The “Haitian Inspiration Tour,” featuring a group of amputee soccer players from Haiti known as Team Zaryen, visited the New York City area Thursday, Oct. 20 and Friday, Oct. 21 following 3 days in Washington, D.C. There, the team held…
Day: October 21, 2011
O&P Innovations Recognized by the James Dyson Award
A prosthetic arm that is controlled by brain signals is in competition for the James Dyson Award. AMO Arm and its two inventors — Michal Prywata and Thiago Caires — have officially moved on to the final round of finalists…
Study Finds Most Readmission Prediction Models Perform Poorly
A review and analysis of 26 validated hospital readmission risk prediction models finds that most, whether for hospital comparison or clinical purposes, have poor predictive ability, according to an article in JAMA. According to the background information in the article,…