Day: March 1, 2010

  Chad Sparks Advanced Arm Dynamics (AAD) announced the addition of its newest member, Chad Sparks. Sparks joined AAD as a technical coordinator. He will begin working with the Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) team assisting the AAD team…

  The majority of patients treated following a motor vehicle accident were covered by private insurance. Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality About 3.5 million motor vehicle crash victims were treated in emergency departments in 2006 for injuries ranging…

  Mark Jensen Mark Jensen, PhD, professor and vice chair for research at the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine in the University of Washington School of Medicine, discussed with O&P Business News a study he co-authored entitled, Sex Differences in Pain…

Quorum Orthopedics announced the addition of Jeff Johnson, CP as the new chief prosthetist. “Jeff brings a multitude of prosthetic industry knowledge to our company with more than 10 years of professional experience,” Joe Johnson, founder of Quorum Orthopedics, said…

In the world of O&P, the business owner and the employee work together to achieve victory for the patient.

First Lady Michelle Obama, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin announced plans to help Americans lead healthier lives through better nutrition, regular physical activity and by encouraging communities to…

Hanger Orthopedic Group Inc. and its philanthropic organization the Hanger Ivan R. Sabel Foundation announced the launch of the Haitian Amputee Coalition (HAS) in partnership with Physicians for Peace, the Harold & Kayrita Anderson Family Foundation, and Donald Peck Leslie,…

Marking a shift in decades of thought on the cause of osteoporosis, researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have identified an age-related mechanism – not a decrease of the hormone estrogen – as the primary culprit.…

  Diane Atkins CHICAGO — The industry standard for upper extremity patient care must be complete collaboration between O&P practitioners and occupational therapists — there is no other way, according to the Upper Limb Prosthetics Society panel at The American…

  Hema Patel and Molly Hill CHICAGO — Using a variety of functional outcome measures may serve as an aid in securing third party payment, according to a poster presentation at The American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists Annual Meeting…