Can we think of the industry as Medical Tourism or International Medical Travel
ABSTRACT: Medical tourism is an emerging phenomenon wherein citizens of industrialized nations bypass services offered in their own communities and travel to less developed...
Manila shows off it’s expertise in international medical travel
The Philippine capital hosted a major medical travel event and the country's industry was out in full force
BY MARGIE T LOGARTA
The Philippines, host of...
SOS, a medical assistance specialist, has pioneered global healthcare coverage
Medical assistance specialist International SOS has pioneered global healthcare coverage for large multinational corporations
BY KENNY COYLE
International SOS was born in the mid-1980s in response...
Ian Youngman talks on his work: Medical Tourism 2008: the World-wide Business Guide
Ian Youngman is the author of Medical Tourism 2008: the World-wide Business Guide. Here he shares his research with IMTJ
BY IAN YOUNGMAN
I first became...
Christopher Jones and Louis Keith speak on the biggest challenges facing medical tourism
Doctors Christopher Jones and Louis Keith are both experts in the field of medical tourism. Dr Christopher Jones DPhil is founder and managing director...
In search for new patients, hospital groups are becoming more adventurous
In the search for new patients, hospital groups are becoming more adventurous. TOM OTLEY joined HCA International Hospitals as it set up the first...
Ian Youngman is producing a new set of country specific reports, first up, South...
Ian Youngman, author of the 760 page “Medical Tourism 2008 - The World-Wide Business Guide”, is producing a new series of country-specific reports, going...
Ian Youngman looks at the new products hitting the insurance market
are closely linked. Ian Youngman looks at the new products coming to market, including Patient Medical Malpractice Insurance.
Malpractice
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The Philippines hopes to build on it’s reputation with service quality
The Philippines is hoping to build on its reputation for warmth and service to bring in greater volumes of international patients, reports Margie T...
Darrell Douglas reports on the legal thorns of international medical travel in the USA
Blue Ridge Paper Products made headlines in 2004 when one of its employees was stopped from going abroad for medical treatment. Darrell Douglas was...