The Mobility Management Product Awards program honors outstanding product development in Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) and accessibility. Don’t miss your chance to be recognized in a future Mobility Management issue read by CRT clinicians, CRT suppliers and mobility dealers.
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MOBILITY CATEGORIES
24-Hour Postural Support
Accessories: Personal Mobility Device/Scooter
Accessories: Wheelchair
Activity Chairs/Seating with Positioning
Aids to Daily Living
Alternative Driving Controls (for Power Wheelchairs)
Apps, DME or CRT
Backs, Wheelchair: General Use (E2611-2612)
Backs, Wheelchair: Planar Back & Laterals (E2620-2621)
Backs, Wheelchair: Positioning, Posterior (E2613-E2614)
Backs, Wheelchair: Positioning, Posterior-Lateral (E2616-2617)
Back, Dynamic Positioning Hardware for (E2398)
Business Management Systems
Car Seats, Adapted/Positioning
Cash-Pay/Retail/Uncoded Mobility Equipment
Components (Accessories), Wheelchair: Ergonomic/Performance
Components (Accessories), Wheelchair: Seating & Positioning
Education and Events
Electronics, Power Wheelchair
Gait Trainers
Hardware, Mounting
Hygiene & Bath Equipment, standard (no positioning)
Hygiene & Bath Equipment with positioning components (e.g., tilt)
Personal Mobility Devices
Positioning: Head
Positioning: Trunk
Positioning: Upper/Lower Extremities
Power-Assist Systems (for manual wheelchairs)
Pressure Mapping Systems
Recreational Equipment and Vehicles, Adapted
Robotics, Mobility
Seat Cushions, Wheelchair: Custom (E2609)
Seat Cushions, Wheelchair: General Use (E2601-2602)
WINNER BENEFITS
Award suitable for display
Use of Mobility Management 2024 Mobility Product Award logo for promotion of each winning product(s)
Recognition in Mobility Management marketing, promotions and social media
Potential editorial coverage by the Mobility Management team
TERMS & CONDITIONS
DEADLINES
SEPTEMBER 2024
Submissions open
NOVEMBER 2024
Submissions close
DECEMBER 2024
Winners announced
© 2024 WTWH Healthcare
Submissions Open
September 2024
Winners in each category receive the following:
The Mobility Management Product Awards (“Awards”) takes place between September 15, 2024 and November 15, 2024. The Awards start with a nomination process in which individuals or organizations will nominate a new product to be considered for the program. A panel of industry judges will evaluate each entry in its respective category to determine the 2024 Mobility Management Product Awards.
If you would like to submit your product in multiple categories, you will need to submit multiple entries. Each award entry fee must be paid prior to the entry deadline of November 15, 2024 to be considered for eligibility. Entry fees are non-refundable. Prior award winners should not be resubmitted for nomination to the program.
Individuals or an organization may submit a product/service for the Awards program via the online submission form starting September 15, 2024 and complete the process prior to 11:59 PM Central Standard Time on November 15, 2024 for consideration. Upon submission, each entry will be entered into the Awards. Each nominee accepts these terms and conditions upon accepting the nomination hereby agrees to the terms and conditions of the Awards. By entering the Awards, entrants and nominees agree to consent to WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, using the personal information for the purposes of evaluating, judging and promoting as part of agreement to participation in the program. Failure to claim or accept the nomination or meeting the eligibility criteria may result in disqualification or forfeiture of the participation in the Mobility Management Product Awards.
The Mobility Management Product Awards application process requires all the following components and responses as part of the submission:
- Select the appropriate category for submission
- The nominee’s contact name, title, company and contact information
- The nominee’s company name, phone number, website URL
- Name of the product/service being submitted
- Date the product/serve entered the market
- Product/service website URL
- Digital photo/image of product/service being entered (.jpg, .eps, or .png at 300 dpi at 3x3 inches or larger (Image file name must include product/service name and company name)
- Description of features and benefits: In 300 words or less, provide a description that should include enhancements or improvements over previous iterations, and sizes available, if applicable. You can also include the following:
- Indications/contraindications for product/service
- Goals or outcomes the product/service hopes to support/achieve
- Engineering/design information
- Target demographic (e.g. a typical patient/client who could find the product/service useful)
- Research tied to the product/service
- Anything else about the product/service that the judges should review
- Additional Documentation: You may upload a PDF or Word document that includes links to additional documentation, including, but not limited to, additional product/service documents, research studies, graphics, etc.
