Medical travel: Second Opinion

Second Opinion is a regular IMTJ column written by Dr Constantine Constantinides who runs healthcare Cybernetics, a “think and do” tank that specializes in medical tourism (health travel) and healthcare consultancy and planning. He lives on the island of Samos in Greece.

Is there more noise from the industry than enthusiasm from the market?Constantine Constantinides from healthcare Cybernetics raises concerns about the state of the medical tourism market and suggests that the medical tourism industry is too busy blowing its own trumpet to spend time on cultivating a sustainable market. Its time for the industry to move on says Dr...
Health Tourism....in Brightest AfricaDr Constantine Constantinides looks at the development of health tourism in Africa, and whether Africa is in itself a destination for health tourism rather than an exporter of health tourists.
Medical tourism: The Resentment Factor and the Ripple EffectDr Constantine Constantinides suggest how health tourism development can act as a powerful agent of change and force for the general good, highlights the role of the Resentment Factor and the Ripple Effect in medical tourism.
The need for free and open debate in the health tourism industryAn article by Dr Constantine Constantinides that highlights the need for free and open debate within the health tourism industry. Dr Constantinides expresses concerns about the quality of opinion and the resulting debates within the industry, and suggests that is time for the establishment of an...
Medical tourism in denialDr Constantine Constantinides looks at supply and demand in the medical tourism industry and draws some lessons from the automotive industry. With the supply of medical tourism services exceeding patient demand, healthcare providers need to consider market segmentation, stratification and...