A reading of an article by L. Bradley (Brad) Watson from the February 2018 O&P Edge about his families generational O&P business Clarksville Limb & Brace & Rehab in Clarksville, TN.
An article reading from the December issue of O&P Edge by Seamus Kennedy, BEng (Mech), CPed
Part of an article reading from the February 2018 O&P Edge by Peter Thomas, JD, and Leif Brierley MPH "Long List of Health Policy Tops Congress' Agenda" "Medicare O&P Improvement Act"
Medicare O&P Improvement Act - Click Here
National Association for the Advancement of O&P - Click Here
O&P Alliance - Click Here
Amputee Coalition - Click Here
Medicare B Imrovement Act H.R. 3178 Section 103 - Click Here
BIPA Section 427 - Click Here
Medicare O&P Improvement Act Section 7 - Click Here
An important article reading from the February 2018 O&P Edge Magazine by John T. Brinkmann, MA, CPO/L, FAAOP(D) "Evidence-Based Practice - Do the Rules Apply to US?"
LINKS:
EBP - Evidence Based Practice Models - Click Here
Systematic Review 101 - Click Here
Narrative Review Secrets - Click Here
EIP - Evidence Informed Practice - Click Here
External Clinical Evidence - Click Here
An article reading from the February 2018 O&P Edge Magazine by Michelle J. Nordstrom, MS, OTL/L; Roy D. Bloebaum, PhD; Douglas G. Smith, MD; Brad M. Isaacson, PhD, MBA, MDF; and Paul F. Pasquina, MD --- "Osseointegration - and the O&P Practitioner.
Links:
Osseointegration (OI) - Click Here
FDA Class III Devices - Click Here
Exoprosthesis - Click Here
O&P Edge Magazine - Click Here
An article reading from the February 2018 O&P Edge Magazine by Phil Stevens, MEd, CPO, FAAOP "Creating Quality Time"
LINKS:
Quality of Life Index (QOL) - Click Here
Lower-Limb Amputation - Click Here
Dyvascular Amputation Etiologies - Click Here
PROMIS - Click Here
Standard Deviation - Click Here
Davie-Smith et al. Prosthetic Main Findings - Click here
Hanger Clinic - Scientific Affairs - Click Here
Ischemic Rest Pain - Click Here
Phantom Limb Pain - Click here
A reading and links from the February 2018 O&P Edge Magazine (pgs. 21 -26)"Recent Grads Prepare to Make Their Mark" by Betta Ferrendelli betta@opedge.com.
LINKS IN ORDER OF ARTICLE:
Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) O&P MSOP Program - Click Here
Shriners Hospital Houston Orthopedics - Click Here
Eastern Michigan O&P MSOP Program - Click Here
Teter Orthotics & Prosthetics O&P Residency - Click Here
University of Texas O&P MSOP Program - Click Here
Becker Orthopedic -Click Here
Thranhardt Award (AOPA) - Click Here
Northwestern University O&P MSOP Program - Click Here
Dankmeyer Prosthetics & Orthotics - Click Here
Range of Motion Project (ROMP) - Click Here
University Of Washington O&P MSOP Program - Click Here
Creative Technology O&P Solutions Residency - Click Here
Alabama State University O&P MSOP Program - Click Here
Limbs4Life - Click Here
A reading and links from the January 2018 Edge Magazine pg. 46-48 concerns persons transfemoral amputation in 1964 and the progress in prosthetic care received from 1964 to the present 2018. Very interesting article by Betta Ferrendelli betta@opedge.com
LINKS:
Transfemoral Amputation - Click Here
Amputee Connection Redlands, CA - Click Here
Southern California Prosthetics (SCP) - Click Here
Freedom Innovations Plie 2 Knee - Click Here
Double Wall Transfemoral Socket System - Click Here
Freedom Innovations Plie 3 Knee - Click Here
Freedom Innovations Maverick AT Foot - Click Here
K3 Market (K Levels) - Click Here
A reading from the January 2018 Edge Magazine "Policy Influence and Clinical Realities" auuthored by Richard W. Miller, CO, FAAOP.
NAAOP - National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics - Website Click Here
AAOP - American Academy of Orthotists & Prosthetists - Website Click
BIPA - Click Here for Information
Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetic Improvement Act 2017 - Click Here
O&P Alliance - Click Here
LCD - Click Here
A reading from an article published in The O&P Edge authored by John T. Brinkmann, MA, CPO/L, FAAOP(D).
"HealthCare Policy - Where It Comes From And How To Change It"
Sources of Health Policy by Susan Taft, PhD, BSN - Click here
Local Coverage Determination (LCD's) - Click Here
Political Astuteness Article - 2013 - Click Here
A full reading of an article in the January 2018 of The O&P Edge written by Phil Steven's, MEd, CPO, FAAOP concerning "Medicare's Strategy to Reimburse for Value Over Volume".
MIPS (Merit-Based Incentive Payment System) - Click Here
CMS Quality Payment Program - Click Here
SA Ignite (Execution Management Specialists of MIPS)- Click Here