Speech-Language Pathologists
In Health Care
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Additional Links

Health Care FAQs
www.asha.org/members/slp/faqs/

FAQs for Dysphagia
www.asha.org/members/slp/clinical/dysphagia/dysphagia_faqs.htm

FAQs for ASHA Health Care Services Team
www.asha.org/members/slp/faqs/health_serv_FAQ.htm

FAQ When Evaluating Any Treatment Procedure, Product, or Program Ask Yourself the Following Questions
www.asha.org/members/evaluate.htm

FAQ for SLP Assistants
www.asha.org/members/slp/faqs/faq_slpasst.htm

Professional Practice Issues
www.asha.org/members/slp/practice-issues.htm

Documentation in Health Care Settings
www.asha.org/members/slp/healthcare/documentation.htm

Educating Other Professionals About What SLPs Do
www.asha.org/members/slp/crosstraining.htm

Evidence Based Practice
www.asha.org/members/ebp/

Ethics
www.asha.org/about/ethics/

Health Literacy
www.asha.org/members/slp/healthliteracy.htm

Infection Control
www.asha.org/members/slp/infectioncontrol.htm

International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and
Health (ICF)
www.asha.org/members/slp/icf.htm

Patient Safety and the SLP
www.asha.org/members/slp/Patient+Safety.htm

Qualified Providers in Schools and Early Intervention
www.asha.org/members/slp/qualifiedprovider.htm

SLP Referral Guidelines
www.asha.org/members/slp/clinical/referguidelines.htm

Reimbursement and Coding
www.asha.org/members/issues/reimbursement/

SLP Competencies
www.asha.org/members/slp/competencies.htm

 SLP Medicare Outpatient Supplier Status (PDF file)
www.asha.org/NR/rdonlyres/9277E1B8-F882-4705-A784-B9BC42BA7AA7/0/IssBr_06_SLPsupplier.pdf

Measuring Productivity: Finding the Right Quality Quotient
www.asha.org/members/slp/healthcare/productivity.htm

Recruitment and Retention of SLPs in Health Care: A Guide for Administrators, Program Directors, and Recruiters
www.asha.org/members/slp/healthcare/recruitment/default2.htm

Quality Improvement for Speech-Language Pathologists
www.asha.org/members/slp/healthcare/QI.htm

The Policy and Procedure Manual: Managing "By the Book"
By Paul Rao, Ph.D.
www.asha.org/members/slp/healthcare/policy_procedures.htm

Promoting the Unique Value of SLP Services in Health Care
www.asha.org/members/slp/healthcare/Uniquevalue.htm

Medicare Speech-Generating Devices Information Packet
www.asha.org/members/slp/healthcare/sgd/default-sgd.htm

SLPs and Telepractice
www.asha.org/members/telepractice/

ASHA Desk Reference Document: Knowledge and Skills in Business Practices Needed by Speech-Language Pathologists in Health Care Settings (PDF format)
www.asha.org/NR/rdonlyres/992BBF3F-5127-4CF5-B4A7-99CB21E1F06E/0/KSBusinessPractices.pdf

Setting Specific Resources

Acute Care Hospitals

Health Care Issues Brief - Acute Care
www.asha.org/members/slp/healthcare/acute_care.htm

Getting Started in Acute Care- Hospitals
www.asha.org/members/slp/healthcare/start_acute_care.htm

Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation

Health Care Issues Brief - Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation
www.asha.org/members/slp/healthcare/inpatient.htm

Getting Started in Acute Inpatient Rehab
www.asha.org/members/slp/healthcare/start_acute_in.htm

Homecare

Issues in Homecare
www.asha.org/members/slp/healthcare/homecare.htm

Long Term Care

Long Term Care: Resources and Information
www.asha.org/members/slp/healthcare/longtermcare.htm

Pediatric Hospitals/NICU

Getting Started in Pediatric Hospitals
www.asha.org/members/slp/healthcare/start_ped.htm

SLPs and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
www.asha.org/members/slp/healthcare/NICU.htm

Early Intervention

Roles and Responsibilities of Speech-Language Pathologists in Service Delivery to Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families (PDF Format)
www.asha.org/NR/rdonlyres/25048BB6-76F1-40BE-B7ED-A0E40DDC6A6C/0/19066_1.pdf

ASHA Online Leader References on EI (Birth-5)
www.asha.org/about/publications/leader-online/archives/2003/q2/030527a.htm 

SLP and EI ASHA Practice Policies, Documents Support EI Role
www.asha.org/about/publications/leader-online/archives/2003/q2/030527a.htm 

Current ASHA Resources and Activities Related to EI in SLP
(PDF Format)
www.asha.org/NR/rdonlyres/DA55B954-9AC6-4FAC-87C8-E92F57213D61/0/early_intervention.pdf 

Clinical Partnerships Offer Support to Infants and Families
www.asha.org/about/publications/leader-online/archives/2002/q3/020924a.htm

 

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Setting Specific Resources:

Acute Care
Hospitals

Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation

Homecare

Long Term Care

Pediatric Hospitals/NICU

Early Intervention