Implementation of Clinical Quality Management for Rehabilitation in Malaysia
Julia Patrick Engkasan, Gerold Stucki, Sadeeq Ali, Yusniza Mohd Yusof, Hafez Hussain, Lydia Abdul Latif
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Malaya, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-2283
Lay Abstract
For rehabilitation, information about a person’s ability to do things is important in planning effective rehabilitation at all level of health services. Three rehabilitation service providers in Malaysia (University of Malaya from Ministry of Higher Education, Cheras Rehabilitation Hospital of the Ministry of Health and the SOCSO Rehabilitation Centre from Ministry of Human Resource) have initiated a nation-wide quality management project for rehabilitation using ICF clinical tools to document functioning information. This paper describes the building blocks and implementation plan of the Clinical Quality Management for Rehabilitation in Malaysia – CQM-R Malaysia.
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