Jan Stokosa, CP: Starting from the Bottom To Change Lives
"The patient's success is always the ultimate goal" says Stokosa, shown with AK amputee Craig Harris. For nearly five decades...
HIPAA Privacy: Are You Ready to Comply?
The compliance date of April 14, 2003 for the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996) Privacy Rule...
HIPAA Privacy Rule: Why Comply?
The compliance date of April 14, 2003 for the HIPAA Privacy Rule is fast approaching O&P businesses. So the question...
A Patient by Any Other Name
What's in a name? Willie Shakespeare said, "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Out here where...
Amputation: The First Year
Amputation. That one simple word changes everything, doesn't it? I considered this recently as I spoke with a man who...
Cuban Doctor Receives Cervical Collar
"The wheels go round," and they went round to help a Cuban doctor receive a much-needed Seattle Systems Malibu Cervical...
Erwin Unger
Orthotist/Specialist Custom Foot Orthotics Wright & Filippis Rochester Hills, Michigan When did you enter the O&P profession? Sixty-eight years ago...
Making a Difference in Africa
Pam Lupo, CO, casts a five-day-old baby with a hyperextended knee. The first two things you learn in Ghana are...
P&O American Style
Our first visit in the USA was to the University of Washington, Seattle, where we met fellow P&O students. Mr....
From the Editor
This month features the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (AAOP). With over 100 sessions enhancing...
