Re: Florida Board / micellaneous postings
Joe Carideo
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Re: Florida Board / micellaneous postings
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Joe Carideo
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11/30/2000
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First off, Paul I want to thank you for the hard work, time and sacrifices
you have made in putting together this list. Job well done, Keep up the good
work.
Secondly, I wish to unsubscribe from the list. It is rapidly turning into a
witch hunt, and coming from Massachusetts we have an innate ability to smell
one. I don't need to use this forum to defend Mr Panton from the diatribes,
nor do I believe others should use it to slander him. How anybody in their
right minds could possibly think that his appointment would be bad for the
entire state of Florida is beyond me. Instead of trying to prevent it,
Florida should be welcoming his many years of experience and his abilities
as a practitioner. To even suggest that Mr. Panton and Mr. Frederick would
conspire to dominate the Florida board is as ridiculous as it is
incredulous.
Therefore, once again, unsubscribe me from the list and I will live by the
words of Bob Hope, Thanks for the memories.
Nufsed,
Joe Carideo CP, LP, FAAOP
-----Original Message-----
From: Steven L. Fries, L.C.P.O.
To: <Email Address Redacted>
Sent: 11/28/00 10:40 AM
Subject: [OANDP-L] Florida Board / micellaneous postings
Dear Friends:
I have occasionally responded directly to questions, comments or
inquiries posted on this site and have enjoyed offering ideas and
suggestions
to colleagues from the United States as well from abroad. Like most, I
have
never presented any opinions on specific issues that would be read by
all
subscribers until today.
The O & P List is a forum for the discussion of topics related to
Orthotics and Prosthetics and should not be limited to clinical issues
only.
There are far too many topics that require our mutual attention and
thought.
The dialogue among practitioners and consumers generated by various
postings
is invaluable. If an issue arises that is not of particular interest to
someone, they may exercise their option of deleting it and proceed to
something of greater significance. I vote to maintain this site as it
is.
As an example of an important non-clinical issue which warrants our
attention are the very legitimate concerns of a gentleman who recently
wrote
to advise us of a nomination made by Florida Governor Jeb Bush to the
State
Licensure Board. Florida now awards licenses only to those
practitioners who
have demonstrated their competence through minimum levels of education,
training, experience and examination. The nominee is an executive of a
large
orthotics and prosthetics corporation whose appointment may, in my
opinion,
present a conflict of interest which would ultimately fail to protect
our
patients from the malpractice of unqualified practitioners and would
most
likely lead to efforts to dilute the high standards established by the
state
of Florida and its Licensure Board. This is an issue which should
concern
all practitioners who might question whether the value of their
credentials
could be determined by a board member whose loyalties may not lie with
the
integrity of the profession or the qualifications of its practitioners
or the
will of the people ( if I may borrow an overused Gore-ism) or the
level of
care provided to patients referred to us for care, but instead are
committed
to quarterly profits, annual earnings and to the employment of
underqualified
personnel that can be hired at the lowest wage possible. What will
happen to
patients with complex neuromuscular disorders? How will the new amputee
be
managed postoperatively? What of the trauma cases requiring acute care?
What will become of the criteria used to define professionalism in
orthotics
and prosthetics? While I respect this individual's business acumen, I
personally feel that his appointment to the Licensure Board would be
grossly
inappropriate and detrimental to our profession as well as to the level
of
care afforded to our patients. Given this, I would encourage everyone
to
voice their opinions on this particular appointment.
Today, this is a Florida issue. Many of you in other states may
face
similar situations in the future. We need to move forward. Our
obligations
to our patients and our profession must be honored above politics,
bureaucracy and a corporations bottom line. For those of you in
Florida, you
have the opportunity of communicating your concerns to the Governor and
to
Mr. Joe Baker, the Executive Director of the Board of Orthotists and
Prosthetists. Let your voices be heard!
Steven L. Fries, CPO, (L)
Fort Myers, FL
you have made in putting together this list. Job well done, Keep up the good
work.
Secondly, I wish to unsubscribe from the list. It is rapidly turning into a
witch hunt, and coming from Massachusetts we have an innate ability to smell
one. I don't need to use this forum to defend Mr Panton from the diatribes,
nor do I believe others should use it to slander him. How anybody in their
right minds could possibly think that his appointment would be bad for the
entire state of Florida is beyond me. Instead of trying to prevent it,
Florida should be welcoming his many years of experience and his abilities
as a practitioner. To even suggest that Mr. Panton and Mr. Frederick would
conspire to dominate the Florida board is as ridiculous as it is
incredulous.
Therefore, once again, unsubscribe me from the list and I will live by the
words of Bob Hope, Thanks for the memories.
Nufsed,
Joe Carideo CP, LP, FAAOP
-----Original Message-----
From: Steven L. Fries, L.C.P.O.
To: <Email Address Redacted>
Sent: 11/28/00 10:40 AM
Subject: [OANDP-L] Florida Board / micellaneous postings
Dear Friends:
I have occasionally responded directly to questions, comments or
inquiries posted on this site and have enjoyed offering ideas and
suggestions
to colleagues from the United States as well from abroad. Like most, I
have
never presented any opinions on specific issues that would be read by
all
subscribers until today.
The O & P List is a forum for the discussion of topics related to
Orthotics and Prosthetics and should not be limited to clinical issues
only.
There are far too many topics that require our mutual attention and
thought.
The dialogue among practitioners and consumers generated by various
postings
is invaluable. If an issue arises that is not of particular interest to
someone, they may exercise their option of deleting it and proceed to
something of greater significance. I vote to maintain this site as it
is.
As an example of an important non-clinical issue which warrants our
attention are the very legitimate concerns of a gentleman who recently
wrote
to advise us of a nomination made by Florida Governor Jeb Bush to the
State
Licensure Board. Florida now awards licenses only to those
practitioners who
have demonstrated their competence through minimum levels of education,
training, experience and examination. The nominee is an executive of a
large
orthotics and prosthetics corporation whose appointment may, in my
opinion,
present a conflict of interest which would ultimately fail to protect
our
patients from the malpractice of unqualified practitioners and would
most
likely lead to efforts to dilute the high standards established by the
state
of Florida and its Licensure Board. This is an issue which should
concern
all practitioners who might question whether the value of their
credentials
could be determined by a board member whose loyalties may not lie with
the
integrity of the profession or the qualifications of its practitioners
or the
will of the people ( if I may borrow an overused Gore-ism) or the
level of
care provided to patients referred to us for care, but instead are
committed
to quarterly profits, annual earnings and to the employment of
underqualified
personnel that can be hired at the lowest wage possible. What will
happen to
patients with complex neuromuscular disorders? How will the new amputee
be
managed postoperatively? What of the trauma cases requiring acute care?
What will become of the criteria used to define professionalism in
orthotics
and prosthetics? While I respect this individual's business acumen, I
personally feel that his appointment to the Licensure Board would be
grossly
inappropriate and detrimental to our profession as well as to the level
of
care afforded to our patients. Given this, I would encourage everyone
to
voice their opinions on this particular appointment.
Today, this is a Florida issue. Many of you in other states may
face
similar situations in the future. We need to move forward. Our
obligations
to our patients and our profession must be honored above politics,
bureaucracy and a corporations bottom line. For those of you in
Florida, you
have the opportunity of communicating your concerns to the Governor and
to
Mr. Joe Baker, the Executive Director of the Board of Orthotists and
Prosthetists. Let your voices be heard!
Steven L. Fries, CPO, (L)
Fort Myers, FL
Citation
Joe Carideo, “Re: Florida Board / micellaneous postings,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 5, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/215297.
