Author: Terense Kemp

Line up all of your tasks appropriately to lead to better efficiency. In a recent phone conversation with a custom fabrication client I was hit with an age-old fabrication strategy that made me reflect on the differences in how we…

It is well known that survivors of breast cancer have a much higher risk of developing a second breast cancer than women in the general population have of developing a first breast cancer. However, little is known about what lifestyle…

An aggressive vaccination program that first targets children and ultimately reaches 70% of the U.S. population would mitigate pandemic influenza H1N1 that is expected this fall, according to computer modeling and analysis of observational studies conducted by researchers at the…

More than 17 million U.S. children live more than 1 hour away by ground or air transportation from a life-saving pediatric trauma center, according to a new study by researchers at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of…

  © iStockphoto.com Federal health officials are expecting $350 million in preparedness grants to help them fight the pandemic H1N1, according to secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius. Sebelius addressed a group of government and health leaders at…

In the year 2030, the youngest members of the baby boomer generation will hit 65, making up nearly a quarter of the country’s population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. If current elderly Americans are a precursor of what is…

Though he lived only to age 29, Alfred A. Stratton led a full life.   Alfred A. Stratton called to have his photographs taken in 1869. Many amputees sold their photos to support themselves. Image reprinted with permission from the…

Institute changes to keep business healthy and hold all team members accountable.   © 2009 iStockphoto.com/Vasiliy Yakobchuk Periodic review of billing procedures and processes often can reveal a lack of internal controls that may negatively affect a company’s bottom line.…

Transtibial amputee Lt. Col. Patty Collins raises awareness on the powerful effects of camaraderie through CAF’s Operation Rebound.

In part two of this series we uncover how to go green without breaking the bank. In the January 1 issue of O&P Business News we talked about the sustainable side of O&P. We presented the lengths that larger companies…