- Provide a three (3) to four (4) sentence statement on why this submission is award-worthy
The entry fee for the 2024 Mobility Management Product Awards is $400. All submissions must be received by 11:59pm Central Standard Time on November 15, 2024.
All submissions will be evaluated by a panel of industry experts. Selection of a Mobility Management Product Award is at the sole discretion of the aforementioned panel of judges. The entries selected for the 2024 Mobility Management Product Awards for each category will be announced online in December 2024.
WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Awards, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures, virus, human error, tampering or any other factor impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Awards, as determined by WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, in its sole discretion. In such an event, WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, reserves the right to award the prizes from among the eligible entries or plays received up to the time of the impairment. WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the or to be acting in violation of the Awards terms and conditions of this or any other promotion or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Awards may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. WTWH Healthcare’s, a WTWH Media company, failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
24-Hour Postural Support
Accessories: Personal Mobility Device/Scooter
Accessories: Wheelchair
Activity Chairs/Seating with Positioning
Aids to Daily Living
Alternative Driving Controls (for Power Wheelchairs)
Apps, DME or CRT
Backs, Wheelchair: General Use (E2611-2612)
Backs, Wheelchair: Planar Back & Laterals (E2620-2621)
Backs, Wheelchair: Positioning, Posterior (E2613-E2614)
Backs, Wheelchair: Positioning, Posterior-Lateral (E2616-2617)
Back, Dynamic Positioning Hardware for (E2398)
Business Management Systems
Car Seats, Adapted/Positioning
Cash-Pay/Retail/Uncoded Mobility Equipment
Components (Accessories), Wheelchair: Ergonomic/Performance
Components (Accessories), Wheelchair: Seating & Positioning
Education and Events
Electronics, Power Wheelchair
Gait Trainers
Hardware, Mounting
Hygiene & Bath Equipment, standard (no positioning)
Hygiene & Bath Equipment with positioning components (e.g., tilt)
Personal Mobility Devices
Positioning: Head
Positioning: Trunk
Positioning: Upper/Lower Extremities
Power-Assist Systems (for manual wheelchairs)
Pressure Mapping Systems
Recreational Equipment and Vehicles, Adapted
Robotics, Mobility
Seat Cushions, Wheelchair: Custom (E2609)
Seat Cushions, Wheelchair: General Use (E2601-2602)
Seat Cushions, Wheelchair: Positioning (E2605-2606)
Seat Cushions, Wheelchair: Powered (E2610)
Seat Cushions, Wheelchair: Skin Protection (E2603-2604)
Seat Cushions, Wheelchair: Skin Protection, Adjustable (E2622-2623)
Seat Cushions, Wheelchair: Skin Protection & Positioning (E2607-2608)
Seat Cushions, Wheelchair: Skin Protection & Positioning, Adjustable (E2624-2625)
Seating Systems: Custom/Custom Molded
Seating Systems: Manual
Seating Systems: Power
Sensor Technology
Smart Technology
Software, DME/CRT Business Management/Billing
Staffing Solutions
Standing Frames/Standers
Suspension Systems/Components
Travel Mobility Aids
Walking Aids: Standard
Walking Aids: Dynamic Adjustability
Wheelchairs, Manual: Standard/Lightweight
Wheelchairs, Manual: Stroller Style, with Positioning
Wheelchairs, Manual: Tilt-in-Space
Wheelchairs, Manual: Ultralightweight
Wheelchairs, Power: Group 1
Wheelchairs, Power: Group 2, Single Power
Wheelchairs, Power: Group 2, Multiple Power
Wheelchairs, Power: Group 3, Standard
Wheelchairs, Power: Group 3, Single Power
Wheelchairs, Power: Group 3, Multiple Power
Wheelchairs, Power: Group 4 (All Types)
Wheelchairs, Power: Group 5 (Pediatric, All Types)
Wheelchairs, Power: Travel, Standard
Wheelchairs, Power: Travel, with Positioning
Wheelchairs, Sports & Recreation
The Mobility Management Product Awards (“Awards”) takes place between September 15, 2024 and November 15, 2024. The Awards start with a nomination process in which individuals or organizations will nominate a new product to be considered for the program. A panel of industry judges will evaluate each entry in its respective category to determine the 2024 Mobility Management Product Awards.
