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Home Health Care News and Arrowfly announced winners of their inaugural Product of the Year Awards, based on voting by HHCN subscribers. Caribou’s Engagement and Shift Booking Platform received the overall Most Valuable Product award, while winners were named across 12 categories serving home health and home care providers.
Home Health Care News and Arrowfly have announced the winners of their inaugural Product of the Year Awards, with Caribou’s Engagement and Shift Booking Platform receiving the most votes overall from HHCN subscribers. The awards recognize products and technologies for home health and home care providers, with winners selected through subscriber voting across 12 categories.
The awards program invited vendors serving the home health and home care industry to submit products, solutions and technologies earlier in 2026. After nominations were finalized, HHCN subscribers voted for their preferred entries in each category. The results include Gold, Silver and, in some categories, Bronze winners, as well as additional nominees.
Caribou’s platform was named the overall Most Valuable Product after receiving the most votes across the awards. It also won Gold in Workforce Management, Staffing & Scheduling Solutions. Other category Gold winners include IO Health Technologies for its IO Health Platform in Clinical Documentation, EHR & Care Coordination; POM Safe for Intake Risk Assessment in Clinical Quality, Outcomes & Risk Management; and Zingage for Zingage Operator in Data Analytics & Business Intelligence.
Further Gold awards went to WellSky for Bonafide, Powered by WellSky, in Durable Medical Equipment and Home-Based Care; Aegle Technologies for SwyftOps in Facilities, Safety, Infection Control & Home Environment; and AutomationEdge for Referral Intake CareFlo AI in Marketing, Growth & Referral Management. Gold winners in the remaining categories were Nevvon for Family Caregiver Training Hub, Cognitive Systems Corp for Caregiver by Cognitive, and Advanced RevCycle for ACE.
Silver and Bronze placements were also announced in several categories. The revenue cycle category had a Silver tie between AxisCare’s AxisCare RCM and Inovalon’s Claims Management Starter. The full list includes additional nominees, including products from WellSky, AxisCare, IntellaTriage, CareBestie and other companies. HHCN said readers can view the results in greater detail through the awards website and a downloadable Winner eBook.
Subscriber Votes Shape Industry Recognition
The awards give providers and vendors a reader-selected list of products being recognized across operational and care-related areas, from documentation and referrals to staffing, billing and remote monitoring. For home health and home care organizations evaluating tools, the category structure offers a way to see which products received votes from the publication’s subscriber base. The results are recognition through voting, rather than a published independent comparison of product performance.
Robert Holly, Arrowfly’s vice president and editorial director, said the awards highlight solutions intended to help organizations improve care, safety and operational effectiveness. He said subscriber voting gives readers a platform to recognize technologies they believe make a difference in daily care and operations. The announcement does not provide vote totals, evaluation scores or comparative outcome data, so it does not establish how large the voting margins were or whether a winning product produces better results than alternatives.
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How the Inaugural Awards Worked
The awards were created by Home Health Care News and Arrowfly for products and services used by home health and home care providers. Organizers describe the eligible field as innovative, evidence-informed products, solutions and technologies intended to affect quality of life, care, safety or operational effectiveness. Vendors submitted entries earlier in the year; subscribers voted after the nominations were finalized.
The program covers a broad range of needs, including clinical platforms, risk management, analytics, durable medical equipment, home safety, marketing, patient engagement, remote monitoring, revenue cycle management and workforce scheduling. Awards were distributed by category, and the overall MVP designation went to the product with the most votes overall, according to the announcement. The source material does not specify the number of voters or the detailed rules used to resolve category placements.
“The inaugural HHCN Product of the Year Awards highlight the innovative, evidence-informed solutions helping home health and home care organizations elevate care, improve safety and operate more effectively.”
— Robert Holly, Arrowfly vice president and editorial director
Voting Details Remain Unreported
The announcement does not state how many subscribers voted, the vote totals for individual entries, or the size of the margins between winners and other nominees. It also does not describe a separate technical review process or provide outcome data validating the products’ effects on care quality, safety or provider operations. The awards’ stated evidence-informed focus should not be read as a claim that the organizers independently tested every product.
Some categories list only a Gold winner, while others include Silver, Bronze or nominee placements. The available material does not explain whether that reflects differences in the number of entries, voting results or award rules. Further information about eligibility and the selection process may be available through the awards site, but it is not detailed in the announcement.
Full Results Available Online
HHCN directs readers to the Product of the Year Awards website for further details and a downloadable Winner eBook. That material is the next source for readers seeking the complete category-by-category results and product information. The announcement does not identify a date for a subsequent awards cycle or say whether organizers plan to publish voting data.
For now, the confirmed development is the release of the inaugural winners. Any assessment of how the recognized products perform in real-world settings will depend on information beyond the award placements, such as provider experience, product evaluations and measured outcomes.
Key Questions
Who won the overall Product of the Year award?
Caribou won the Most Valuable Product award for its Engagement and Shift Booking Platform. The announcement says it received the most votes overall from HHCN subscribers.
How were the winners selected?
Vendors submitted products earlier in 2026, and HHCN subscribers voted after nominations were finalized. The announcement does not give vote totals or describe a separate judging panel.
How many award categories were included?
The inaugural program included 12 categories, spanning areas such as clinical platforms, patient engagement, revenue cycle management and workforce scheduling.
Did every category have Gold, Silver and Bronze winners?
No. The results include Gold, Silver and/or Bronze placements depending on the category, as well as nominees. The revenue cycle category had a tie for Silver.
Where can readers find the complete results?
HHCN directs readers to its Product of the Year Awards website, where they can view more detail and download the Winner eBook.
Source: homehealthcarenews.com
