January 2007

New Products

Carex Health Brands/Hot/Cold Therapy Device Original Bed Buddy Hot/Cold Therapy Device moist heat relief for aches and pains ready in minutes for use

Trends

The specialty bed and support surface market for wound management earned revenues of $1.6 billion in 2005 and is estimated to reach $2.9 billion in 2012.

Beds & Support Surfaces

Invacare/Mattress Egress EZ designed to reduce the use of bedrails and assist with patient egress, ingress, bed mobility and transfer utilizes 3-inch

Smart System Can Help

Whistleblowers are made, not born. When home care company personnel are treated with respect and appropriately kept in the loop, they will almost always

A Call to Action

Too often, HME providers neglect to anticipate that anything untoward might happen. But it does! Between hurricanes, fires, tornados and the other threats

Committed to the Cause

Dan Meuser grew up in the HME business and has been involved with Pride Mobility Products Corp. in an official capacity for more than 18 years. But it

Working Vocabulary

Each year, lots of new words and phrases make their way into our country's common speech. When you look at the terms dictionary-keepers and others record

Notable & Quotable

I don't think anybody's got a better handle on health care than me. Former HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson, on his announcement that he might seek the 2008

The New Power Wheelchair Market

It might be down, but it's not out. The power wheelchair segment of the home medical equipment industry took some major hits last year as CMS initiated

Will a New Congress Reshuffle the Deck?

Fee schedules, rental caps, competitive bidding. These issues were on the minds of home medical equipment providers when 2006 began. They were still there