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Hong Kong top of Bloomberg’s healthcare efficiency index
Bloomberg has published its annual global health efficiency tables across 56 economies. Hong Kong, Singapore and Spain remain top of the table.
Thailand moved up...
Updates from JCI, Temos, DNV
Exclusive JCI partner in China and new hospital certifications
Joint Commission International and China Resources Healthcare Group have named the JCI-CRHG Academy of Hospital Management,...
Egypt – national health insurance first phase
The national comprehensive health insurance system is now being implemented by the government in its first phase in a number of governorates.
The new health...
CMS renews DNV GL Healthcare’s accreditation authority
The US Centres for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has renewed and extended the deeming authority of DNV GL Healthcare until the third quarter...
DOHA HEART CENTRE’S FIRST INTERNATIONAL PATIENT
Qatar is known more for outbound medical tourism than being a destination, but a Doha hospital seeks to change that.
Sidra Medicine has treated its...
2018-19 Best US Hospitals ranking
The US News & World Report has released the 2018-19 Best Hospitals rankings. The Mayo, Cleveland and Johns Hopkins take top slots; several other providers that...
9,600 Mongolians visited Seoul as medical tourists
According to the Korea Herald, Seoul City claims that 9,600 Mongolians visited Seoul in 2017 to receive medical services. Mongolians accounted for the fifth-highest number...
Vietnamese spend US$2bn on treatment abroad
Foreign investment in Vietnam’s private healthcare sector has surged. The amount spent on treatment abroad shows clear opportunity for quality domestic healthcare services.
According to...
Agreement promotes Costa Rica wellness tourism
The Costa Rica Tourism Board has signed a four-year cooperation agreement with Association Wellness Costa Rica.
The agreement has nine objectives, including the organisation of...
IMTJ analysis of 2017 India medical tourist data
IMTJ reviews the recently published federal government figures showing where Indian medical tourists came from in 2017: the reality is not Western Europe or...
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