Implementation of Early In-reach Rehabilitation at Gold Coast’s Tertiary Referral Centre Reduces LOS

Gold Coast University Hospital was experiencing an increase in the number, complexity and acuity of patients requiring rehab services. In an effort to better manage these challenges they developed a Rehabilitation Response team. The multi-disciplinary team (11.3 FTE) introduced a 2 week program involving 10 different packages of Rehab. As a result, increased patient diversity and referrals from new specialties has been noted and a reduction in intervention and assessment times and ALOS has been achieved.