Obesity, Weight Loss and Diet Management Markets (Pharmaceutical, Surgical and Dietary Approaches)

    Published: December 1, 2009 | Price: $995.00 – $4,200.00

    Weight loss and diet management is a challenge for millions of people around the world. Globally, more than 1 billion people are above an ideal weight. The affects weight has on life-threatening or life-altering disease are devastating. Diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, and cancer all have links to being overweight or obese. Increasing education efforts, accessible weight management plans and foods, and a growing desire to be physically desirable have fueled this market in more recent years. More than...
    Market for Wellness Programs and Their Impact on Pharmaceutical, Diagnostic and Device Product Markets, The

    Published: October 1, 2009 | Price: $995.00 – $1,990.00

    At their most basic level, wellness programs represent an attempt to encourage good health and thereby decrease utilization of health care products and services. They have evolved out of necessity from the current U.S. health care system, in response to a variety of factors including continually rising costs of care and declining quality of life. A Comprehensive Look at the 'Wellness' Industry Utilization of wellness programs in the United States has experienced strong recent growth this is expected to continue...
    Healthcare Computer System Markets and Trends in HIT Buying (Forecasts for System, Service and Support Revenues, Areas of interest, major competitor profiles)

    Published: August 1, 2009 | Price: $1,995.00 – $7,000.00

    The healthcare information technology (HIT) market was in a growth trend prior to the recent recession. While economic times have tightened budgets some, there is still opportunities for companies in this market. In this report, Kalorama takes a comprehensive look at the demand for IT products in the healthcare market - with a focus on computer systems for hospitals, nursing homes, physician offices and other healthcare entities. Kalorama has interviewed experts in the HIT industry and presents the latest findings...
    World Veterinary Health Products (Animal Pharmaceuticals, Vaccines, OTC and Performance Enhancers)

    Published: May 1, 2009 | Price: $995.00 – $7,000.00

    The multi-billion veterinary health products market, though smaller in opportunity as compared with the human health sector, offers significant return on investment, primarily driven by lower risk and faster product development cycles. The veterinary health products market has remained resilient over the economic downturns of the past 2 decades. This report, World Veterinary Health Products, takes a look at veterinary health products for both companion (pet) animals, and production animals (livestock and poultry) and the opportunity for existing players and...
    Healthcare in a Recession (OTC, Generics, Out of Pocket Spending, Healthcare Legislation, Retail Clinics, Outsourcing and Other Topics)

    Published: April 1, 2009 | Price: $500.00 – $3,990.00

    Current economic conditions dominate business strategies. While healthcare has fared better than other industries, it will not be immune from the effects of the current recession. But what aspects of healthcare will be impacted? How much of spending will be out of the consumer's pocket? How will some novel trends (retail clinics, medical tourism) fit into this economy? It is commonly asserted that OTC and generic drugs sales will be boosted. Will this pan out? What will be the possible...
    Retail Clinics and the In-Store Healthcare Market 2009: Bright Spot in the Current Economy?

    Published: March 1, 2009 | Price: $1,995.00 – $7,000.00

    The appearance of in-store health clinics is a significant trend for pharmaceutical and POC diagnostic market watchers, as well as for those in retail. When last Kalorama published the first syndicated market research study on the emerging trend of in-store clinics in 2007, retail clinics were a novel trend. Now, with a few years of activity, they are established in food, drug, mass merchandizing and other stores, with both successes and failures. There is growth in some projects, scalebacks in...
    U.S. Markets for EMR (Electronic Medical Record) Technology

    Published: January 1, 2009 | Price: $995.00 – $7,000.00

    In 2009, Electronic Medical Record (EMR) is the core focus of most health information technology offerings. Government initiatives (most recently stimulus bill EMR provisions) and cost concerns are key drivers of EMR and will continue to drive purchases of EMR systems in the near future. Technologies such as patient monitoring systems and handheld devices will need to adapt to EMR systems to thrive. Those seeking to understand the health IT market will need to build products that address the need...
    Key Healthcare Opportunities for Technology Companies (Wireless in Healthcare 2008-12, High-Tech Patient Monitoring Systems, RFID in Pharma Manufacturing, US EMR Markets, RFID in Healthcare, Electronic Components for Medical Device Markets)

