A trend recently noted by a few practitioners
specializing in orthotics and prosthetics is worthy of concern for
most in the O&P business. This trend has been growing over the
years and has reached such a dimension that it deserves
consideration of a proactive strategy now on the part of O&P
practitioners. Individual facilities cannot effectively deal with
it. It will require the concerted efforts of all practitioners
specializing in O&P. The trend that I speak of is the
ever-increasing involvement of significant new competitors in the
business of supplying orthopedic appliances to
patients.
