At TIRR Memorial Hermann, our teams possess many skills—first and foremost, their ability to provide state-of-the-art patient treatment and support in a caring and compassionate way.
However, recent events at our campus here in Houston highlight how our clinicians and all of our team members across specialties serve as a “multipliers,” helping to disseminate best practices and serve as advocates for rehabilitation medicine to others across the country and internationally.
This unique capability was on display in October 2024, during the inaugural TIRR Memorial Hermann education event for World Stroke Day. Focusing on the theme “Reimagining Stroke Rehabilitation: Uniting Research, Innovation and Education for Recovery,” the daylong seminar hosted several leading experts from around the world—as well as from here at TIRR Memorial Hermann—discussing the latest developments in the care of patients with stroke and areas for improvement.
Events such as this are just part of the reason why our team is working to establish TIRR Memorial Hermann as a true Learning Health System (LHS). The LHS model, which is described in this issue of the TIRR Journal, focuses on creating a continuous cycle of self-study and learning that allows for evaluation of the daily practices of a health care organization, and refinement of those practices to improve care.
As our robust residency and fellowship programs in several subspecialties demonstrate, TIRR Memorial Hermann is dedicated to teaching others and constantly learning. We want to help foster a culture of collaboration across the rehabilitation medicine field, working with others so that our providers are truly multipliers for the cutting-edge care we believe we offer. By allowing TIRR Memorial Hermann to serve as a “convener,” experts from all health systems can come together to gather and share information and to discuss next steps and new standards of care.
Ultimately, we believe that sharing information with others—and learning from them—enhances the care we offer our patients, their families and people with disabilities in the community. And that, of course, is our primary focus.
Rhonda Abbott, PT, FTPTA
CEO and Senior Vice President
TIRR Memorial Hermann and
Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation Network
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