    Published: October 1, 2008 | Price: $7,995.00 – $14,995.00

    According to Kalorama's experts, there is over a 40 billion dollar market for technology companies who can assist the healthcare industry meet its key challenges. This Kalorama Information Market Research Bundle, a combination of 7 Kalorama Information Market research reports - over 1200 pages of material., presents those opportunities, and details the areas Kalorama thinks will be the most promising markets for technology in healthcare. Wireless Technologies: Newly updated with forecasts for 2008-12. This report covers the technology that is...
    Long-Term Care Market – Nursing Homes, Home Care, Hospice Care, and Assisted Living, The

    Published: July 1, 2008 | Price: $3,995.00 – $7,990.00

    As Kalorama publishes its second edition of this detailed report on the long term care industry and all of its segments, there is no decrease in demand or activity for everything from nursing homes, to home care, to hospices. The U.S. long care industry has experienced strong growth from 2002 through 2007 and this growth is expected to accelerate through the forecast period as the U.S. population continues to age and demand rises for long term care. Ongoing cost containment...
    Wireless in Healthcare (Hospital, Physician Office, Pharmaceutical and other Healthcare Markets for Bluetooth, RFID, Zigbee and other technologies)

    Published: May 1, 2008 | Price: $3,500.00 – $7,990.00

    2008 has seen no letdown in the use of wireless technologies in healthcare. The clinical environment is a highly mobile one, and physicians, nurses and other clinical operators have a real need for fast information they can act upon. Wireless technologies fit healthcare well. It's therefore no surprise that hospitals are dedicating large portions of current and future budgets to IT development and wireless is likely to be among their choices. Kalorama’s Wireless in Healthcare 2008 is your guide to...
    Organ Transplant Immunosuppressive Markets

    Published: January 1, 2008 | Price: $995.00 – $1,990.00

    Improved surgical techniques and organ preservation, understanding of immunologic barriers, and the development of newer and more potent immunosuppressives have combined to improve survival of transplant patients and grafts. Rejection remains the major barrier to long-term graft survival in patients, organ transplantation therapy is highly dependent on the success of immunosuppressants to suppress the recipient’s immune responses to the foreign organ. Most transplant patients require lifelong immunosuppressive therapy to prevent rejection, except when human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-identical transplants are used....
    Growing “Out of Pocket” Healthcare Market (Spending on Surgeries, Pharmaceuticals and Other Healthcare Services), The

    Published: November 1, 2007 | Price: $3,250.00 – $6,500.00

    While insurance is the most common form of payment for healthcare services, increasingly customers are paying for their own expenses. Pharmaceutical, device and diagnostic companies, should recognize that a part of their revenues are originating directly or indirectly from out of pocket expenditures. Health care costs are high and accelerating as a result of a confluence of factors within the broader economy, as well as the health care marketplace. Unique financial services have been created to facilitate non-insurance-paid health care...
    Retail Clinics, The Emerging Market for Convenience and In-Store Healthcare

    Published: October 1, 2007 | Price: $995.00 – $5,990.00

    Retail clinics, also known as convenience clinics, represent a disruptive innovation into the U.S. health care market, which evolved from and is uniquely positioned to benefit from the health care system’s shortcomings. These clinics present a new opportunity for retail outlets to earn more revenue from rents and 'indirect' revenues from sales to the retail store as a result of a clinic visit. But there is also an opportunity for diagnostic and pharmaceutical companies to capitalize on this trend. Kalorama...
    Healthcare Opportunities for Food Ingredient Manufacturers

    Published: October 1, 2007 | Price: $995.00 – $1,990.00

    For food ingredient companies willing to enter the non-food market, there is over a billion dollars of market potential awaiting them. In addition to increasing the profitability of their traditional product lines, producers of ingredients can potentially expand their markets by moving their products or byproducts into the healthcare sector, where drug producers or manufacturers of some biomedical devices could incorporate them into their products. Kalorama Information's Healthcare Opportunities for Food Ingredient Manufacturers details the sources of ancillary revenue that...
    RFID Opportunities in Healthcare in the U.S.

