Call for Entries – The Biannual Innovative HME Retail Product Awards

August 24, 2015
ATLANTA – If you know of some great retail products, feel free to call up the manufacturer and urge them to enter the biannual Innovative HME Retail Product Awards, a tradition at Medtrade (sponsored by HomeCare Magazine) that honors HME produc

Sperduti Will Share 7-Step Sales Process at Medtrade Workshop

August 24, 2015
ATLANTA – Only Medtrade attendees will be able to take advantage of a significantly lower price for Mike Sperduti’s HME Sales Excellence Training, scheduled for Monday, Oct 26, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Room C211 at the Georgia World Cong

The Rise of ‘Caretailing’

August 24, 2015
ATLANTA – Successful healthcare retailers care about their patients, and that kind of caring demands a new term—one that combines care and retail. “With that in mind, we and several friends of Medtrade came up with ‘caretailing,’” say

Philips and Barnes Healthcare Partner to Reduce COPD Readmission Rates

August 17, 2015
VALDOSTA, GA – New research published in Journal for Clinical Sleep Medicine offers new hope to health systems struggling to meet 30-day COPD readmissions standards. The study from Barnes Healthcare Services determined a COPD patient management

Medtrade Exhibitor News – ResMed Revenue Up, Mediware Plans New Release

August 10, 2015
SAN DIEGO – Quarterly revenue for San Diego-based ResMed (Booth # 2011 at Medtrade, scheduled for Oct 26-29, 2015) was up $453.1 million, a 9% increase compared with the quarter ended June 30, 2014. Net income was $87.5 million, consistent with

I Am the HME Industry – Georgie Blackburn

August 3, 2015
TARENTUM, PA – Georgie Blackburn initially joined Blackburn’s to help out for three months—just a short stint before going back to school for nursing. That stint was back in 1978, and 37 years later she is still at the company that has been a P