“We Can!”
In August of 2004, ten certified pedorthists broke new ground for our profession. They were the first certified pedorthists invited ...
Tag: Perspective
Reimbursement: The Future Is Now
The American population is growing older. The "baby boomers" are getting to the age where they will increasingly rely on ...
How Can We Be Perceived as More than Vendors?
How do we elevate the O&P industry to a different level from that of a Little Debbie snack distributor? We ...
Looking Back to the Future
As I look back over my incredibly enjoyable and interesting life, I realize I probably would not have done half ...
The Real Need in O&P: Solving Basic Issues
I began my career as a certified pedorthist who was asked by a few of my referral docs to learn ...
Where Should Our Focus Be? Part II
In my last editorial I defined a problem--diminished reimbursement--which I argued was a symptom, in the minds of insurance companies ...
Where Should Our Focus Really Be?
As I sit down to write this editorial, the field is enveloped in yet another controversy. It will be interesting ...
Insurance Cuts, Costs: Who’s Responsible?
I recently went through the rather painful process of reviewing our company health insurance benefits and obtaining quotes for replacement (cheaper/less ...
O&P: A Profession Still in the Making
Relative to some others in healthcare, orthotics and prosthetics is a fairly young profession, if one accepts the definition as ...
Applying Dr. Kubler-Ross’ Theory to Amputation
"Depression, anger, existential questions--"why me?"--and finally, acceptance," is how Army Lt. Col. Alfredo Montalvo, a psychiatric clinical nurse at Brooke ...
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