The Biscayne

HealthCare Community™ Model

Whole Person HealthCare: Humanizing HealthcarePraeger Press, 2007

The Biscayne Institutes of Health & Living, Inc.

“A HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY”

FOUNDED IN 1988

ROOTED IN COMMUNITY SYSTEM

ACCREDITED BY:

• CARF• CORF

• STATE OF FLORIDA BRAIN & SPINAL CORD INJURY PROGRAM

THE BISCAYNE HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY MODEL

I

HOSPITALS

&

MEDICAL SPECIALISTS

THE

HEALTHCARE

COMMUNITY

PROVIDES A BRIDGETO THE MEDICAL

SYSTEM

DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM

THE HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY

• EMPHASIZES HEALTH

• ADDRESSES PHYSICAL/BEHAVIORAL/COMPLEMENTARY APPROACHES

• PROVIDES SEAMLESS DELIVERY TO/FROM SPECIALTY CARE

• IS COST EFFECTIVE

PROVIDES A BRIDGE TO CONJOINT SYSTEMS

BENEFITS:

•BISCAYNE HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY BRIDGES COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE WITH MEDICAL SPECIALTIES & ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS.

HOSPITALS

&

MEDICAL SPECIALISTS

Appendix: Short Titles for Healthy People 2010 Objectives

1. Access to Quality Health Services

Goal: Improve access to comprehensive, high-quality health care services.

CLINICAL PREVENTIVE CARE 1-1 Persons with health insurance 1-2 Health insurance coverage for clinical preventive services 1-3 Counseling about health behaviors

EMERGENCY SERVICES

1-10 Delay or difficulty in getting emergency care 1-11 Rapid prehospital emergency care 1-12 Single toll-free number for poison control

centers 1-13 Trauma care systems

1-14 Special needs of children

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services November 2000

• COST EFFECTIVE, COMMUNITY BASED ACCESS TO INTEGRATIVE HEALTH CARE IS AVAILABLE FOR BOTH A GENERAL POPULATION AS WELL AS CHRONICALLY ILL AND DISABLED POPULATION.

• DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES IS ENHANCED THROUGH A SEAMLESS CONTINUUM OF CARE

For Adults

For Children

BISCAYNE INSTITUTE’S

HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN PROVIDE A CONTINUUM

OF CARE

Biscayne Academy integrates education and specialty care

for children

• PARENT EDUCATION CLASSES

• PARENTING SKILLS CLASSES

• PARENT THERAPY & SUPPORT GROUPS

• SPECIALIZED SERVICES TO ENHANCE CHILD DEVELOPMENT INCLUDE EVALUATION & TREATMENT OF PHYSICAL/EMOTIONAL/COGNITIVE ISSUES

• KIWANIS KIDS AT BISCAYNE

INTEGRATIVE PRIMARY CARE BRIDGES TRADITIONAL & NON-TRADITIONAL

SERVICES

Neither rejects conventional

medicine nor uncritically

accepts alternative

practices

Integrative Medicine

Benefits of Non-Traditional Medicine in Healthcare Setting

Cost effectiveness

Expanded treatment protocols

Quicker recovery rates

• LONG-TERM CARE, WITHIN A COMMUNITY INTEGRATION MODEL, IS ACCESSIBLE AND COST EFFECTIVE.

Biscayne Programs Pain

Spinal cord injury

Amputations

Neurological Disorders (ex. CVA, Parkinson)

Chronic Diseases (ex., diabetes, cancer)

BISCAYNE TREATS THE “UNTREATABLE”

COST-EFFECTIVELY

SERVING PATIENTS FACED WITH: • TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY

• SPINAL CORD INJURY

• CHRONIC DISEASE

Interdisciplinary/Transdisciplinary

PT

OT

Speech

Psychology/Neuropsychology

Social Work

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Biofeedback

Meditation

Hypnosis

Educational Services

Multidisciplinary

Interdisciplinary

Transdisciplinary

Group Therapy

Bilingual

Specialized Groups

Family Support Groups

Team Approach Integration of Disciplines

Weekly Conferences

Group Goal Setting/Treatment Planning

Group Discharge Planning

• Healing oriented

• Relationship oriented

• Promote personal health

• Value organizational health

HEALTHCARE COMMUNITIES ARE:

J

“PEOPLE WHO FEEL LONELY AND ISOLATED HAVE THREE TO FIVE TIMES THE RATE OF PREMATURE DEATH AND DISEASE COMPARED TO THOSE WHO

HAVE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY.”

- Dean Ornish, M.D.

Peer Influence Enhances Recovery Rates

Expands Cultural Diversity &Embraces Community for Healthy

Living

The Biscayne Institutes The Biscayne Institutes of Health & Living, Inc.of Health & Living, Inc.

““A HEALTHCARE COMMUNITYA HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY””