Total Patient Care at Shriners
Total patient care is a reality, not a dream, at Shriners Hospitals for Children. Janet Marshall, CPO Janet Marshall, CPO, ...
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Idealism vs Realism: Balancing the Scales in O&P Practice
We all want to make a difference in this world; most of us want to leave it a better place ...
Phantom Pain: Unlocking a Mystery
An accomplished amateur athlete named John had lost his left arm just below the elbow. "When I play tennis, my ...
Kids Count! Designing a Child-Friendly Facility
How do you appeal to pint-sized patients and keep them smiling throughout their visits? Some facility owners with a sizeable ...
Practitioners Need Rapport with Kids
The LeapFrog Learning Table (right) is the perfect height to evaluate patients age nine months-two and a half years in ...
Coaching Athletes with Disabilities: A 12-Step Program
Clinicians such as physical therapists and prosthetists often find themselves coaching early in the rehabilitation process as the amputee or ...
Who Should Lead the Rehab Team?
Should the rehabilitation team leader be a physiatrist? Other physician specialist? Prosthetist/orthotist? Nurse? Some healthcare professionals give their opinions and ...
Thermoforming Technology: Controlling the Process
Thermoforming is a deceptively simple-looking process, says Gary Bedard, CO, FAAOP, Becker Orthopedic, Troy, Michigan, a noted thermoplastics expert. You ...
Plastics Technology: Vision of the Future?
"Just about everything we do in O&P could benefit from having both rigid and flexible plastic in different parts of ...
Amputees in Advertising: Have Changes in Presentation Altered Public Perception?
For decades, people with disabilities were hidden away in closets. But in a modern society that pretends to be enlightenedlargely ...
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