An update on medical tourism development in Israel
Sharon Robinson, a member of the marketing team at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem provides an overview of Israel’s inbound international patient business.
The evolution...
The role of governments in developing health tourism
In his Second Opinion column, Dr Constantine Constantinides from healthCare cybernetics looks at the differences between the roles of the state and governments in developing health...
Strategy and planning are key to success
When it comes to planning a medical tourism strategy, it’s vital to “Think first, and do it afterwards”. Elizabeth Ziemba, President of Medical Tourism...
Are small industries a bad thing?
Ian Youngman has been studying the broader aspects of global tourism, and is fascinated to see the number and variety of existing and new...
Is it time to bring medics into medical tourism?
Dr. Kevin Huffman of Medical Travel Associates and the American Board of Bariatric Medicine, believes it’s time to get the medics more involved in...
Two new bodies are trying to bring together medical travel
Two new industry bodies have been launched to bring together the disparate bodies representing medical travel both nationally and internationally.
The Global Healthcare Travel Council...
Survey highlights the fragmented nature of medical tourism
The Medical Tourism Climate Survey 2013, carried out for the International Medical Travel Journal highlights widespread optimism about the future of medical tourism despite...
Are there opportunities for the Crimean sanatoria?
Stella Tsartsara, Team Leader in Ukraine for the Crimean Tourism Diversification and Support Project in 2012, looks at the origins of Crimea as a...
Is medical tourism experiencing a shift from ‘have to’ to ‘want to’
Dr Constantine Constantinides from healthCare cybernetics puts forward a contrary view on the future of medical travel. Economic recession does not provide a boost...
How consumerism, globalisation and the internet are changing healthcare
Ruben Toral, a health care marketing consultant and founder of Medeguide, looks at how medical tourism has entered the mainstream, and how its disruptive...
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