The Foundation to Advance Brain Rehabilitation: Organization, History, and Collaborative Database

Vicki Eicher1, David B Salisbury, Thomas F Murphy

  • 1Author Affiliations: Quality Management, ReMed Recovery Care Centers, Paoli, Pennsylvania (Eicher); Clinical Operations, Pate Neuro Rehabilitation/Rehab Without Walls, Irving, Texas (Dr Salisbury); Inventive Software Solutions, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Murphy); On With Life, Ankeny, Iowa (Dr Shelton); National Director of Outcomes, Collage Rehabilitation Partners, Paoli, Pennsylvania (Dr Altman); Foundation to Advance Brain Rehabilitation (FABR); Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana (Dr Malec); and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (Dr Malec).

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