Malta targets medical tourism
Malta is preparing to launch the introductory phase of marketing the country as a medical tourism destination and discussions with all the relevant parties,...
Swiss insurer takes tentative steps into medical tourism
Fifth largest Swiss health insurer, Assura, has linked up with Geneva based medical tourism agency, Novacorpus. The initial offer is cheap laser eye surgery...
Wellness tourism is not a passing fad
Wellness is sometimes represented as a passing fad or niche market, but a major study conducted by SRI International (SRI) reveals that the yearly...
Suggestions for improving Indian medical tourism
Visas need to be issued faster, and infrastructure upgraded to international standards for India to tap the medical tourism market, which it stands to...
Dental diplomacy links Balkan neighbours
The long political dispute between the governments of two countries over the use of the name Macedonia has not stopped thousands of Greeks from...
New hospital and healthcare accreditation launched in UK
When the organisation which used to oversee the UK?s Trent Accreditation Scheme, or TAS, made the decision to withdraw from all hospital accreditation-related activities,...
Aetna introduces new cross-border health insurance for USA and Mexico
Major US health insurer Aetna has followed several competitors in introducing a new health plan that allows members and their families to access health...
Venice Declaration on Medical Travel in Europe
The European medical travel industry has issued the "Declaration of Venice" supporting the rights of European Union citizens to travel for health care services....
NHS healthcare for UK nationals living abroad and EU residents
Currently, there's confusion around exactly what EC health ministers have or have not agreed for the future, and when, and we have Spain, France...
UK NHS to expand in the global market
What may surprise the medical tourism industry is that the British national health system, the NHS, has a new initiative that could eventually see...
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