December 2024
ANDREA SPRIDGEN
Digital Tools in O&P: Make Them Work for You Digital technology cannot be sold to the O&P field just because it’s neat. That’s how you sell things to people …
Digital Tools in O&P: Make Them Work for You
Ali Hussaini
Digital technology cannot be sold to the O&P field just because it’s neat. That’s how you sell things to people with deep pockets and too much time on their hands.
Editor’s Note–December 2024
ANDREA SPRIDGEN
As the year draws to a close, many of us reflect on the past with fondness as we also look toward the future. And in this issue, we can do
Scholarship Honors Four-generation O&P Legacy
The O&P EDGE
As a child, Tina Hittenberger, CO(E), spent many summer evenings with her family enjoying picnics at the C.H. Hittenberger Company prosthetics factory, California. Their father, Herman Carl Hittenberger, often joked
O&P Tech Tools: The Potential Gains and Pitfalls
Tara McMeekin
Timely, accurate billing and effective resource management of time, talent, and supplies are essential in running today’s O&P practices. Various technology tools including artificial intelligence (AI), computerized inventory control, automated
Leading the Way for Bone-anchored Prostheses
Matthew Garibaldi, MS, CPO, and Glen Thompson, MS, CPO
In January, the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (the Academy) established the Bone-Anchored Prosthetics Society (BAPS) to create a clinical home where prosthetists are well informed and prepared to
Medicare Considers Improvements to Upper-limb Prosthetic Access
Peter W. Thomas, JD
Over the past two years, several national organizations representing the O&P profession have worked collaboratively to try to improve access to upper-limb prosthetic care. Although this effort is clearly a
Lasting Impressions in Patient Care
Betta Ferrendelli
We asked practitioners to share their stories of patients who presented unique challenges or left a lasting impression on them. The patients—a Paralympian, a father, a preschool teacher, a Ukrainian
Clinical Documentation: The Rise of Templated Evaluations and AI
Lesleigh Sisson, CFo, CFm; Curt Bertram, CPO, FAAOP; and Michelle Wullstein, CPCO
Time is a fleeting commodity, stretched thin between our work and personal lives. The lack of time has caused some healthcare providers to sacrifice the turnaround and quality of their
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