Rogers Memorial Hospital

Rogers Memorial Hospital conducts ongoing research in many of our treatment programs to evaluate the effectiveness of the program and increase knowledge in the field. Occasionally, the hospital collaborates with other researchers doing particular research studies. Participation in a research project is completely voluntary and no identifying information is used. Patients who agree to participate are asked at admission and discharge to complete a series of questionnaires that take up to one hour to fill out. It is possible that patient questionnaire results may be used clinically. If this is the case, then the patient may be offered the chance to receive feedback about the questionnaire results. In addition, the therapist will receive the results so that he or she can use this information in treatment planning.

Up to a year after discharge from the program, former patients are contacted and asked to complete a short phone survey and a questionnaire that is sent in the mail. The research gathered enables us to examine changes from admission to discharge and follow-up, and we can look at these changes related to factors such as diagnosis, length of stay and gender. This information helps us to make ongoing improvements to the treatment services we provide.