The Midwest Regional Traumatic Brain Injury Model System (MRTBIMS) was created to accomplish several important objectives in support of an interdisciplinary, multidimensional center focused on providing and improving care for people with TBI. We will establish a coordinated multilevel interdisciplinary system of care for people with traumatic brain injury (TBI), including prehospital, emergency, acute, long-term acute, intensive rehabilitation, and community care. This continuum of care is provided at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, RML Specialty Hospital, and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and its System of Care, under the leadership of Elliot J. Roth, MD and Felise S. Zollman, MD. We also submit data on at least 35 recently injured TBI patients per year to the National TBI Database. Our research plans include implementation of two site-specific research projects, which consist of clinical trials on the effectiveness of acupuncture to improve sleep in TBI patients and on the effectiveness of a virtual reality-robotics program to improve attention and concentration in TBI patients. We also participate in multicenter collaborative research projects, on sexuality, and on quality of life measures. Further, the Center will be engaged in dissemination of educational and other materials on TBI to a variety of target audiences, including persons with TBI and their families, professionals who care for patients with TBI, and the public. We also collaborate with the Brain Injury Association of Illinois. These activities are expected to have a positive impact on clinical TBI management practices and health care policy.
The Brain Injury Association of Illinois has developed a new educational website as part of the 6 programs we have developed under the grant project. Please visit the website to view educational videos and "Ask the TBI Doc". The "Ask the TBI Doc" provides email-based answers to questions about brain injury from consumers, family members and care providers. Questions submitted to “Ask the TBI Doc” are being addressed by Dr. Eric Larson, RIC neuropsychologist. Additional follow up is also provided by the BIA of Illinois. The website allows the text to be translated into a variety of languages other than English.
The Brain Injury Association of Illinois has also been developing new programs and enhancing current services and programs with the grant. Some of these programs include: Peer Outreach Program, The Essentials (social skills training), Video Education Series, Military Family Education and Outreach, Teleconference education, Brain Injury in the Community (training for police, firemen and first responders). Information on these programs are available by contacting the BIA of Illinois office, (800)699-6443 or info@biail.org. Information will also be available during the conference, October 22-23, 2010. Conference information is available at http://www.biail.org/
Visit http://www.braininjurytoolbox.com to view educational films and "Ask the TBI Doc"
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- BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS
- The Brain Injury Association of Illinois is the statewide membership organization for persons who have sustained a brain injury, their families/caregivers, professionals who work in the field of brain injury, and community residents throughout the state who work and interact with persons who have sustained a brain injury. The Brain Injury Association of Illinois works with brain injury service providers throughout the state of Illinois and outside the state. Brain Injury providers and professionals refer their patients/clients to the Brain Injury Association of Illinois for resources, education and services.
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