Hospital-acquired Infections (HAI) Incidences and Trends

Attend this webinar to discover:

·Insight from BRIC healthcare leaders as they share field experiences and best practices gathered through hundreds of successful cases
·Common obstacles international companies must overcome in these regions
·How to exploit the hidden potential of BRIC countries
·Tactics to adjust strategy to successfully penetrate BRIC markets
·The top 10 technologies and products expected to drive growth in these regions

Attend this webinar to discover:

•Evaluate market potential for basic and advanced medical imaging modalities
•Learn about important market characteristics and trends
•Identify opportunities for growth in medical imaging equipment markets within each region of the world
•Consider factors affecting market growth internationally

As the healthcare industry across APAC moves toward digitization, electronic health information exchange becomes a stepping stone to success. Governments, non-profit entities and the private sector are aggressively investing in Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems. This Frost & Sullivan briefing presents a comprehensive analysis of the EMR and EHR markets in APAC, with special focus on emerging opportunities in the region.

Why You Should Attend:
- Learn about the rapidly developing EMR and EHR markets in APAC
- Understand key market drivers and restraints
- Identify leading market participants and their role in the competitive environment
- Recognize areas of growth within this space

Hospital revitalisation initiatives serve as the major driver for improved medical imaging equipment within the public healthcare sector. Growth of the market within the private sector is increasing in proportion to the rapidly emerging technology within the medical imaging space as private healthcare end users try to remain competitive. This briefing will investigate the dynamics of the South African medical imaging market, with specific reference to five key device segments, including, general X-rays, fluoroscopy, mammography, computed tomography (CT) scanners and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners.

This presentation seeks to highlight:
- Market projections for the global medical devices market
- Identification of market sectors and sub-sectors poised for expansion
- Discussion of key market opportunities in emerging markets
- Strategies for success in the new market paradigm

This briefing will investigate how regulations and hospital needs stimulate the EMR market in Latin America and will specially focus on how these regulations will potentially encourage the EMR implementation until 2017.

Why You Should Attend:
·Learn about the market dynamics of EMR in the region
·Identify the drivers and restraints impacting the EMR market for the next six years
·Discover business opportunities

Top Five Asia Pacific Growth Sectors:
•Medical Tourism: Driven by rising affluence and increasing demand for quality healthcare, medical tourism is one of the top growth sectors in APAC in the short to medium term.
•Outpatient Surgery: This is a lucrative business option that requires less investment, with more profitability.
•Specialty Hospitals: Due to increasing lifestyle diseases, such as diabetes and coronary heart disease, Asia Pacific is a large marketplace for specialty hospitals.
•Private Medical Insurance: The increasing cost of healthcare, coupled with low penetration rates of public insurance, creates an expansive market for private insurance companies. Consumer empowerment will also spike private medical insurance revenues.
•Healthcare IT: To remain competitive by increasing operational efficiency, clinical outcomes and financial profitability, private and public hospitals will invest extensively in installing, maintaining and upgrading IT capabilities.

Why You Should Attend:
·Understand the risks and opportunities for IVD competitors across major markets.
·Rank the IVD segments by largest opportunity and by fastest growing.
·Learn competitive strategies employed by IVD companies in emerging markets.

Why You Should Attend:
·Learn which countries offer promise for your products using our proprietary Growth, Innovation and Leadership 100 Index
·Find out how your business can benefit from the GIL 100 HC Index
·Discover how to create sustainable competitive advantage and growth through an emerging market strategy
·Customize your emerging market growth strategy to your company and product portfolio needs

This briefing will investigate the landscape of an industry that will grow from $21.7 billion in 2011 to $29.6 billion in 2015.

Why You Should Attend:
·Obtain an overview of the healthcare system, healthcare reform and infrastructure in Turkey
·Understand the main drivers and restraints by 2015
·Identify the growth opportunities in healthcare industry segments

In the current state of the global economy, where fundraising has become tight and there are decreasing opportunities to exit, the venture capital firms are extremely cautious in choosing their investments. This briefing will investigate the historical trends of VC investments and key areas of focus in the European and North American healthcare industry.

Why you should attend:
- Learn about key trends in the venture capital industry
- Discover the segments attracting venture capital investments in the European and North American healthcare industry
- Learn what regions are attracting venture capital investments in the European and North American healthcare industry

Why you should attend:

- Learn about the various drivers, restraints and challenges of healthcare IT in GCC countries.
- Identify priority areas in healthcare IT investment
- Know the unmet needs of the healthcare IT space in GCC countries.
- Participate in an interactive Q&A session.

The 2012 Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America has just wrapped up. This 98th edition unfolded at a time when imaging informatics is caught between two opposing waves: money being drawn out of medical imaging on one side, and increased interest for enterprise healthcare informatics on the other side.

·Hear a recap of the key take-aways from the industry show floor
·Receive highlights of the latest and greatest in products and technologies
·Get a reality check on the current state of emerging market trends

Why you should attend:
- Learn about the value of mobile technology solutions for healthcare
- Identify mobile healthcare technologies that are primed for widespread adoption in the near-term
- Relate to key technology-adoption factors enabling the mobile health opportunity

As much of the medical technologies industry was in a holding pattern waiting for the outcome of the 2012 elections, this briefing will assess the short- and long-term implications of President Obama's win.

Issues to be addressed include:
Impact of the Medical Device Excise Tax to go into effect Jan. 1, 2013
Impact on certain key sectors of the market
Expected changes in market strategy for industry stakeholders
Key opportunities for growth

Why You Should Attend:
· Understand the Brazilian Healthcare Market landscape, in terms of major market movements and growth
· Learn about major IT applications and adoption trends
· Comprehend the drivers and restraints in the Brazilian Healthcare IT Market
· Identify major opportunities for mobile health

Why You Should Attend:
· Learn about the changing healthcare market
· Identify drivers and challenges for growth in the market
· Discover innovative technologies that have potential to change the healthcare environment

Why you should attend:

- Learn about the growth of the clinical research market in India
- Identify key challenges that are affecting the market players and factors that are propelling the market forward
- Understand the regulatory scenario in India and opportunities to concentrate on with respect to therapy focus and other parameters
- Understand activities from a demand-side perspective of Pharma/Biotech companies

This Web conference will highlight and present key trends shaping the pharmaceutical landscape in East and West Africa and the impact thereof. The team will discuss countries and specific market segments that provide lucrative opportunities for growth.

Why You Should Attend:
· Understand macro trends driving opportunities in the pharmaceutical market in East and West Africa
· Understand where and in which market segments to optimally position ones business
· Potentially challenge your current growth strategy—are you on the correct path?
· Participate in interactive Q&A session