Mission

Rehabilitation Institute at Santa Barbara provides comprehensive medical rehabilitation to empower people with disabilities to achieve optimal quality of life.

Vision

Rehabilitation Institute at Santa Barbara is recognized for expertise, innovation, and excellent outcomes of care.

Guiding Principles

Leadership in Medical Rehabilitation

We provide proactive, innovative, evidence-based care.

Accountability/Ethical Practices

We base treatment on the patient's needs, wise use of resources, and clinical expertise.

Compassionate Care

We treat each patient and support system uniquely, honestly, and competently, remembering with empathy the challenges faced by people undergoing rehabilitation.

Advocacy & Accessibility

We take a public and political role to ensure that people with disabilities have the information to assert their rights equal to the rest of the population.

Collaboration and Partnership

We believe in the creative synergism found in our patient care and in working with other individuals and institutions to achieve shared goals.

Patient Population

In 2005 Rehabilitation Institute at Santa Barbara served 688 inpatients, in addition to hundreds of outpatients at the Keck Center for Outpatient Services.

Patient Outcomes

RISB is proud of its successful record of discharging the vast majority of its patients to the community, rather than to institutional settings. In 2005, 90 percent of our patients were discharged to community settings.

Patient Satisfaction

RISB patients are contacted three months after discharge for a phone interview.

In 2005, 93% of patients rated their stay at RISB as 'satisfactory' or 'more than satisfactory.' 97% said they would recommend RISB to others.

Accreditation and Licence, Professional Memberships

Rehabilitation Institute at Santa Barbara is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) in Comprehensive Integrated Inpatient Rehabilitation Programs. It is also paneled by California Children's Services for outpatient services for children 14 and older.

Rehabilitation Institute at Santa Barbara is a member of American Hosital Association, the Healthcare Association of Southern California, the California Association of Rehabilitation Facilities, American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association, and the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine.

In addition to RISB's accredited inpatient hospital services, the following programs, services and features can be found at the Institute

• Keck Center for Outpatient Services
• The Tuohy Foundation Aquatics Center
• The Harris and Fredda Meisel Gallery of Art
• Community Services
• EQLAccess Technology Initiative
• RISB Programs
• CCRC