Qatar Rehabilitation Institute, Carolinas Rehabilitation Enter into Partnership

Doha, March 19 (QNA) - Qatar Rehabilitation Institute (QRI), and Atrium Health Carolinas Rehabilitation have entered into a partnership aimed at improving quality of care and outcomes for patients receiving rehabilitation services worldwide. HE Minister of Public Health Dr. Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari said that the cooperation between the two Institutes will achieve outcomes that are consistent with the objectives of the National Health Strategy 2018-2022 related to providing high-quality rehabilitation services. HE the Minister noted that QRI, which was opened in 2016, aims to achieve Qatar's vision to provide comprehensive and integrated health care services with the ambition to establish a leading regional facility in the field of rehabilitation. The multiyear collaboration will include the sharing of expertise and data between Carolinas Rehabilitation and QRI and will be a cornerstone of the Atrium Health rehabilitation service lines effort to expand its global presence, she added. The collaboration will proceed in three phases, the first of which will focus on enhancing QRI's clinical rehabilitation programs. During the second and third phases, Carolinas Rehabilitation clinicians and staff members will provide virtual and on-site consultation and assessments aimed at preparing QRI to apply for accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). The highly sought-after CARF accreditation helps rehabilitation service providers meet international standards for quality, assuring patients and their families that they are receiving the best available care. "Since opening in 2016, Qatar Rehabilitation Institute's ambition is to be the region’s leading rehabilitation facility, where we continually improve services and engage with all our stakeholder feedback in order to serve our community," said Dr. Hanadi Al Hamad, medical director at QRI and Qatar's national lead for Healthy Aging. "Our partnership with Carolinas Rehabilitation will help us strengthen every aspect of our rehabilitation services and provide the highest quality of care to our patients, including pediatrics, adult and older adults, she said. "We're honored to work with Atrium Health's specialists to build sustainable and scalable rehabilitation services for all citizens of Qatar," said Mahmoud Al Raisi, chief of continuing care at QRI. "This partnership represents a strategic effort towards QRI achieving CARF accreditation." QRI handles some of the most complex rehabilitation cases in the Middle East. This collaboration will allow us to share best practices widely recognized as valuable in driving positive patient outcomes here at Carolinas Rehabilitation," said Robert Larrison, Jr., enterprise group vice president of the Atrium Health rehabilitation network and president of Atrium Health Carolinas Rehabilitation. "It will also advance our goal to improve the depth and quality of rehabilitation services globally." As part of the collaboration, Charlotte, North Carolina-based Carolinas Rehabilitation will work closely with QRI on clinical pathway development and quality improvement. Doha, Qatar-based QRI will join Carolinas Rehabilitations Patient Safety Organization and contribute to the Exchanged Quality Data for Rehabilitation (EQUADRSM) network, which was founded by Carolinas Rehabilitation and is on a mission to improve the quality of services provided to rehabilitation patients before, during and after their time in the hospital. Carolinas Rehabilitation has been CARF accredited for over 40 years and was the first hospital ever accredited in cancer rehabilitation by CARF. In 2019, it became the first and only rehabilitation hospital to be awarded the American Hospital Associations Quest for Quality Award. Atrium Health Carolinas Rehabilitation is widely regarded as a leading-edge facility for both capabilities and expertise. Last year, it was named among the top 15 rehabilitation hospitals in the United States. (QNA)