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Margaret Andrews, DPM, Sterling Heights, MI
Kelsey Barrick, DPM, Vancouver, WA
Tom Cockayne, DPM, Springfield, IL
Heather Gray, DPM, Lima, OH
David Millward, DPM, Kansas City, MO
Jesse Murphy, DPM, Merrillville, IN
Kittra Owens, DPM, N Las Vegas, NV
Mohammd Parsa, DPM, Madison, MS
Kati Rush, DPM, Murphysboro, IL
Marvin Sanchez, DPM, San Antonio, TX
Anna Maria Tan, DPM, West Covina, CA
Wendell Wallace-Juedes, DPM, New Haven, CT
Kathie Whitt, DPM, Waterloo, IA
Norman Wortzman, DPM, Waltham, MA
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The SPARK! seminar series, jointly presented by ACFAOM and OHI, continues in 2018 with the promise to utterly transform your practice beginning the very next day!
You will come away with the knowledge and hands-on, practical experience to profoundly improve your bottom line and grow the acquisition value of your practice, all while delivering increasingly essential, life-altering care.
View more information on this electrifying, career-changing seminar
Bring a key staff person with you for free. SPARK! will improve your bottom line and the value of your practice while delivering increasingly essential, life-altering care. Guaranteed or your registration fee back (no questions asked)!
Early bird rate has been extended through April 4!
Register for SPARK!, the event that will transform your practice
To make it possible to integrate evidence-based clinical information with the “know how” to incorporate commercially available products, we are not permitted (by CPME) to award CMEs. However, we firmly believe that it is more valuable for you to return to your practice on Monday able to immediately implement new clinical services and generate additional revenue!
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Physicians Practice
Medical practices are carrying more financial waste than they realize, according to experts. Here are a few areas to trim the fat.
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The Diabetes Times
“Strong suggestive evidence” indicates that appropriate changes in the relevant care pathways can result in a prompt improvement in clinical outcomes in diabetes footcare, an article has concluded.
There is an “urgent need” to improve the variation of care in a bid to avoid poor outcomes relating to diabetic foot ulcers, researchers said in the Diabetes Care journal.
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For the millions of Americans living with diabetes, a new tech product offers early warning against the threat of losing a foot or a leg to the disease.
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HealthDay News via Medical Xpress
For older patients with acute unstable malleolar fractures, equivalence in function between close contact casting and immediate surgery strategies persists at three years, according to a research letter published in the March 27 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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American Podiatric Medical Association via PRNewswire
An astounding 81 percent of obese Americans say they suffer from foot pain and at times experience multiple foot and ankle conditions, according to a recent survey by the American Podiatric Medical Association. This finding, coupled with the soaring rates of US obesity, makes visiting a podiatrist to address foot pain critically important.
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Podiatry Today
Having a grasp of proper golf biomechanics is crucial to addressing and preventing injury in the foot and ankle. In addition to reviewing the unique phases of the golf swing and factors that affect stability and balance, this author offers insights on the biomechanics of golfing, and how lower extremity pathology can affect one’s play.
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Lower Extremity Review
Sport-specific shoes may protect athletes from injury or enhance their performance. Do specialty weightlifting shoes offer these same benefits? What effect do the shoes have on posture, rearfoot force production, ankle range of motion, the ability to bend the knee deeply, and other parameters? Research is mixed.
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Clinical Innovation + Technology
Patients take non-clinical factors of care like compassion, comfort, personality and bedside manner into account when choosing a physician, according to a report by Healthgrades and the Medical Group Management Association.
Consumers are increasingly demanding accessibility and transparency from healthcare providers. In this report, which included seven million patient reviews and comments, Healthgrades and MGMA provided an outline to what healthcare consumers want, what they value in care and their feedback on what could improve.
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ACFAOM
An ACFAOM Certified Clinical Podiatric Medical Assistant (CCPMA) can perform routine nail care, pre-treatment foot exams, collect client health information correctly, set up a sterile field and much more. Click here for additional information about the CCPMA qualification and its potential value for your practice.
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American Journal of Sports Medicine
Fifth metatarsal base fractures of the metaphyseal-diaphyseal watershed junction (Jones fracture) are commonly treated with surgical fixation in athletes. Intramedullary screw fixation remains the most utilized construct, although plantar-lateral plating is an alternative.
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