University Orthopaedic Associates (UOA) is joining forces with Bridgeway Senior Healthcare to provide superior quality of care for patients recovering from joint replacement procedures. In doing so, both practices offer improved functional outcomes, care coordination and controlled cost after surgery.

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BRIDGEWATER, N.J., April 1, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Bridgeway Senior Healthcare, based in Somerset County, NJ, is partnering with Somerset-based University Orthopaedic Associates (UOA) to provide improved care coordination for individuals recovering from elective joint replacement surgery.

Enhanced communication among a patient’s orthopedist and primary care physician —both before admission to rehabilitation and post-discharge— is at the core of Bridgeway’s transitional care program. The goals of the partnership between Bridgeway and UOA are improved functional outcomes, care coordination and controlled cost after surgery for individuals recovering from elective joint replacement.

Excellent outcomes are achieved by delivering superior nursing care and therapy services after a joint replacement surgery. Bridgeway works with Kessler Core, an affiliate of the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, for specialized physical therapy, occupational therapy as well as speech and language pathology. In addition, Bridgeway’s comprehensive medical staff includes a physiatrist, a physician who has completed training in the specialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation. A physiatrist oversees each patient’s individualized therapy plan of care.

The relationship between UOA, Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation and Bridgeway Senior Healthcare is realized through the mutual goal of achieving a smooth and safe transition from the start of surgery to beyond the discharge home. The combination of Bridgeway’s skilled nursing quality care and UOA’s advanced joint replacement techniques ensure great outcomes and a quick and safe recovery.

ABOUT BRIDGEWAY SENIOR HEALTHCARE

Bridgeway Senior Healthcare has been a family owned and operated provider of onsite, post- acute rehabilitation services in Somerset County, NJ for over 35 years. For more information, please visit www.BridgewaySeniorCare.com.