AnnualReport2021

A NEW LEADER Shriners Hospitals for Children

continues to be a leader in professional organizations. Ingrid Parry, a physical therapist at our Northern California location, has been named president- elect of the American Burn Association (ABA). She will be the first non-surgeon to lead the organization. Parry is known

PROVIDING ORTHOTICS AND PROSTHETICS TO OUR PATIENTS 2020 was certainly not a typical year – the pandemic impacted most of our programs. Pediatric Orthotic and Prosthetic Services Inc., known as POPS, (an LLC solely owned and controlled by Shriners Hospitals for Children) was no exception. The upheaval and restrictions caused by COVID-19 reduced overall patient visits to POPS in 2020 and severely limited options for outreach. Still, POPS had 12,604 visits and provided 47,323 orthotic devices and 1,998 prosthetic devices to patients receiving care in our U.S. health care facilities. POPS leads the country in utilization of Computer Aided Design (CAD) for both orthotics and prosthetics One highlight of 2020 was the opening of Central Fabrication (C-Fab) East in Tampa, Florida. This 18,000-square- foot facility fabricates the O&P devices for 13 of the 17 POPS care centers and houses five CAD Vorum Carvers. C-Fab West remains within the Shriners Hospitals location in Portland. These two facilities fabricate most of the custom devices for all U.S. Shriners Hospitals and POPS locations. Throughout this very difficult year, our incredible POPS staff continued to provide excellent care to our O&P patients. Our staff also introduced new initiatives and devices. For example, we provided multiple patients with

a Bionic Hero Arm prosthesis. In addition, the sites providing cranial remolding helmets for infants with plageocephaly increased their volumes. POPS is also partnering with Shriners Hospitals to optimize outcomes for 3D braces for patients with scoliosis, including designs and wearing times. POPS continues to provide whatever is medically necessary and clinically appropriate for our patients. We are proud to be part of improving their lives and helping them achieve their goals. OUTCOMES DATA HELPS OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM PROVIDE EXCELLENT CARE Measuring, reporting and comparing health care outcomes is essential to improving patient experience and the health of populations, and delivering the highest quality care. Just over five years ago, Shriners Hospitals for Children implemented a three- pronged approach to capturing and focusing on clinical outcomes: 1) We capture patient-reported outcomes , or outcomes reported directly from the patient on their health-related quality of life. 2) We capture and report functional outcomes , or outcomes measured by a clinician that indicate functional improvements over time. 3) We measure and report quality and safety outcome metrics, such as surgical site infection and readmission, so that we can identify strengths and drive improvement processes.

for working tirelessly to improve the lives of patients with burn injuries, and has published many scientific articles on burn-rehabilitation related topics. She has been an active member of both the ABA, serving on many committees including the verification, program and rehabilitation committees, and the International Society of Burn Injuries. Parry was the recipient of the 2017 Curtis P. Artz Award for distinguished burn service and the 2018 Barbara Knothe Burn Therapist Achievement Award, presented by the ABA. The awards recognize a burn clinician who has made significant contributions to the lives of burn survivors and to the burn team. Parry holds a Master of Science degree in physical therapy from Duke University and a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from the University of Colorado, Boulder and is starting her Ph.D. at University of California, Davis. She has worked for Shriners Hospitals for Children — Northern California since 1997 in a dual role of physical therapist and researcher.

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