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Author: Marjory Garrison
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April 1, 2005
Handle with Care
It’s been 40 years since a debate over health care coverage for seniors gave birth to Medicare, and while lifts, ramps and transfer systems have comeRead More →: Handle with Care -
March 1, 2005
Form and Function
In today’s patient aids market, looks can be everything. According to manufacturers of ADLs (aids to daily living), ambulatory aids and bath safety products,Read More →: Form and Function -
February 1, 2005
Details, Details
Caring for patients in the home is all in the details, according to leading HME manufacturers. Beyond the wheelchair or the oxygen concentrator, thereRead More →: Details, Details -
November 1, 2004
Waking Up to Bed System Sales
Manufacturers of beds and support surfaces have slept easily over the years, but they’re about to face a wake-up call. New FDA guidelines for reducedRead More →: Waking Up to Bed System Sales -
October 1, 2004
Still Making Sparks
The science behind electrotherapy is a lot like the science behind baking bread: You can add new ingredients, but the way the dough rises doesn’t changeRead More →: Still Making Sparks -
August 1, 2004
Home Care Gets a Lift
Manufacturers of lifts, ramps and transfer devices spend a lot of time brooding over how their products coordinate with the other equipment used by home-basedRead More →: Home Care Gets a Lift -
April 1, 2004
Image Is Everything
Despite a massive government crackdown on fraud in the power mobility sector, demand for scooters still grows, offering a viable option for an aging, mobile population. And such unequivocal demand remainsRead More →: Image Is Everything -
February 1, 2004
Big Demand, Big Market
America’s weight gain has meant bigger wheelchairs and bigger beds in the home care market, along with bigger profits for manufacturers and providers of bariatric products. Leaders in the market pointRead More →: Big Demand, Big Market -
September 1, 2003
The Power to Heal
Manufacturers of beds and support surfaces are seeing their market expand, and they think HME providers who sell their equipment will, too — especially if that equipment is going to bariatricRead More →: The Power to Heal -
July 1, 2003
Rise and Shine
It would be impossible to doze through the noise being made recently in the sleep-disorder-products market. What once was a small, overlooked productRead More →: Rise and Shine -
July 1, 2003
Fun and Function
Children may outgrow their tennis shoes and their Barbie dolls, their playhouses and their Tonka trucks, but leading manufacturers in pediatric mobility are making sure they won’t outgrow their wheelchairs orRead More →: Fun and Function -
June 1, 2003
Scooters Gain Ground in Mobility Race
Attention, everyone entrenched in the fierce debate over the finer points of scooter sales and production: Take note of the comeback scooters are makingRead More →: Scooters Gain Ground in Mobility Race