Call for Articles: Advancing Healthcare Outcome Evaluation Through ICF-Based Assessment of Functioning
Call to all researchers, clinicians, rehabilitation professionals, and health system experts involved in outcome assessment and service evaluation are encouraged to submit contributions addressing theoretical, methodological, and practical aspects of ICF-based assessment of functioning.
Link to www.icf-core-sets.org now on the WHO website
Browsing the ICF Core Sets and creating an individualized functioning profile have been possible since the 2012 launch of the electronic ICF documentation tool www.icf-core-sets.org. Now there is a link to www.icf-core-sets.org available on the WHO website.
Available for downloading – Rehab-Cycle® Templates ICF-based documentation tools
To facilitate the use of the ICF in clinical practice, it is essential to have ICF-based tools that could be integrated into the existing processes. The publication Rauch et al. 2008 "How to apply the ICF for rehabilitation management in clinical practice (click here for abstract) introduced 4 ICF-based tools that were developed for the rehabilitation setting, specifically to accompany the Rehab-Cycle® approach – ICF Assessment Sheet, ICF Categorical Profile, ICF Intervention Table, and the ICF Evaluation Display. The Rehab-Cycle® can facilitate the structuring, organization and documentation of the rehabilitation process, as well as help professionals involved in person's rehabilitation with coordinating their actions.
Templates of these ICF-based t…