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The Challenged Athletes Foundation is honoring O&P advocates alongside athletes at its October 23 gala. The advocate piece is the one with a deadline: 28 states by the 2028 Paralympics.
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NUPOC launched a 70th anniversary site ahead of a February 2028 event. The center has trained prosthetists and orthotists since 1958, when academic programs for the profession were rare. Moxie Calder on what an institutional birthday actually measures.
A cross-sectional study of 698 veterans with major upper-limb amputations found that fitting within three to six months was associated with higher odds of continued prosthesis use and better satisfaction scores. Waiting longer was not.
A summer 2026 Harris Poll of 1,514 healthcare workers and 304 healthcare employers found that 81 percent of workers want employer-sponsored education, while only 48 percent of employers offer it. In O&P, where losing one certified prosthetist can reshape patient access across a region, the gap has a specific shape.
The prosthetics, orthotics, and exoskeleton research platform company formalized governance this week with five members spanning commercialization, health technology, and clinical medicine.
Mary-Katherine McClure joins the wearable robotics company from Inspire Medical Systems, where she spent eight years working coverage expansion for an implantable sleep apnea device. Myomo makes a powered arm orthosis for people with upper limb motor weakness.
A management column in O&P EDGE names the specific billing and documentation shortcuts that come from practice silence. For patients, those shortcuts have delayed consequences.
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