Day: March 1, 2009

Today’s practitioners can forward the reimbursement process for future upper extremity patients.

Students helping other students learn has been proven to boost academic achievement and social skills in students with and without disabilities. A new book by Vanderbilt University researchers, Peer Support Strategies for Improving All Students’ Social Lives and Learning, based…

A new report suggests that treating gum disease in patients who have diabetes with procedures such as cleanings and periodontal scaling is linked to 10% to 12% lower medical costs per month. The findings are encouraging but the study was…

Raising a child with a disability can cause more daily stress and long-range health problems than parenting a child without disabilities, according to a new study that looked at a clinical measure of stress along with parents’ survey responses. “Our…

Health spending in the United States grew 6.1% in 2007, to $2.2 trillion or $7,421 per person. This was the slowest rate of growth since 1998 and 0.6% lower than the growth of 6.7% in 2006 according to a report…

From four legs to two legs, all creatures benefit from the same orthotic and prosthetic care. Dogs, horses, birds and elephants are not the typical patient list for an O&P practitioner. It even might be difficult for some to find…

Deciding on the best prosthetic or orthotic device is not always a simple task, especially with payer issues and patient input. When fitting patients with orthotic and prosthetic devices, O&P practitioners search through a variety of options before making a…

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, it costs one-third of a new hire’s salary to replace them. The monetary loss of a bad hire coupled with the lost man-hours can prove fatal for small businesses. Finding the right employee…