    Published: June 1, 2007 | Price: $1,995.00 – $7,990.00

    RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) technologies are dramatically changing many industries, but as detailed in Kalorama's market research report RFID Opportunities in Healthcare in the U.S., the greatest market for RFID is in healthcare. Hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, nursing homes, and other healthcare entities will benefit from using the technologies to keep track of inventories and patients. What are the best markets within healthcare for RFID? How will benefits outweigh costs? How are these technologies best implemented? Who are the leading providers...
    U.S. Market for Home Care Products, 5th Edition

    Published: May 1, 2007 | Price: $2,995.00 – $7,990.00

    This study The U.S. Market for Home Care Products, 5th Edition represents the fifth time Kalorama Information has investigated this growing market over the past 12 years. The U.S. market for home care products and equipment continues to post steady gains, primarily as a result of the aging population and increasing shifts of chronic care patients from hospitals to home. Serious market watchers will want to keep aware of trends in this industry, major players and market data. In 2006,...
    Wireless Opportunities in Healthcare (The Market for Bluetooth, RFID, Zigbee, UWB WWAN, WMAN, WLAN and other technologies)

    Published: January 1, 2007 | Price: $1,100.00 – $7,800.00

    Wireless technologies and healthcare are a perfect fit. The clinical environment is a highly mobile one, and physicians, nurses and other clinical operators have a real need for fast information and action. With a record of successful implementations across aspects of healthcare from patient care to sales, wireless technologies have moved from conjecture to reality. Hospitals are dedicating large portions of current and future budgets to IT development and wireless is likely to be among their choices. Given these trends,...
    Long-Term Care Market: Nursing Homes, Home Care, Hospice Care, and Assisted Living, The

    Published: January 1, 2006 | Price: $3,500.00 – $7,000.00

    The U.S. long-term care industry experienced strong growth from 1999 through 2004 and this growth is expected to continue through the end of the decade. Indeed, the aging of the U.S. population will push unprecedented demand for all forms of long-term care, but ongoing cost containment issues continue to pressure both private and public managed care organizations and make competition in this dynamic environment challenging. This comprehensive study from Kalorama Information details four segments of the long-term care industry, including:...
    U.S. Market for Clinical Information Systems – An Analysis of the Growing Use of Information Technology for Hospital-Based Patient Care, The

    Published: October 1, 2005 | Price: $895.00 – $5,990.00

    Information technology (IT) has the potential to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of clinical care. IT is not new to the hospital setting. Computers and software have been used for many years to improve the paper-based administrative functions of hospital support staff, such as scheduling and billing. But the use of IT in the clinical setting to optimize, streamline and simplify patient records, testing, imaging and operating room procedures has lagged behind its medical administrative applications. The evolution of...
    Hispanics and Healthcare: Understanding Demographics, Health Statistics, and Attitudes for More Effective Marketing

    Published: May 1, 2005 | Price: $1,995.00 – $3,990.00

    In the last decade the importance of reaching the Hispanic market has become increasingly apparent to marketing practitioners in all industries. Hispanics have not only increased in numbers to become the largest ethnic minority population in the United States, but also increased in purchasing power, representing an estimated $680 billion in 2004 and expected to grow at an average annual rate of 8%. For many industries, including pharmaceutical and healthcare, Hispanics constitute an unfamiliar segment of the market, but one...
    Wellness Market Opportunities in the Aging American Population: Alternative Medicine Markets for Age-Related Health Issues

    Published: September 1, 2004 | Price: $3,500.00 – $7,000.00

    With an aging population in the United States, the incidence of prevalence of age-related diseases and disorders is expected to mount rapidly over the next decade. Since senior citizens already consume a disproportionate amount of healthcare dollars, the economic picture will only go from bad to worse insofar as healthcare is concerned. The solution to this problem, for this generation and the future, is prevention. The new emphasis on prevention opens up a scope of opportunity in the alternative care...