Bringing O&P Advocacy to Capitol Hill: NAAOP’s Inaugural In-Person Fly-In
On July 23, the National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) hosted its first in-person Congressional Fly-In, ...
Taking Care of Business: Balancing Care and Profitability to Succeed in O&P
Running a successful O&P practice requires more than delivering exceptional patient care. It also demands regular attention to the financial ...
Coding Confusion Continues: Custom-Fitted Versus OTS
Despite years of clarification attempts, the line between custom-fitted and off-the-shelf (OTS) orthoses remains one of the most misunderstood and ...
From Paperwork to Patient Care: AI in O&P
Katie Janiszewski, MSOP, CPO, didn’t realize how much time she was losing to documentation—until AI gave that time back to ...
Editor’s Note–September 2025
Do you remember the 2004 movie I Robot? In it, a detective, who is highly skeptical of robots, and it ...
3D Printing in O&P: Moving Beyond the First Wave
The O&P industry has entered a transformative era where 3D printing is no longer a futuristic concept; it is a ...
Dog Bite Shapes Woman’s Resolve, Zest for Life
The summer before Vaughan DeBarr turned seven, she was visiting cousins in Pensacola, Florida. They were playing in the neighborhood ...
Errors and Apologies
To err is human, to forgive, divine. — A. Pope Every human makes mistakes. It is likely that every practitioner ...
Exercise Is Medicine
“If exercise could be packed in a pill, it would be the single most widely prescribed and beneficial medicine in ...