To be eligible, the new product/service must have been placed into market between January 1, 2023 and August 31, 2024. If you would like to submit your product in multiple categories, you will need to submit multiple entries. Each award entry fee must be paid prior to the entry deadline of November 15, 2024 to be considered for eligibility. Entry fees are non-refundable. Prior award winners should not be resubmitted for nomination to the program.
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Individuals or an organization may submit a product/service for the Awards program via the online submission form starting September 15, 2024 and complete the process prior to 11:59 PM Central Standard Time on November 15, 2024 for consideration. Upon submission, each entry will be entered into the Awards. Each nominee accepts these terms and conditions upon accepting the nomination hereby agrees to the terms and conditions of the Awards. By entering the Awards, entrants and nominees agree to consent to WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, using the personal information for the purposes of evaluating, judging and promoting as part of agreement to participation in the program. Failure to claim or accept the nomination or meeting the eligibility criteria may result in disqualification or forfeiture of the participation in the Mobility Management Product Awards.
The Mobility Management Product Awards application process requires all the following components and responses as part of the submission:
- Select the appropriate category for submission
- The nominee’s contact name, title, company and contact information
- The nominee’s company name, phone number, website URL
- Name of the product/service being submitted
- Date the product/serve entered the market
- Product/service website URL
- Digital photo/image of product/service being entered (.jpg, .eps, or .png at 300 dpi at 3x3 inches or larger (Image file name must include product/service name and company name)
- Description of features and benefits: In 300 words or less, provide a description that should include enhancements or improvements over previous iterations, and sizes available, if applicable. You can also include the following:
- Indications/contraindications for product/service
- Goals or outcomes the product/service hopes to support/achieve
- Engineering/design information
- Target demographic (e.g. a typical patient/client who could find the product/service useful)
- Research tied to the product/service
- Anything else about the product/service that the judges should review
- Additional Documentation: You may upload a PDF or Word document that includes links to additional documentation, including, but not limited to, additional product/service documents, research studies, graphics, etc.
- Provide a three (3) to four (4) sentence statement on why this submission is award-worthy
The entry fee for the 2024 Mobility Management Product Awards is $400. All submissions must be received by 11:59pm Central Standard Time on November 15, 2024.
All submissions will be evaluated by a panel of industry experts. Selection of a Mobility Management Product Award is at the sole discretion of the aforementioned panel of judges. The entries selected for the 2024 Mobility Management Product Awards for each category will be announced online in December 2024.
WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Awards, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures, virus, human error, tampering or any other factor impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Awards, as determined by WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, in its sole discretion. In such an event, WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, reserves the right to award the prizes from among the eligible entries or plays received up to the time of the impairment. WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the or to be acting in violation of the Awards terms and conditions of this or any other promotion or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Awards may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. WTWH Healthcare’s, a WTWH Media company, failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, is not responsible for interrupted or unavailable network server or other connections; for errors in communication protocols; failed telephone, computer or electronic transmissions; for jumbled, scrambled or misdirected entries or transmissions; for phone, electrical, network, technology or computer hardware or software or program malfunctions, failures or difficulties; or any other errors, omissions, interruptions, or deletions of any kind, whether human, mechanical or electronic; or for non-receipt of any entry regardless of the cause of it not being properly received. WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, is not responsible for unintelligible, late, lost or stolen entries; for incorrect or inaccurate entry information, whether caused by Internet users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Awards; or for any technical, printing or human errors which may occur in the receipt, non-receipt or processing of any entries in the Awards. WTWH HEALTHCARE, A WTWH MEDIA COMPANY, MAKES NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS OF EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS TO LEARN IF ANY OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Any personally identifiable information collected during an applicant’s participation in the Awards will be collected by WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, and used by WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, in accordance with our Privacy Policy as such is stated here. WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, will share the nominators’ name with the nominee but not with the judges nor with the general public. Beyond the usage described in these terms and conditions, the information provided will be collected, stored and used in accordance with WTWH Healthcare’s, a WTWH Media company, privacy policy
By submitting nomination, nominees (or persons entering on behalf of nominee) shall allow WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, and/or WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, designees the perpetual right to use his/her entry, name, biographical information, photos, videos and/or likeness, and statements for promotion, trade, commercial, advertising and publicity purposes, at any time or times, in all media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide, including but not limited to on the World Wide Web and Internet, without notice, review or approval and without additional compensation except where prohibited by law. A signed affidavit of eligibility, publicity release and release of liability may be required.
