Orthocare Innovations, Edmonds, Washington, in coordination with the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association (AOPA), and with the support of a Center for Orthotic and Prosthetic Learning and Outcomes/Evidence-Based Practice (COPL) Pilot Grant, released an app that O&P practitioners can use in daily clinical practice to inform evidence-based clinical care.
The Clinical Outcome Measures Electronic Toolkit (COMET) provides a database of validated outcome measures geared toward O&P patients and practitioners. It will allow practitioners to select an outcome measure, administer a test, and immediately receive the result.
It includes timed metrics such as the Timed Up and Go, patient-reported outcomes such as the Socket Comfort Score and Lower Extremity Functional Scale, and surveys such as the Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire.
