Author: Terense Kemp

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) will award four individuals with the Paralympic Order, the highest tribute a person connected to the Paralympic movement can achieve, at the Paralympic Awards Gala in Beijing on December 10. The recipients are Matthias Berg,…

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has extended the deadline to meet meaningful use criteria for physicians and hospitals adopting electronic health records (EHRs) this year until 2014, according to a press release. Currently, physicians and hospitals that…

Try finding your business using the technology your customers would.

Results of a recent study published in the Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development showed that hydraulically actuated stance-controlled knee joints offer advantages over the currently available commercial options. “Hybrid systems consisting of electrical stimulation and dynamically controlled bracing can…

Las Vegas — Maria Gerschutz, PhD, of Willow Wood, presented her Thranhardt award-winning lecture at the 2011 American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association National Assembly here. Her lecture, Evaluation of Prosthetic Socket Strength: A Preliminary Investigation, evaluated the static strength of…

It’s not an event that occurs every day, but it is something you should think about and plan for. If you have an O&P partnership business, and your partner dies, you may have some significant issues to deal with. You…

With economic uncertainty looming over the health careprofession, is this a dangerous time to expand your O&P business?

Tracy Harris, CPed, tells her patients that size does matter when it
comes to comfortable shoes.

The event raised more than $1.2 million to benefit disabled athletes.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that Medicare is adding coverage for preventive services to reduce obesity, adding to the existing preventive services now available without cost sharing under the Affordable Care Act. According to a press…