So Where Do We Start?

So Where Do We Start? Martha Hodgesmith, JD Associate Director Research & Training Center on Independent Living The University of Kansas

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What We Believe We Know

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For the Person - Life with Severe TBI • Clinical experiences • Community experiences • How am I counted? • Why is what paid for? • Who pays for what? • How do they know when and what to pay for?

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What We Are Here to Accomplish

Evidence and Policy

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A Different View “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” - Albert Einstein

Time for a Paradigm Shift: TBI as a Chronic Condition You Can’t Solve a Problem Until You’re Asking the Right Questions • Systems of Care • Intersection of Clinical Care and Payment Models • Personhood After Severe TBI – Civil Rights Matter www.mghcme.org/spauldingtbi

What We Will Accomplish • A strategic plan to promote evidence-informed policies for appropriate access to rehabilitation for persons with severe TBI

Bridging the Gap – Connecting the Evidence and Policy

• White Paper/issue brief on the need for evidenceinformed policy to support health care needs of persons with severe brain injury across the lifespan • Creation of Task Force on Severe TBI and EvidenceInformed Health Care Policy

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