Author: Terense Kemp

Be like Nike and communicate that you are aware of, and have designed your products and services to meet, the needs of certain patients.

Lawrence R. Lange, CPO, FAAOP, a dedicated O&P professional for more than 27 years, died on July 15. Lange often volunteered his time and energy to national O&P organizations. He served American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics for…

Public and private sources in the United States invested $9.3 billion last year in global health research, according to a new report by Research!America. That amount represents 8% of the $116 billion that Research!America estimates U.S. sources spent overall on…

CMS Issues Final Rule Prohibiting Physician Self-Referral ISU Receives Grant to Develop ‘Smart’ Prosthetic Hand CMS Issues Final Rule Prohibiting Physician Self-Referral CMS recently issued final regulations prohibiting physicians from referring Medicare patients for certain items, services and tests provided…

Resolution 61/225 marked as the first step toward the reversal of what is being called “the epidemic of the 21st century.”

By Jennifer Hoydicz

Carefully consider who to put behind the wheel of your business tasks.

The American Diabetes Association has unveiled a new web-based diabetes tool that makes it easier for people with diabetes, and their care providers, to share and organize important health information to improve their diabetes care. The tool, My Diabetes Connector,…

Andy Hatcher would not allow an injury he suffered fighting in Iraq to quell his desire to be an elite athlete.

By Andrew Kelly

Six months of acupuncture treatment may be more effective than conventional therapy in treating low back pain, according to a study in a recent issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. The study also suggested that both sham acupuncture and traditional…

In the early days of O&P, people broke into the field through apprenticeships. They watched limb and brace makers, and learned the skills necessary to make a leg or fashion a brace. Many businesses were family-owned, and people passed down…