Medical Tourism Magazine Articles
Consulting the Market Specialists -Medical Tourism Consultants Featuring Alex Piper and Michael Horowitz
Oct 27, 2008It seems that as the industry of medical tourism continues to rise, many healthcare providers, governments and facilitators want to get into the game, Read more...
Creating the Patient Experience ~ Medical Tourism Facilitation Featuring WorldMed Assist, Premiere Medical Travel and Healthbase
Oct 14, 2008We are seeing a tremendous rise in the number of medical tourism facilitators devcloping internationally, but how we go about delivering services to the patients is not provided in a handbook Read more...
Legal Liaisons ~ An interview with Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLC
Oct 6, 2008The Legal Workshop addressed liability, business challenges, tax issues, clinical trials, and cross-border hospital affiliations. Scott Edelstein, Esq. with Squire, Sanders, and Dempsey Read more...
American Healthcare & The Economic Crisis – What Does it Mean for Medical Tourism?
Oct 12, 2008The recently released Kaiser Family Foundation report showed some scary facts of where healthcare in the US is headed. The average yearly cost of health insurance for an American family is now $12,680. Read more...
The Buzz @ C-Level
Oct 26, 2008For the last ten years, @butlerandco.com, inc., has hosted this Congress, and invited C-Level Executives to discuss/debate the hottest issues in healthcare, and in healthcare financing. Everything from cost to delivery to plan design is on the table at these “no-holds barred” confabs. Read more...
Medical Tourism ~ Progress and Prospects
Oct 30, 2008Medical Tourism has emerged as a substantial segment of today’s health care market, whose impetus is not surprisingly caught in the wake of rising health care costs. Read more...
Korean Medical Care on the International Stage
Oct 2, 2008One other field where the country is rapidly making progress is medical technology. Not just on the production side, Korea has outstanding repute in the medical service sector as well. It is thus no surprise that Korea is emerging as one of the leaders in the global healthcare service industry Read more...
Medical Tourism in Asia
Oct 5, 2008Asian healthcare providers have been treating foreign patients for decades. The quality ofcare is abundant, not to mention the amount ofexperience Asian providers already have in treating foreign patients. Read more...
Singapore ~ Healthcare Hub and Medical Marvels
Oct 31, 2008Less than a decade ago, Singapore's healthcare system was ranked as the sixth best in the world and the best in Asia by the World Health Organization in 2000. Read more...
The Next Big Step Forward
Oct 19, 2008To date, there have only been several main line insurance carriers; primarily Blue Shield/Blue Cross affiliates that have put their toes in the shallow end of the medical tourism pool. Most of the rest of the medical insurance underwriters have talked about medical tourism, but few have taken any action. Read more...
Putting Country First ~ Costa Rica: The Challenges and Rewards of Creating a National Healthcare Cluster
Oct 23, 2008Sometimes, setting aside your differences, and working with your competitors for a greater good or common cause can ultimately result in more generous rewards for all. Read more...
TAKING A PULSE ~ THE HOSPITALITY & TOURISM INDUSTRIES
Oct 15, 2008Medical tourism has become an attractive option for potential economic growth in many countries. Projections of an exponential increase in demand Read more...
Positive Prospects for Profit ~US Insurance Companies and Medical Tourism
Oct 12, 2008With the advent and fusion of consumer directed health plans, price and quality transparency, and medical tourism, the US healthcare industry is on the cusp of an historic milestone, the creation of a consumer driven healthcare marketplace with global solutions. Insurance companies, Read more...
Touching All Bases ~ Medical Tourism in the Middle East: An Interview with Dr. Fawzi AIHammouri, Specialty Hospital in Jordan
Sep 7, 2008In the past, patients from the Middle East travelled to the United States and Europe for better access to high quality healthcare. Now, the tides have turned. Read more...
The Rise of Global Healthcare from Latin America
Sep 9, 2008We are seeing in the horizon an amazing shift in the type of healthcare being found in Latin America. Once sought for its tropical rainforests and excellent cosmetic and dental services Read more...
