Despite the rush to Asian outsourcing trend and the “stereotype” of expensive French manufacturing, HMS-Vilgo a French based manufacturer makes “100% made in France” medical / homecare beds. Not only that, CEO Patrick Jude has grown the business from about 1000 beds to 24000 beds per year from 1997 and remarks that they have used [...]
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Sign Of The Times In The Homecare Industry (Gentle Downsizing)
In this latest news, Invacare has released 50 employees, most from their Elyria headquarters. They are not the only company in the homecare / mobility industry to do so recently. Invacare maintains that dismissed staff are “office workers” and spokesperson Lara Mahoney is quoted as saying that they are “just ensuring that we’re running as [...]
China v USA
Update – The US Senate passes the bill. If it does not happen now, then it is just a question of time? China has threatened the US with a trade war if the US law-makers pass a bill currently under discussion that will force the value of the Chinese RMB to rise against the US [...]
Automatic Gears For Manual Wheelchair – A Breakthrough…
A manual wheelchair system that automatically senses current usage and shifts gears automatically has been developed. Use on any wheelchair. Enter Scott Daigle, together with the team at IntelliWheels, has developed a product that automatically shifts gears according to speed and force, allowing the driver, for example to climb slopes easier, without changing gears manually. [...]
AAHomecare v OIG v CMS
AAHomecare v OIG v CMS – You just have to question whether this is engagement or constructive engagement – there is a difference. AAHomecare Blog: Misleading OIG Report Fails to Blame Flawed CMS Documentation Process.
China’s Aging Population
Population aging and trending toward the cities .. BBC News – China census shows population aging and urban.
Mirror Neurons
In today’s world of virtual working, online chat, Skype, Linkedin, Google voice and now Google plus – not to mention the telephone and expensive but still hazy video conference there are still some of us that really value the frequent face to face visits to our other company or client locations. Well apparently there is [...]
China Continues To Battle Inflation and Raises Rates – Again
I am only posting this so I can tell my friends – “told you so”. China raises rates, shrugs off slowing growth | Reuters. Oh and remember what we observed in April.
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