Physicians “must have a clean appearance, and wear good clothes” and “dress decorous and simple, not overelaborated, but aiming rather at good repute….” Hippocrates Arnold Gold, MD, professor of
Every year one of our issues of the magazine focuses on the business side of O&P—after all, the important clinical care can’t happen if the business doesn’t thrive. This year,
edit post What to Wear: Clinical Attire in O&P by John T. Brinkmann, MA, CPO/L, FAAOP(D) August 1, 2023 Shawn Hempel/stock.adobe.com Physicians “must have a clean appearance, and wear good
Even with the aid of Wikipedia and Google, it’s impossible to gain and contain all knowledge about O&P and its diverse and specialized areas—clinical care, coverage disputes, administrative issues, and
How many times have we, as therapists, prosthetists, and rehabilitation nurses, encountered a traumatic hand injury where the heroic efforts of a skilled microvascular hand surgeon saved the hand? Yet
Metrology is the science of measurement. It develops units and references that allow accurate comparison of instrument observations. Dependable measurement systems rely on standards and fixed points of reference. However,
It’s not uncommon for an appeal to be denied or an audit to occur based on a technicality related to the signature and addendums of medical records. As a result,
When you ask employees in the O&P profession (or just about any occupation) to give their impression of what it means to have good culture in the workplace, you’ll likely
