains a traumatic brain injury (TBI), he and his family are thrust into a health care system that is unfamiliar and difficult to navigate. Too often, patients do not have access to the full continuum of treatment - especially transitional rehabilitation (TR). This article addresses why that is so and ways to change it