Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation - UDSMR Information

An Industry Leader for Over 30 Years! UDSMR offers a wide range of products and services that enable rehabilitation providers to document the severity of patient disability and the results of medical rehabilitation in a uniform way. UDSMR’s products address the needs of rehabilitation providers across the post-acute care continuum. For more than thirty years, UDSMR has been recognized as a leader in medical rehabilitation outcomes data. Today, UDSMR maintains the world’s largest government-independent repository of rehabilitation outcomes and IRF‑PAI data. The data is derived from more than 1,400 rehabilitation facilities worldwide, nearly 900 of which are inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) in the United States, that use UDSMR’s outcomes reporting, credentialing, auditing, training, and consulting services. Our organizational activities are guided by our founding mission: To enable healthcare providers and related entities to document and improve the outcomes, processes, and perceptions of care in uniform ways. Known for the development of the FIM® instrument, UDSMR has garnered a respected track record in data management, outcomes development, and academic analysis. For more than thirty years, UDSMR has been a national leader in medical rehabilitation outcomes and has provided aggregate summary information to many well-known and well-regarded organizations, including the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the American Hospital Association (AHA), and the American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association (AMRPA). Internationally recognized as a leader in functional assessment and research, UDSMR maintains the world’s largest databases for medical rehabilitation outcomes. Currently, facilities worldwide subscribe to UDSMR, and the databases include over thirteen million patient assessments.