Ossur recently announced a new strategic alliance with Hely & Weber, a supplier of braces and supports. Beginning Sept. 1, Ossur will participate in an agreement to distribute Hely & Weber’s line of soft goods through Ossur’s Group Purchasing Organization…
Year: 2010
Disclose Medical Mistakes to Gain and Maintain Patient Trust
Health care organizations should disclose medical mistakes that affect multiple patients even if patients were not harmed by the event, according to an AHRQ-funded research paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Medical mistakes that affect multiple patients,…
Otto Bock HealthCare and Leckey Announce Additional Partnership
Otto Bock HealthCare announced a new partnership with James Leckey Design. As of Nov.1 Otto Bock will be the exclusive distributor for Leckey products in the United States and Canada. “Both companies have a strong commitment to the clinical needs…
CAF Holds Second Annual Rock on the Green Event
The Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) is set for its second annual Club One Fitness Rock on the Green (ROTG), presented by Barney & Barney and Matrix. ROTG is a fitness event to be held on Sept.11 in San Francisco’s Marina…
Research Team Works to Decode Physical Sensations for Prosthetic Development
Steven Hsiao Increasingly sophisticated artificial limbs are being developed that allow users a startlingly lifelike range of motion and fine motor control. Johns Hopkins neuroscientist Steven Hsiao, however, is not satisfied that a prosthetic limb simply allows its user to…
Splinting Pediatric Wrist Fractures as Effective as Casting
Splinting children’s distal radius fractures was found as effective as casting them in a randomized controlled study of 92 children, aged 5 to 12 years, who had transverse or greenstick fractures with minimal angulation The Canadian investigators who treated 43…
NAAOP Continues to Advocate on Behalf of O&P
The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP), through its membership in three coalitions, including the O&P Alliance, responded to the interim final regulations on patient protections. These regulations include rules forbidding the future use by insurance…
Pandemic and Seasonal Influenza Pose Similar Risks
Edward A. Belongia, MD, of the Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation in Marshfield, Wis., and colleagues conducted a study to compare the characteristics of pandemic and seasonal influenza A infections occurring in a defined population. The study consisted of active surveillance…
In Memoriam: Donald O. Fedder
Donald O. Fedder, DrPH, MPH, BSP, FAPhA, founder of The Board of Certification/Accreditation, International (BOC) and the organization’s chief executive officer from 1984 to 2006 died on August 28, 2010, at the age of 82 years. Donald O.…
HHS Presents $17 Million in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Grants
HHS secretary Kathleen Sebelius recently announced three sets of grants and cooperative agreements totaling nearly $17 million for patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR), or research that compares treatments and strategies to improve health outcomes for patients. The 3-year funds, made available…