Medical Speech-Language Pathology Across the Care Continuum

Alex F. Johnson, PhD, CCC-SLP, ASHA Honors, served as Provost at the MGH Institute (Boston, MA) for 14 years. Prior to that he served as department chair at Wayne State University. In 1998, Johnson launched the Division of Speech-Language Sciences and Disorders at the Henry Ford Medical Center i(Department of Neurology) in Detroit, MI. Johnson's academic interests have focused on medical speech-language pathology and neurologic communication disorders. He has been involved in the development of widely used outcome measures in voice and swallowing disorders and communication quality. He co-edited (with Barbara Jacobson), Medical Speech-Language Pathology: A Practitioner's Guide, now in its 3rd edition. Johnson is an ASHA Fellow, has received the Honors of ASHA and NSSLHA, and is a Distinguished Scholar in the National Academies of Practice. ***** Dr. Barbara Jacobson served as Associate Professor at Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center for 9 years working in medical speech-language pathology administration, clinical education, and as a clinician in acute care. Prior to that, she was Associate Professor in the Vanderbilt Voice Center. She was a senior staff speech-language pathologist at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI from 1988 to 2003 where she established a Voice Production Laboratory. Her clinical and research interests are in functional and patient-reported outcomes, medical speech language pathology, and neurogenic voice disorders. She is co-editor (with Alex Johnson) of Medical Speech Language Pathology, 3rd ed. She is a co-author of the Voice Handicap Index (1997) and Dysphagia Handicap Index (2012). She is an ASHA Fellow. ***** Megan Schliep, PhD, CCC-SLP, MPH, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders at MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston, MA. She also holds a clinical appointment as a speech-language pathologist at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, MA. Her research focuses on post-stroke aphasia and explores the implementation of standardized assessment practices across the care continuum and identification of clinical predictors to inform recovery trajectory, with a focus on interdisciplinary research-practice partnerships. ***** Bridget Perry, PhD, CCC-SLP, is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and the program director of the Clinical Doctorate in Speech Language Pathology program at MGH Institute of Health Professions. Her research is focused on improving patient-centered management of swallowing and speech impairments for patients diagnosed with serious illness through the use of novel assessment and intervention methodologies.

• PrefaceAbout the AuthorsContributorsChapter 1. Medical Speech-Language Pathology: Key ConceptsAlex F. JohnsonChapter 2. Acute Care Medical SettingsBridget J. Perry and Barbara H. JacobsonChapter 3. Inpatient Rehabilitation FacilitiesJulia R.W. Haffer and Megan E. SchliepChapter 4. Skilled Nursing FacilitiesMary L. CasperChapter 5. Speech-Language Pathology Services in Home Health Care SettingsMegan L. Malone and Jennifer LoehrChapter 6. Outpatient Care & Ongoing Therapy Services in Health SettingsMinal Kadam, Megan E. Schliep, and Alex F. JohnsonChapter 7. Pediatric Medical Speech-Language PathologyKaitlyn Johnston MinchinChapter 8. Pharmacology in Medical Speech-Language PathologyAbigail BurkaChapter 9. Neuroimaging for Speech-Language PathologistsErin L. Meier and Jeffrey P. JohnsonChapter 10. The Role of SLPs Across Systems - Case Studies in CareZachary SmithAppendix A