Month: March 2010

With health care reform on the back burner, the O&P field has time to advance agenda.

The Department of Defense (DoD) announced the final results of its 2008 Survey of Health Related Behaviors among active duty military personnel. Active duty Coast Guard personnel were included in the survey’s cohort for the first time since the series…

Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics welcomes certified orthotist Ashli Speicher to its Lafayette, Colo. patient care center. Speicher earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Phoenix and her certificate in orthotics from the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine Prosthetic-Orthotic Center.…

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  Paul Oswald OrPro Prosthetics & Orthotics announced that Paul Oswald, CPO has joined the staff of its clinical practice in Piqua, Ohio. Oswald earned a Master of Management degree from Southern Oregon University, a Master of Science degree in…

  Image: © 2010 iStockphoto.com/Steve Jacobs Ask any health professional who cares for children and they will tell you: When H1N1 flu hits, it can be severe. In the last 4 months of 2009, nearly 240 children died in the…

  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…