Number of stroke patients who make progress as defined by an increase of one or more levels on the Writing Functional Communication Measure (FCM).
Measure Specs
General Information
Numerator
Number of stroke patients who make progress on the Writing Functional Communication Measure.
Denominator
Number of stroke patients scored on the Writing Functional Communication Measure.
Exclusions
Patients discharged from speech-language pathology services after only one treatment session.
Patients who are not candidates for memory treatment as demonstrated by the highest level of functioning on admission (Level 7 on the Writing Functional Communication Measure).
Patients using an augmentative-alternative communication system.
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