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Developing a Comprehensive, Interdisciplinary Concussion Program
Chen, Jamie Kouts, Jill Rippee, Michael A. Lauer, Stephen Smith, David McDonald, Tracy Kurylo, Monica Filardi, Tanya
Chen, Jamie
Kouts, Jill
Rippee, Michael A.
Lauer, Stephen
Smith, David
McDonald, Tracy
Kurylo, Monica
Filardi, Tanya
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There has been a growing trend of local and national coverage of and interest in concussion injuries over the past 2 decades. Increasing public concern over potential catastrophic and unknown long-term effects of sports-related concussion injuries has led to an acknowledgment of the strong public health need for addressing all concussion injuries, regardless of mechanism of injury. In efforts to address this need for concussion prevention and management, both in sports and nonsports, The University of Kansas Health System initiated the interdisciplinary Center for Concussion Management program in 2012. The program was created as a virtual clinic concept and includes voluntary participation from various providers across the institution, limited budget, and space obstacles. Since its inception, the program has continued to operate as its initial design of a multidisciplinary team model outside the sole ownership of 1 department, and has expanded to include education and outreach to local and regional schools and groups.
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A grant from the One-University Open Access Fund at the University of Kansas was used to defray the author's publication fees in this Open Access journal. The Open Access Fund, administered by librarians from the KU, KU Law, and KUMC libraries, is made possible by contributions from the offices of KU Provost, KU Vice Chancellor for Research & Graduate Studies, and KUMC Vice Chancellor for Research. For more information about the Open Access Fund, please see http://library.kumc.edu/authors-fund.xml.
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2020-07-27
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Sage Publications
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Concussion, Mild traumatic brain injury, Management, Program development, Interdisciplinary, Administration, Health care, Virtual clinic, Public health, Collaboration
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Chen J, Kouts J, Rippee MA, et al. Developing a Comprehensive, Interdisciplinary Concussion Program. Health Services Insights. January 2020. doi:10.1177/1178632920938674