U.S. Market for Home Care Products, 5th Edition

    Published: May 1, 2007 | Price: $2,995 – $7,990

    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 – $7,800

    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 – $7,000

    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 – $5,990

    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 – $3,990

    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 – $7,000

    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...