Healthcare

As indicated by the World Health Organization, stroke is the second-leading cause of death for people over the age of 60 and is the fifth-leading cause of death for those between the ages of 15 and 59. The incidence of stroke is expected to increase by 25% over the next 20 years. Over 40% of ischemic stroke victims have permanent symptoms and only ...

The US pharmaceutical industry spends approximately $100 billion annually to develop new pharmaceutical drugs and medical devices. Today, a new drug takes approximately 15 years and over $1 billion to bring to market. Product development costs could be greatly reduced by using animal models that more closely resemble humans in their disease states ...

A record-high attendance of 1,000 radiology directors and managers convened to the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Association for Medical Imaging Management (AHRA 2015) held this year in Las Vegas. Radiology is going through interesting times indeed. Under the coordinated care paradigm that is gradually emerging in the U.S., and with all the changes th...

Sample preparation remains one of the largest headaches and bottlenecks in research, but is crucial to the success of downstream applications. While the market lacks the hype and excitement other hot technologies, the sample preparation market will always be a slow and steady gainer on an already large market size. Automation and application trends...

The U.S. Healthcare Insurance market is undergoing a period of change. There is building momentum among Governmental officials to initiate these changes by implementing new payment models starting with the Medicare system. The goal is to transition from a procedure-based physician fee model to an outcomes-based care coordination team approach that...

Imaging informatics did grab its fair share of attention and footprint on the HIMSS 2015 showfloor.This is attributable to the fields ongoing focus shift away from departmental solutions, to enterprise solutions: vendor neutral archives, enterprise viewers, image sharing and enterprise workflow orchestrators. These products areas are not, however, ...

Frost & Sullivan presented the 2015 Australia Healthcare Outlook at a live event in Sydney in March. This document compiles key trends and opinions presented at the event with supporting data and figures. 2015 predictions in the areas of healthcare financing, aged care, primary care, and emerging technologies have been detailed here.

Frost & Sullivan presented the 2015 Australia Healthcare Information Technology (IT) Outlook at a live event in Sydney in March. This document compiles key trends and opinions presented at the event with supporting data and figures. 2015 predictions highlight key challenges and unmet healthcare industry needs that can be addressed through meaningfu...

Overview and discussion of a key theme from the ECR 2015 Annual Meeting, on major steps taken towards globalizing evidence-based imaging guidelines.