Tag: Andrea van hook
RESNA ‘demystifies’ ATP process
November 19, 2021Liz Beaulieu, Editor
ARLINGTON, Va. – RESNA has ramped up its efforts to address questions around the ATP certification and recertification processes, including hosting webinars. Andrea Van Hook, the executive director of RESNA, who hosted one such webinar in November, talked with HME News about the “health” of the ATP program in 2021 and more.
HME News: Why did RESNA need to increase its education efforts around the ATP?
Andrea Van Hook: We literally...
RESNA takes new stand on restraints, updates stance on standing devices
March 28, 2014Elizabeth Deprey
ARLINGTON, Va. - Providers struggling to get standing equipment covered for their patients now have a stronger RESNA document to back them up.RESNA in February revamped its position paper, titled “The Application of Wheelchair Standing Devices,” which documents available research and best clinical practice.“The evidence that the use of standing devices improves health functions is now quite substantial, much more so than when the paper was first published five years ago,”...