Strengthening rehabilitation in health systems worldwide by implementing information on functioning in rehabilitation practice, quality management, and policy: 2018 status report

Francesca Gimigliano; Melissa Selb; Masahiko Mukaino; Cristiana Baffone; Jerome Bickenbach; Julia Engkasan Patrick; Christoph Gutenbrunner; Jianan Li; Stefano Negrini; Gerold Stucki; Mauro Zampolini; Jorge Lains

doi:10.4103/jisprm.ijprm_13_18

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Year : 2018 | Volume : 1 | Issue : 2 | Page : 37-48

Strengthening rehabilitation in health systems worldwide by implementing information on functioning in rehabilitation practice, quality management, and policy: 2018 status report

Francesca Gimigliano¹, Melissa Selb², Masahiko Mukaino³, Cristiana Baffone⁴, Jerome Bickenbach⁵, Julia Engkasan Patrick⁶, Christoph Gutenbrunner⁷, Jianan Li⁸, Stefano Negrini⁹, Gerold Stucki⁵, Mauro Zampolini¹⁰, Jorge Lains¹¹
¹ Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Napoli, Italy
² Swiss Paraplegic Research; ICF Research Branch, a Cooperation Partner Within the WHO Collaborating Centre for the Family of International Classifications in Germany (at DIMDI), Nottwil, Switzerland
³ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine I, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan
⁴ Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland
⁵ Swiss Paraplegic Research; ICF Research Branch, a Cooperation Partner Within the WHO Collaborating Centre for the Family of International Classifications in Germany (at DIMDI), Nottwil; Department of Health Sciences and Health Policy, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
⁶ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
⁷ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
⁸ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
⁹ Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia; Don Gnocchi Foundation, Milan, Italy
¹⁰ Department of Rehabilitation, USL Umbria 2, Foligno Hospital, Foligno, Italy
¹¹ Centro de Medicina de Reabilitação da Região Centro, Tocha, Portugal

Correspondence Address:
Francesca Gimigliano
Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Napoli
Italy

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/jisprm.ijprm_13_18

The link between rehabilitation, functioning, and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is nothing new. This is reflected not only in the numerous peer-reviewed papers on applying the ICF in rehabilitation but also in the indispensable role of functioning and the ICF in developing the conceptual descriptions of rehabilitation as a health strategy and of physical and rehabilitation medicine (PRM) as a medical specialty. Since the World Health Organization's (WHO's) Rehabilitation 2030 Call for Action in 2017, functioning and the ICF have gained an even more prominent role in rehabilitation. This paper provides an overview of the current efforts toward strengthening rehabilitation in health systems throughout the world by applying information on functioning in rehabilitation practice, Clinical Quality Management for Rehabilitation (CQM-R), and policy, using the ICF as a reference framework. These initiatives are led by rehabilitation and rehabilitation-related societies and academic institutions in various countries and regions of the world. This paper briefly describes them and puts them into the context of WHO's call for strengthening rehabilitation. It concludes by highlighting lessons learned from these initiatives, introducing Cochrane Rehabilitation as a conduit for promoting the use of ICF in evidence gathering and calling for collaboration from new partners who have not yet been active in promoting ICF implementation. This call for collaboration from the International Society of PRM strives to diversify the representation of contributors and experiences in implementing the ICF in rehabilitation practice, CQM-R, and policy.

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