Orthocare Innovations Foundation
Orthocare Innovations Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to fostering patient-focused prosthetic and orthotic research through collaborations between the public and private, and academic sectors.
President Obama's speech at the National Academy of Sciences on April 27, 2009.
We accept the challenge.
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Prosthetics 2020 Conference Develops National Research and Clinical Agenda
January 19, 2010
In the sprawling landscape of American prosthetics, with its multiple professional organizations, research bodies, and accreditation groups, there are thousands of points of interest, but few clear roads toward the future that could bring the most benefit to the patient and the profession. On October 28-30, the Orthocare Innovation’s Foundation brought together more than 100 top thinkers in prosthetics to change that.
Prosthetics 2020: The Future of Physical Restoration, was a highly interactive symposium designed to get all attendees, from clinicians to the heads of major federal departments, talking as equals in small groups. Their shared insights were then integrated into larger group discussions, which led to knowledge points, action items, and standing questions, meant to help develop specific plans and principles that would in turn drive focus, investment, and innovation over the next ten years of prosthetic research and clinical care. Read More »