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…
Year: 2009
O&P Innovation Links Humans With Animals
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…
O&P Match Game
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…
Choose Wisely
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…
Study to Identify Traumatic Brain Injury Therapies
Study to Identify Traumatic Brain Injury Therapies Clinical Pharmacists Can Reduce Drug Costs Study to Identify Traumatic Brain Injury Therapies Rush University Medical Center (RUMC) in Illinois and 10 other health care facilities in the United States and Canada have…
Get Ready for a New Kind of Patient
Well-informed, focused and unwilling to accept mediocrity, the “new” patient might help you in more ways than you expect.
CMS Announces Results of Hospital Quality Reporting
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has notified more than 3,000 of the nation’s hospitals that they will receive the full payment update for calendar year (CY) 2009 as part of the new Hospital Outpatient Quality Data Reporting…
Weathering the Storm: Staying Competitive in an Uncertain Business Climate
O&P Business News turns to the O&P community to help find solace for business owners.
Older Adults at High Risk for Drug Interactions
At least one in 25 older adults, about 2.2 million people in the United States, takes multiple drugs in combinations that can produce harmful drug-drug interactions. Half of these interactions involve a non-prescription medication, researchers from the University of Chicago…
History Proves That Some Revered Gods and Goddesses Were Also Amputees
Historic information disputes common beliefs that limb differences were always viewed as negative symbols.