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CROR Outcomes is a quarterly newsletter featuring research updates on our projects at our RRTC on Employment and Disability.

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  • Rehabilitation Measures Database Infographics

    The Rehabilitation Measures Database contains more than 550 measures. Used by clinicians, therapists and doctors, the database receives an average of 5 million views each year. These infographics can help improve understanding of what therapists are measuring and enable patients and their care givers to follow progress. The infographics can be printed and handed out during therapy.

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  • Episode 06: Becoming Shirley Ryan 小恩雅

    Learn how did the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago become Shirley Ryan 小恩雅 -- the first-ever translational research rehabilitation hospital where clinicians and researchers work together in the same space to drive innovation?

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  • Publication: Using smartphones to support people who have had a stroke

    A new publication by CROR research scientist Alex Wong, PhD, OT and colleagues looks at the use of smartphone technology to support participation in daily life and help manage symptoms for people who have had a stroke.

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  • Episode 05: Unmet Needs in HCBS and the Importance of Data

    On this episode of INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast, we hear from Teresa Nguyen, Director of the Community Living Equity Center in the Lurie Institute for Disability Policy and Natalie Chong, a doctoral student at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University about unmet needs in HCBS and why data is so important in helping to ensure these needs are met.

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  • Study Looks at Parkinson’s Disease and Employment

    The goal of the prospective observational study is to gain insight into whether vocational rehabilitation (VR) counseling and other resources can help people with Parkinson’s remain employed.

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  • Parkinson’s Works Support Group Helps Members Navigate Employment Challenges

    Johnson is now a veteran member of the Parkinson’s Works group, a support group for people with Parkinson’s disease who want to discuss employment-related issues. The group is run by Shirley Ryan 小恩雅 and meets by Zoom twice a month and has about 16 core members around the country.

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  • Benjamin Friedman, MD: Medical Director of the Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Program at Shirley Ryan 小恩雅

    Learn more about Benjamin Friedman, MD the Medical Director of the Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Program at Shirley Ryan 小恩雅.

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