Which African countries will grow as medical tourism destinations?
With new investment and focus on healthcare systems on the continent, in the longer term, will Africans choose to stay within their country or...
Medical travel: from crisis to opportunity
The pandemic was a global crisis for organisations operating in medical travel. Emerging successful from such events, suggests Ian Youngman, is down to how...
Are wellness and medical tourism industries two different topics?
Susie Ellis, board member of the Global Spa Summit, and president of SpaFinder, Inc., outlines the key findings of a new report on the Medical Tourism...
Health warning on ONS 2017 data about British medical tourist volumes
Ian Youngman, healthcare industry specialist, looks at the latest figures for outbound UK tourism and concludes that you cannot believe what you read in...
Development of medical tourism in Poland
Adrian P. Lubowiecki-Vikuk, a Polish academic and researcher, looks at how Poland is taking a role in the medical tourism sector, and provides an...
A disrupter to outbound US medical travel?
Walmart is now competing in healthcare and health insurance, offering Americans an alternative to medical tourism. This could effectively lock out medical travel agents and...
Ilan Geva talks about what branding means in medical tourism
Caroline Ratner of the IMTJ talks to Ilan Geva about what branding means in medical tourism. Ilan runs Ilan Geva and Friends, a Chicago...
Why UK Patients Are Travelling Abroad For Infertility Treatment
Cross border fertility treatment is one of the fastest growing areas of medical travel but has often been the subject of controversy and media...
A tale of two healthcare providers: The patient/customer experience, part 3 of 3 –...
Elizabeth Ziemba, President of , Medical Tourism Training, Inc. draws the distinction between consumers, patients, and clients in the medical tourism sector.
“It was the...
UK-Ireland healthcare deal agreed
A new healthcare scheme between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is to be set up for a 12 month period from July...
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