Issues concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules shall be governed by the laws of Illinois.
By participating, each nominee releases and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, & Others from and against any and all costs, claims, damages, or any other injury, whether due to negligence or otherwise, to person(s) or property (including, without limitation, death or violation of any personal rights, such as violation of right of publicity/privacy, libel, or slander), due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, to participation in the Awards.
WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, reserves the sole right to amend or alter the terms and conditions of the Awards at any time. By entering the Awards, the nominee agrees to abide by these Official Rules and the decisions of WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, which shall be final in all matters pertaining to this Awards program. All entries become the property of WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, and will not be returned. Void outside of the fifty (50) United States/District of Columbia and wherever prohibited or restricted by law. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.
If you have any questions, please reach out to the WTWH Healthcare Awards Program Manager at awards@wtwhmedia.com.
WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, is not responsible for interrupted or unavailable network server or other connections; for errors in communication protocols; failed telephone, computer or electronic transmissions; for jumbled, scrambled or misdirected entries or transmissions; for phone, electrical, network, technology or computer hardware or software or program malfunctions, failures or difficulties; or any other errors, omissions, interruptions, or deletions of any kind, whether human, mechanical or electronic; or for non-receipt of any entry regardless of the cause of it not being properly received. WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, is not responsible for unintelligible, late, lost or stolen entries; for incorrect or inaccurate entry information, whether caused by Internet users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Awards; or for any technical, printing or human errors which may occur in the receipt, non-receipt or processing of any entries in the Awards. WTWH HEALTHCARE, A WTWH MEDIA COMPANY, MAKES NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS OF EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS TO LEARN IF ANY OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Any personally identifiable information collected during an applicant’s participation in the Awards will be collected by WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, and used by WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, in accordance with our Privacy Policy as such is stated here. WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, will share the nominators’ name with the nominee but not with the judges nor with the general public. Beyond the usage described in these terms and conditions, the information provided will be collected, stored and used in accordance with WTWH Healthcare’s, a WTWH Media company, privacy policy
By submitting nomination, nominees (or persons entering on behalf of nominee) shall allow WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, and/or WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, designees the perpetual right to use his/her entry, name, biographical information, photos, videos and/or likeness, and statements for promotion, trade, commercial, advertising and publicity purposes, at any time or times, in all media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide, including but not limited to on the World Wide Web and Internet, without notice, review or approval and without additional compensation except where prohibited by law. A signed affidavit of eligibility, publicity release and release of liability may be required.
Issues concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules shall be governed by the laws of Illinois.
By participating, each nominee releases and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, & Others from and against any and all costs, claims, damages, or any other injury, whether due to negligence or otherwise, to person(s) or property (including, without limitation, death or violation of any personal rights, such as violation of right of publicity/privacy, libel, or slander), due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, to participation in the Awards.
WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, reserves the sole right to amend or alter the terms and conditions of the Awards at any time. By entering the Awards, the nominee agrees to abide by these Official Rules and the decisions of WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, which shall be final in all matters pertaining to this Awards program. All entries become the property of WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company, and will not be returned. Void outside of the fifty (50) United States/District of Columbia and wherever prohibited or restricted by law. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.
If you have any questions, please reach out to the WTWH Healthcare Awards Program Manager at awards@wtwhmedia.com.