International Medical Travel Journal: News
- Many agencies, organizations and hospitals involved in medical tourism regard national and international hospital accreditation as very important....
- A research paper ‘Health tourism in a Czech health spa’ by AR Speier of the Department of Anthropology, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg,...
- Mercer is a leading global provider of consulting services and it suggests that changes in several European health systems will force multinationals...
- Dr Mussaad Al-Razouki of Kuwait based Kleos Healthcare Corporation has been reported as working with an unnamed government in the Middle East that...
- The future direction of outbound and domestic medical tourism for Americans is partly dependent on the effect of US healthcare reform; on who pays...
- Eight private healthcare companies, clinics and hospitals on the Costa Blanca have formed an alliance to try and attract more foreign patients. The...
- The world’s first online portal dedicated to the medical evidence that exists for 22 spa and wellness therapies, Spaevidence.com, was launched...
- While other areas of the Philippines are still talking about developing medical tourism, Cebu is making rapid progress. Seeing Cebu’s potential...
- Sime Darby Healthcare expects medical tourism to contribute 20 % of its total revenue within the next five years with the completion of two new...
- Taking advantage of the publicity that US domestic and overseas medical tourism is getting, an increasing number of agencies are promoting hospitals...
- The South Korea government has announced that from 2012, foreign patients will be able to get compensation if they fall victim to medical malpractice...
- An EU funded project, ‘The Role of Health Tourism in Improving the Competitive Strength of the Rural Areas in Hungary and Croatia’ is a...
- A UK cosmetic dentistry provider DentalcarePlus, has taken the initiative to lower their prices in order to directly compete with the total cost of...
- Medical tourism in Jordan is being hit hard by the regional turmoil. Awni Bashir of the Private Hospitals Association recently told local reporters...
- Medical tourism to foreign countries is not appealing to everyone. Long flights bring the risk of DVT and American doctors are often hesitant to give...
- The outbound medical tourism industry has grown rapidly in recent years in Canada and two new reports throw some light on what is happening and why,...
- While never able to compete with major medical tourism countries on choice of destinations and treatments, several small European countries are...
- Japan relies heavily on China and South Korea for tourists and medical tourists. But the March disaster and ensuing nuclear crisis is scaring off...
- LSE Health is undertaking a major study of cross-border health in the European Union, with individual areas reporting back by 2012. The project...
- Reports from Mexico and the USA on what is happening to Mexican medical tourism are confusing. Some, particularly agencies and hospitals keen on...
