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The Health Tourism Blog is written by Keith Pollard, a regular speaker and commentator on medical tourism and the independent healthcare sector.  The Health Tourism Blog addresses some of the challenges and issues faced in the health tourism and medical travel sector, and provides suggestions on how both the industry and the individual participants can maximise the business opportunities that the marketplace presents.

  • Patient choice in medical tourism...Let's hear the patient's voice Jan 12 2009The recent Medical Tourism Climate Survey conducted by IMTJ for the European Medical Travel Conference 2010 provided an interesting insight into the current state of the industry and how people in the industry are thinking about medical tourism. The survey analysed the views of over 250 people involved in medical tourism from 55 countries. One particular question that drew my attention was one... 25/05/2010
  • Wales....... the latest medical tourism destination for US patients? Oct 2 2006A recent news story on CNN attracted my interest when it featured a US patient who travelled to Wales (in the United Kingdom) for sinus surgery to save money. It was headlined 'I can't afford surgery in the U.S.,' says bargain shopper. It's an interesting story which shows how the media can sometimes put a slant on a story to create news, but it does highlight some real opportunities for medical... 29/04/2010
  • The US healthcare reforms and medical tourism Mar 12 2009Caroline Ratner at IMTJ has just published a summary of US reaction to the Obama healthcare reforms from the medical tourism sector, so I suppose I had better throw my comments into the mix. First, let me stress that I am by no means the world expert on the US healthcare reforms! (Does one exist?) But I have been asked by the UK media recently to comment on the reforms and in particular to... 02/04/2010
  • New research paper provides insight into infertility tourism Infertility treatment in TurkeyA recent paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Rome highlights the growth of infertility tourism at a time when many medical tourism businesses are feeling the pinch of the recession. 01/04/2010
  • Medical tourism statistics: Comparing apples with apples .... Oct 22 2008At Treatment Abroad, we've recently completed some research into the medical tourism market for a third party. It's been an interesting exercise and has really made us question some of the statistics that are quoted (and that often become accepted truth) about the number of medical tourists and the value of the market. 12/03/2010
  • Light at the end of the medical tourism tunnel? Happy cosmetic surgery patient in TurkeyFollowing my outpourings on the Outlook for Medical Tourism in 2010, I am pleased to say that I've received some positive feedback (always a good thing.... I'll keep on blogging!). And some reassurance that I am not alone in my view of the medical tourism world. 02/02/2010
  • The outlook for medical tourism in 2010 planeBefore looking forward to 2010, let's look back and assess where medical tourism is now. So, was 2009 a good year for medical tourism? In 2009, we heard medical tourism experts across the world continue to talk up the potential for medical tourism without any sound basis in reality. It's in the interests of some within the industry to boost the profile of medical tourism and frankly to exaggerate... 14/01/2010
  • The opportunities for Korea in medical tourism Dec 4 2007South Korea is a country that has come late to the medical tourism game, but it may in the long term become one of the winners. Perhaps initially attracted by the inflated forecasts that are touted around the medical tourism industry by industry experts and commentators, Korea has however taken a more realistic view of where its success may lie. 14/12/2009
  • Budapest: the dental capital of Europe Patients going abroad for dentistryA recent visit to Budapest, the dental capital of Europe made me consider the perception of medical travel. Many people think that if you're travelling abroad for treatment because it is far cheaper, then the standard of services can in no way match what you would expect in your home market. Hungary's dental treatment providers provide a strong contradiction to this perception. I was speaking at... 19/10/2009
  • Practice makes perfect...a message for medical tourism providers and patients Jan 12 2009In the largest ever study of hospital mortality rates published in the UK,"death rates for emergency patients jump 6 per cent when newly qualified doctors start work. The Health Services Journal reports that "the traditional first day for NHS doctors is the first Wednesday in August. Researchers found that patients brought into hospital the week before were more likely to survive.....Researchers... 29/09/2009
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Keith Pollard

Keith Pollard

I am Managing Director of Intuition Communication Ltd, a web publishing business in the healthcare sector. Our sites include International Medical Travel Journal, Treatment Abroad, the medical tourism portal, DoctorInternet, the Arabic medical tourism portal and Private Healthcare UK, the UK's leading site for private healthcare services. I am a regular speaker and commentator on medical tourism and the independent healthcare sector.