The Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Program (CORP) at Harborview Medical Center offers coordinated interdisciplinary evaluations and therapies for outpatients with a variety of neurological disorders such as traumatic brain injury, stroke, aneurysm, tumors, and spinal cord injury.
Patient care is directed by the rehabilitation physician and coordinated by the outpatient patient care coordinator. CORP patients are seen in the Rehabilitation Medicine Clinic by the physician as needed throughout the course of the outpatient therapy program.
Services offered include:
- OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
Evaluation, training and adaptations; independent living skills; self-care techniques; hand and arm performance; functional strength and endurance; use of adaptive equipment and devices.
- PHYSICAL THERAPY
Balance and ambulation training; flexibility and strengthening; mobility skills; movement control; equipment assessment; home exercise instruction.
- REHABILITATION COUNSELING
Vocational assessment, referral, and planning; job development and placement; advise on Americans with Disabilities Act rights; job accommodations.
- REHABILITATION NURSING
General health maintenance; wound evaluation and care; skin management; bowel and bladder management; medication review.
- CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY / NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
Assessment of cognitive and emotional effects of injury or disease; therapy for adjustment to disability, depression, anxiety, anger, and relationships; techniques to manage pain and stress-related physical symptoms.
- SPEECH PATHOLOGY
Cognitive-communication problems; aphasia; motor/speech disorders; swallowing; augmentative and alternative communications; computer access.
- THERAPEUTIC RECREATION
Community skills training; transportation; aquatics; community resources; peer support.
Referrals
To refer a new patient for therapy or to see a physician, please complete our Outpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Referral Form (HMC1394) and fax, along with pertinent medical records to fax number listed below.
For further guidance, see CORP Referral Guidelines (Adobe PDF).
You may also contact our Scheduling Coordinator (number listed below).
See Referrals to Harborview for general information on referring to Harborview and a listing of all referral guidelines.
Additional Services
The full services of UW Medicine are available for primary and other specialty care services or hospitalization. For further information on programs of the University of Washington Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, see http://depts.washington.edu/rehab.