Kalorama Information is your reliable authority on the healthcare market. Our market research reports provide you with up-to-date information on medical healthcare and provide revenue numbers and forecasts for expanding healthcare market segments. Our analysts report the perspectives of healthcare companies, providing cutting-edge insight into the expanding opportunities and technologies in the world of the healthcare industry. This collection of market research reports follows economic indicators important for business planning and managing in the healthcare services industry, especially in light growing expenditure into national healthcare. Current healthcare expenditure now exceeds the GDP rate of growth, and national healthcare expenditure is over $3.9 trillion, with money continuing to go toward hospitals, medical services, and prescription drugs. As national expenditure in the healthcare market expands into the future, our market research reports are guaranteed to provide the latest on how companies providing healthcare services responding to market trends. From leading portions and forms of expenditure going into the market, to changing consumer opinions regarding retail clinics and competitive approaches in the electronic medical records (EMR) arena, Kalorama Information has the healthcare market covered.
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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...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...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...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:...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,...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,...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...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...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...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...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....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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...Published: December 1, 2009 | Price: $1,995.00 – $7,000.00
It was less than one year ago that Kalorama Information surveyed the market for electronic medical records. Yet much has changed and the changes may reach into every aspect of healthcare. Since our last report, the U.S. Government has decided to incentivize the use of EMRs through extra Medicare payments, companies have merged and new players - including some well-known corporate giants, have entered the field. What impact have the announcement of ARRA (stimulus) incentives had, if any? What is...Published: May 1, 2010 | Price: $995.00 – $1,990.00
RFID offers various solutions for the main segments of the healthcare industry—hospitals and nursing homes, pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacies. This Kalorama Information report, The Global Market for RFID in Healthcare , defines the market for RFID opportunities in the healthcare industry, focusing on five market segments: Pharmaceutical/Blood Product Distribution and Tracking Patient/Medical Staff Identification and Tracking Medical Asset Tracking and Locating Implantable Device RFID use Other areas (including medical documents and patient records) Market estimates and...Published: June 1, 2010 | Price: $3,995.00 – $7,990.00
Kalorama Information publishes its third edition of this detailed report on the long term care industry at a time of growth but also change and concern for the long term care industry. The economy has challenged the business strategies of key players, while the recent healthcare legislation introduces changes that may affect revenues. These twin challenges are addressed in The Long-Term Care Market: Nursing Homes, Home Care, Hospice Care, and Assisted Living The report provides an in-depth examination of the...Published: December 1, 2010 | Price: $995.00 – $3,000.00
Smartphone and other mobile applications or “apps” are being utilized in many areas of healthcare: education, health management, data management, health information, and other workflow processes. This Kalorama Information report The Worldwide Market for Mobile Medical Apps details these products and presents a picture of the market today and what it may look like over the next five years. Some popular apps included in this report include. Epocrates Medscape Mobile iRadiology Nursing Central Care360 Mobile STAT ICD-9 LITE Netter’s...Published: March 1, 2011 | Price: $150.00 – $300.00
For several years Kalorama Information has been studying the trend of electronic medical records (EMR) and electronic health records (EHR). What was already a fast-growing market dramatically changed in 2009 when as part of the ARRA stimulus law, the US Government provided incentives for physicians and hospitals to use systems. Those incentives have now been clarified and in 2011, the first checks have been issued. What will be the impact of those incentives, as well as vendor actions? And what...Published: May 1, 2011 | Price: $150.00 – $300.00
Convenience clinics, also known as retail health clinics, are a quickly growing segment of the U.S. health care marketplace, although their expansion has slowed somewhat from the very high rates of their early years. This report looks at retail clinics’ impact and growth over the next five years. Although different operators employ slightly different approaches, the overall business model utilized by convenience clinics is quite consistent. It involves the provision of basic healthcare services at a low cost, in a...Published: October 15, 2011 | Price: $150.00 – $300.00
