Introversion Versus Extroversion: How Does Personality Affect the O&P Team?
Like many team activities, working with a group of people poses significant challenges. Some of which can be attributed to...
Aiming for Sustainability
When Jill Petkash, CTPO, started working at the University of Michigan Orthotics and Prosthetics Center (UMOPC) about 25 years ago,...
Lymphedema Treatment Act: Coverage for Compression Expanded
There has been a long-standing struggle for patients diagnosed with lymphedema to receive Medicare and other payer coverage for compression...
Editor’s Note–February 2024
It has been said that species that do not evolve are destined for eventual extinction. While there may be some...
O&P Encroachment and the Mandela Effect
Professional Encroachment is generally regarded as a real threat by orthotists and prosthetists. The thought that other allied healthcare professionals...
What I Didn’t Learn About Disability in Medical School
More than three years ago, I sat in a lecture hall with my medical school classmates listening to a panel...
From Change, New O&P Business Models Emerge
Over the last two decades or so, healthcare has faced technological changes and digital advances, personalized medicine, electronic medical records,...