Re: Hanger
Jim Merideth, Patient
Description
Collection
Title:
Re: Hanger
Creator:
Jim Merideth, Patient
Date:
7/20/2000
Text:
I am patient. My O&P office has been recently (7 months) taken over by Hanger.
The service has declined considerably. I have had an order for extra depth,
shoes, out of a catalog, that has taken over 4 months and I still do not have
them. When I last called about them, they could not locate my order. this kind
of stuff does not requirelicensure, just organization and common sense. This
office 0has gone downhill since the takeover. Appointments are confused. I
will not go on. Yes, it's not just ablut being large. It's about being good.
And this Hanger office is not good.
<Email Address Redacted> on 07/20/2000 08:17:47 AM
Please respond to <Email Address Redacted>
To: <Email Address Redacted>
cc: (bcc: Jim Merideth/AHM/AM/HONDA)
Subject: Re: Hanger
> Yes it means that Hangers activities are not in the best interest of our
> profession! Just as Walmart has put thousands of small companies out of
> business it limits competition. It lowers standards of care and eventually
> will cause higher cost to the consumer.
------------------------------------------------------------Uninformed and
grossly negative comments like this really bug me. I am the manager of a
Hanger facility in Northern California, and my company supports me to give
the best service we are capable of. I have many Doctors, Physical as well as
Occupational Therapists, and best of all, clients that have gone out of their
way to use us. Are standards and abilities the same throughout every Hanger
facility? Are they the same from any O & P office? No, of course not, but we
try, and we share information w/ one another and try to bring the staff up a
notch when we can help one another. I can only speak for myself with
certainty when I say that the information I have is not limited to Hanger
facilities, but many of the O & P offices with in a reasonable distance. I
have NEVER turned away any O & P professional who has called for assistance.
This is why I joined this list! To learn and share and grow as an Orthotist.
Are you going to tell me that you don't use any of the really big companies
out there like Barnes & Noble, Mobil Gas, Nordstroms, Macys, J.C. Penny,
Sears, McDonalds, Round Table Pizza, Apple, Microsoft, Compact Computer,
Starbucks? The list is endless. Obviously you do, and I don't think they have
made your life that much worse! Like it or not this is the way the world
seems to be going, and the O & P profession is following.
Please get off your high horse and lets get back to helping the people who
need us.
The service has declined considerably. I have had an order for extra depth,
shoes, out of a catalog, that has taken over 4 months and I still do not have
them. When I last called about them, they could not locate my order. this kind
of stuff does not requirelicensure, just organization and common sense. This
office 0has gone downhill since the takeover. Appointments are confused. I
will not go on. Yes, it's not just ablut being large. It's about being good.
And this Hanger office is not good.
<Email Address Redacted> on 07/20/2000 08:17:47 AM
Please respond to <Email Address Redacted>
To: <Email Address Redacted>
cc: (bcc: Jim Merideth/AHM/AM/HONDA)
Subject: Re: Hanger
> Yes it means that Hangers activities are not in the best interest of our
> profession! Just as Walmart has put thousands of small companies out of
> business it limits competition. It lowers standards of care and eventually
> will cause higher cost to the consumer.
------------------------------------------------------------Uninformed and
grossly negative comments like this really bug me. I am the manager of a
Hanger facility in Northern California, and my company supports me to give
the best service we are capable of. I have many Doctors, Physical as well as
Occupational Therapists, and best of all, clients that have gone out of their
way to use us. Are standards and abilities the same throughout every Hanger
facility? Are they the same from any O & P office? No, of course not, but we
try, and we share information w/ one another and try to bring the staff up a
notch when we can help one another. I can only speak for myself with
certainty when I say that the information I have is not limited to Hanger
facilities, but many of the O & P offices with in a reasonable distance. I
have NEVER turned away any O & P professional who has called for assistance.
This is why I joined this list! To learn and share and grow as an Orthotist.
Are you going to tell me that you don't use any of the really big companies
out there like Barnes & Noble, Mobil Gas, Nordstroms, Macys, J.C. Penny,
Sears, McDonalds, Round Table Pizza, Apple, Microsoft, Compact Computer,
Starbucks? The list is endless. Obviously you do, and I don't think they have
made your life that much worse! Like it or not this is the way the world
seems to be going, and the O & P profession is following.
Please get off your high horse and lets get back to helping the people who
need us.
Citation
Jim Merideth, Patient, “Re: Hanger,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 15, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/214574.