China's rapid economic development and the numerous steps of reform undertaken by the Chinese central government since 1997 have had clear and observable effects upon China's total healthcare services market and its product markets for pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and in vitro diagnostics (IVD). This progress has been augmented by a Reform program in 2009, which includes increased funding to improve services. What are the workings of China's healthcare system? How much progress has been made towards the promised vision of...Published: March 13, 2012 | Price: $2,500.00 – $5,250.00
This report, EMR 2012 is a look at the market and trends impacting electronic medical record software and related services. Included in the report are statistics influencing the industry, demographics; life expectancy, and company strategies. Information is presented as a U.S. market, with a section on key international markets. A market summary includes a total market analysis. Also included is a competitive analysis of leading EMR system providers. As part of its research, the report includes: 2011 Market Estimates for...Published: March 15, 2012 | Price: $3,995.00 – $7,990.00
The advancing age of the population makes long-term care an important consideration for health marketers. This report, The Long-Term Care Market: Nursing Homes, Home Care, Hospice Care, and Assisted Living covers the most important segments of the long term care industry, each of which provide medical care and/or assistance with the activities of daily living (ADLs) on an ongoing basis: Nursing care; Home care; Hospice care; Assisted living. Kalorama Information publishes its fourth edition of this detailed report on the...Published: June 6, 2012 | Price: $995.00 – $1,990.00
Use of mobile devices in the healthcare field has taken off in a way not surprising given the fast pace of healthcare work. Innovative companies have been well ahead of this trend and launched applications that are seeing revenues. Kalorama Information has studied the market over the past two years and found a growing market with room for new entrants. This Kalorama Information report, The Worldwide Market for Mobile Medical Apps detailsthe smartphone and other mobile applications or “apps” that are...Published: August 14, 2012 | Price: $3,995.00 – $7,990.00
A nosocomial, or hospital-acquired, infection is a new infection that develops in a patient during hospitalization. It is usually defined as an infection that is identified at least forty-eight to seventy-two hours following admission, so infections incubating, but not clinically apparent, at admission are excluded. This type of infection is also known as a hospital-acquired infection (or more generically healthcare-associated infections). The following are among the hospital infections considered in this report: Acinetobacter Baumannii Clostridium Difficile Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Pseudomonas Aeruginosa...Published: October 15, 2012 | Price: $995.00 – $1,990.00
EMR in Europe This report, EMR Europe 2012 is a look at the market and trends impacting electronic medical record software and related services in Europe. Included in the report are statistics influencing the industry, demographics, and company strategies. A market summary includes a total market analysis. Also included is a snapshot look at individual countries’ demographics, healthcare spending, EMR adoption depth and competitive opportunities. Electronic Medical Records has been established in several European countries for the last decade or...Published: November 15, 2012 | Price: $2,500.00 – $5,000.00
Retail health clinics have grown from concept to a functioning part of the U.S. health care marketplace. Retail clinics, also called convenience clinics, are mostly located in drug stores but also in retailers such as Walmarts and Target stores, grocery stores and even malls. The basic premise is that they take advantage of the retailers traffic, and provide defined services generally though a nurse practitioner or a physician assistant.. Especially attractive to customers, they offer walk in service, better hours...Published: March 22, 2013 | Price: $995.00 – $1,995.00
Retail Clinics: Consumer Attitudes Results of the 2013 Kalorama Survey - Retail clinics are medical settings located in a retail store. They are not free standing and do not offer all medical services. Yet they provide an option for busy Americans seeking a convenient option for basic healthcare needs such as vaccinations or cold remedies. Kalorama Information has published several studies on retail clinics since 2007. Over the past few years, we have analyzed the economic performance of stores and...Published: June 18, 2013 | Price: $1,500.00 – $3,000.00
This report, Out of Pocket Healthcare 2013, is Kalorama's latest estimates for the amount spent by consumers on their own (through cash payments, credit cards, FSAs and finance programs) for healthcare services. The out-of -pocket market for the following areas are included: Doctors Pharmaceuticals Hospitals ER Vision Dental Elective Procedures The report estimates the amount spent in cash/checks and the amount financed. As part of the report, spending for the following healthcare costs are provided for years 2008-2016: Premiums Co...Published: June 25, 2013 | Price: $1,500.00 – $3,000.00
