The Spinal Cord Injury Model System of Care Program was established via Congressional Act in 1970 to maintain and improve a cost-effective, comprehensive service delivery system for people who incur a spinal cord injury. A Model System must demonstrate outstanding care to individuals with spinal cord injury, from the emergency medical services, to acute care in the hospital, to rehabilitation.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Spinal Cord Injury Model System (UAB-SCIMS) is the longest continually funded Model System of Care and one of 14 national SCI Model Systems Programs located throughout the United States. Each Program is funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR).
The UAB-SCIMS is currently operating via a 5 year grant (#90SI5019) from 2016 - 2021.
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The University of Alabama at Birmingham Spinal Cord Injury Model System provides this website as an auxiliary resource for the primary care of patients with spinal cord injury.The contents of this website were developed under a grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR grant number 90SIMS0020). NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents of this website do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, HHS, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
