Robert Mootz is the associate medical director for chiropractic for the State of Washington's Department of Labor and Industries. Dr. Mootz developed the state's workers' compensation program and works diligently to help chiropractic physicians handling workers' compensation claims.
Dr. Mootz's numerous professional affiliations include diplomate status with the American Academy of Pain Management and the American College of Chiropractic Orthopedists. Dr. Mootz is also a member of the advisory board of the Consortial Center for Chiropractic Research in Davenport and the editorial boards of JMPT, Topics in Clinical Chiropractic and the Journal of Chiropractic Humanities.
Dr. Mootz has authored/co-authored several books and book chapters and written countless peer-reviewed articles in the profession's most distinguished journals. As co-author of a regular column in DC (with Drs. William Meeker and Reed Phillips), Dr. Mootz helps give the profession an informed perspective on chiropractic research.
Previous Articles
What Is the Future of Health Care, and What Are We Doing?
September 23, 2008 (Vol. 26, Issue 20)
How Do You Compete With Being Just Another Commodity?
March 25, 2008 (Vol. 26, Issue 07)
Pressures on Practice or Opportunities?
January 1, 2008 (Vol. 26, Issue 01)
Herding Cats and Other Quality-Improvement Exercises
December 3, 2007 (Vol. 25, Issue 25)
What's a Diagnosis All About?
March 26, 2007 (Vol. 25, Issue 07)
To Prove or To Improve? That Is the Question
October 26, 2006 (Vol. 24, Issue 22)
The Paradigm Shift
August 15, 2006 (Vol. 24, Issue 17)
The Patient-Centered Chiropractor
February 27, 2006 (Vol. 24, Issue 05)
Experimental and Investigational: Evidence-Based Practice or Just an Excuse to Deny Benefits?
October 24, 2005 (Vol. 23, Issue 22)
Why Should Quality Matter to Chiropractors?
July 30, 2005 (Vol. 23, Issue 16)
Professional Maturity
May 7, 2005 (Vol. 23, Issue 10)
Research, Theory, Practice and a Bunch of Other Complex Stuff
February 12, 2005 (Vol. 23, Issue 04)
Setting the Chiropractic Research Agenda
November 4, 2004 (Vol. 22, Issue 23)
What Does "Evidence-Based" Practice Really Look Like?
July 1, 2004 (Vol. 22, Issue 14)
Introduction
June 18, 1993 (Vol. 11, Issue 13)
The Nature of Evidence and Process
November 20, 1995 (Vol. 13, Issue 24)
Fearmongering, Mudslinging, and Deceit: The Next 100 Years?
September 12, 1995 (Vol. 13, Issue 19)
The Next Century
May 8, 1995 (Vol. 13, Issue 10)
Links between Research and Education
August 25, 1997 (Vol. 15, Issue 18)
The Competition Stiffens
April 21, 1997 (Vol. 15, Issue 09)
Anti-Chiropractic Bias or Enhanced Credibility?
September 7, 1998 (Vol. 16, Issue 19)
What's in a Word?
May 4, 1998 (Vol. 16, Issue 10)
The Importance of Relevance
January 1, 1998 (Vol. 16, Issue 01)
Formula for the Future: Message or Product?
May 17, 1999 (Vol. 17, Issue 11)
Bridging Research and Practice
May 29, 2000 (Vol. 18, Issue 12)
Integration or Isolation: What Price?
October 22, 2001 (Vol. 19, Issue 22)
Demand Management: The Next Big Thing?
June 18, 2001 (Vol. 19, Issue 13)
Occupational Health Care: A Niche Worth Exploring
February 12, 2001 (Vol. 19, Issue 04)
The Next Big Research Thing
October 21, 2002 (Vol. 20, Issue 22)
Missed Opportunities?
July 1, 2002 (Vol. 20, Issue 14)
Something, Anything-Based Practice
February 11, 2002 (Vol. 20, Issue 04)
Has the Anti-Chiropractic Bias Gone Away Yet?
November 3, 2003 (Vol. 21, Issue 23)
What Could the Chiropractor of the Future Look Like?
June 30, 2003 (Vol. 21, Issue 14)
How Should Chiropractors Use Scientific Evidence?
February 24, 2003 (Vol. 21, Issue 05)
