HME Business Announces 2020 New Product Award Winners

2020 edition of HMEB's New Product Awards saw 22 products winning products. Feature coverage of the winners will run in the Nov/Dec issue of HME Business magazine.

• By Susan May
• Oct 21, 2020

DALLAS, October 19, 2020 – HME Business, the top business management media resource for HME professionals, announced the winners of its 2020 New Product Awards competition today. The HME Business New Product Award honors outstanding product development achievements by HME manufacturers and service providers.

This year brought a wide variety of entries, with the most popular categories continuing to be for respiratory, sleep and mobility products. For the first time, a product won in two different categories, with Wear Ease Inc.’s Katy T Compression T-shirt taking the honors in both the Compression and the Women’s Health Products categories.

The following winning products were selected in the seventh year of the program:

Access - Auto
Harmar AL580-HDX from Harmar Mobility

Access - Home
“Enable” Series Modular Ramp from Access4U Inc.

Accreditation and Certification Services
Pharmacy Testing Certification from The Compliance Team

Bath Safety
Invacare AQUATEC Ocean Ergo Dual VIP with Collection Pan/Lid/Pan Support Rail from Invacare Corporation

Beds & Support Surfaces
Invacare ETUDE HC Homecare Bed from Invacare Corporation

Business Technology – Complete HME Management Solutions
TIMS Document Management from Computers Unlimited

Business Technology – Specialized Solutions
Brightree Mobile Delivery from Brightree LLC

Compression
Katy T (Compression T Shirt with pockets in chest wall and upper arm) Style 918 from Wear Ease Inc.

Incontinence & Urology Supplies
Pacey Cuff Ultra from Pacey MedTech Ltd.

Mobility – Power & Manual Wheelchairs
Edge 3 Stretto from Pride Mobility/Quantum Rehab

Mobility - Scooters
iRIDE from Pride Mobility/Quantum Rehab

Mobility Walking Aids
UPWalker Lite from LifeWalker Mobility Products

Orthopedic Products
Doctor in the House Orthotics from Doctor in the House

Pain Management
One Less CBD Topical Inflammation Cream from One Less CBD LLC

Respiratory – In-Home Equipment
Philips Respironics Trilogy Evo from Philips

Respiratory – Portable Equipment
SoClean Air Purifier from SoClean

Retail
SoClean Device Disinfector from SoClean

Seating and Positioning (tie)
Fusion Cushion with Cryo Technology from Sunrise Medical
Invacare Matrx E2 Back Series from Motion Concepts

Sleep – Resupply Items & Related Sleep Products
Philips Respironics Mask Selector from Philips

Sleep – Therapy Systems
Philips NightBalance from Philips

Women’s Health Products
Katy T (Compression T Shirt with pockets in chest wall and upper arm) Style 918 from Wear Ease Inc.

Winners will receive awards and will be featured on the HME Business website, hme-business.com, and in the November/December 2020 issue of HME Business magazine. The magazine is distributed to an average of 17,035* subscribers, and its website is visited by thousands** of HME industry professionals every month.

“We enjoyed a terrific competition this year, with lots of different products for lots of different categories,” HME Business Publisher and Executive Editor David Kopf remarked. “Best of all, we started to see some new names added to the mix, which proves that HME continues to be a vibrant, growing marketplace with lots of different solutions for in-home healthcare.

“I want to thank all the companies who submitted entries,” Kopf continued. “I also want to thank our panel of HME provider judges. Each year a group of providers from a variety of backgrounds and with diverse specialties shares its expertise in scoring the entries. This award depends on everyone involved and my hat’s off to the entrants and judges alike.”

Information about the 2021 HME Business New Product Award will be available at hme-business.com in the summer of 2021.

*BPA Brand Report, June 2020
**Media Owner’s Own Data