European Medical Tourism Alliance formed
The European Medical Tourism Alliance (EuMTA) is a recently formed not-for-profit organisation based in Hungary, which intends to represent the interests of agencies, clinics...
New US-based medical tourism association
The International Association of Medical Tourism (IAMT) is a new non-profit organisation, based in New Jersey, USA, committed to offering wellness services to healthcare...
JCI accreditation 2008 report
With the growth in the number of medical tourism providers, quality standards become all the more important. To demonstrate their commitment towards quality some...
Medical Tourism is Good Therapy for the Hotel Industry
Over the past decade, Asia has been the preferred destination for many people seeking less expensive but high quality medical treatments. The increase is...
Deloitte survey casts shadow on medical tourism
In its second annual study on healthcare trends, Deloitte finds a favourable shift towards intra-bound medical tourism among Americans who would consider seeking treatment...
Inbound UK medical tourism
It is well documented that thousands of Britons leave the UK every year for dental and cosmetic surgery, with a minority going for medical...
Capita Group acquires CHKS
Healthcare accreditation specialist CHKS Limted has been acquired by the Capita Group Plc for £11.6 million (US$15.17 million). Used to be owned by Healthcare...
Healthcare groups tackle the recession
Healthcare providers are not recession-proof, as the two major players in Singapore illustrate. At Raffles Medical Group, revenue continued to grow but the speed...
Reality Check For Outbound Medical Tourism
Much of what is written about medical tourism in the US and the UK makes the assumption that worldwide medical tourism depends almost entirely...
German hospital being built in Abu Dhabi
A 100-bed multispeciality hospital staffed by German doctors and nurses is being built in Khalifa City and is expected to be finished by the...