The growing demands on the health industry have resulted in higher demand for new and better medical technology products. New technologies in the health IT segment are emerging in response to increased healthcare needs of an aging population, streamlining and efficiency demands, changes in reimbursement, new wireless technologies including wireless monitoring technologies, decreasing healthcare resources, an emphasis on reducing hospital days, and proven cost-effectiveness. In particular, the Tablet PC has been focused on as it mimics clipboards and other products...Published: August 9, 2013 | Price: $3,995.00 – $7,990.00
This Kalorama Information report The Market for Hospital-Acquired Infection Control (Sterilization, Cleaning, Testing, Treatment) focuses on the market for preventing, testing and treating infections in the healthcare environment. Given the cost of hospital-acquired and healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), demand has increased for solutions that can help the healthcare industry reduce infections and the costs associated with them. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that around 1 in 20 or 5% of hospitalized patients will contract an HAI. ...Published: August 16, 2013 | Price: $995.00 – $1,995.00
The Impact of Healthcare Reform (PPACA) On the U.S. IVD Industry The "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" (H.R. 3590) is complex legislation that affects virtually every aspect of health care, and many of its provisions are beginning to take effect now. IVD manufacturers who have different needs and strategies are now considering the legislation and whether it will help or hurt business plans. The legislation contains a range of different provisions and while the law in a broad sense...Published: September 10, 2013 | Price: $995.00 – $1,990.00
The World Market for Cloud Computing in Healthcare Healthcare providers around the world are facing rising costs while they attempt to maintain or improve care. Healthcare information technology (HIT) is a key component of streamlining healthcare in a way that can provide benefits to those involved. As this report details, cloud computing is a way of using existing technology to modernize the healthcare industry. Cloud technologies are generally off-site, third-party-managed computing resources that can include computational resources, additional data storage...Published: November 8, 2013 | Price: $3,995.00 – $7,990.00
Wireless Opportunities in Healthcare (The Market for Bluetooth, RFID, Zigbee, UWB WWAN, WMAN, WLAN and other technologies) Kalorama Information’s Wireless Opportunities in Healthcare (The Market for Bluetooth, RFID, Zigbee, UWB WWAN, WMAN, WLAN and other technologies) is a complete guide to the fast-growing market for wireless healthcare applications in the United States and globally. This report contains explanations that cut through the confusion surrounding these technologies and provide readers with a total picture of wireless in healthcare. It makes market...Published: February 27, 2014 | Price: $995.00 – $1,990.00
The Long Term Care Market, Forecasts to 2018 The advancing age of the population makes long-term care an important consideration for health marketers. This report, The Long Term Care Market: Nursing Homes, Home Care, Hospice Care, and Assisted Living, covers the most important segments of the long term care industry, each of which provide medical care and/or assistance with the activities of daily living (ADLs) on an ongoing basis: Nursing care Home care Hospice care Assisted living ...Published: March 11, 2014 | Price: $750.00 – $1,500.00
Retail Clinics Market Overview and 2014 Survey Results Retail clinics are medical settings located in a retail store. They are not free standing and do not offer all medical services. Yet they provide an option for busy Americans seeking a convenient option for basic healthcare needs such as vaccinations or cold remedies. Kalorama Information has published several studies on retail clinics since 2007. Over the past few years, we have analyzed the economic performance of stores and opportunities for suppliers....Published: April 2, 2014 | Price: $995.00 – $1,990.00
The EMR Industry Standard Kalorama has continuously examined the fast-changing market for electronic medical records (EMR) for nearly a decade, and each year we produce a comprehensive report of our findings. Our report has become the industry standard, oft-quoted by companies and industry associations as the source for market sizing and market share in healthcare. This Kalorama Information report, EMR 2014, is a complete global analysis of the EMR market. The report includes the important trends that will affect companies offering software, hardware and services related to EMR....Published: May 7, 2014 | Price: $995.00 – $1,990.00
Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI) Control Markets: Disinfection, Area, Sterilization, Device Sterilization, Testing-C.diff, Testing-MRSA, Treatments Infections from activities and procedures taking place within a healthcare facility have become a cause for great concern. These infection may occur in a postoperative wound or as a complication unrelated to the disease or condition. This report, Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) Control Markets: focuses on the market opportunities for companies that can assist hospitals and other healthcare facilities with important HAI mitigation tasks including: preventing, testing...