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What can we learn from the Clydebank failure?
Back in the mid 1990's, before someone, somewhere coined the term medical tourism, I was a UK Marketing Director with an American owned hospital...
The uncertainty in the NHS is pushing more UK patients to consider treatment abroad
While the UK’s media is focused on the chaos that surrounds the UK’s attempts to leave or stay in (who knows?) the European Union,...
We look at Treatment Abroad’s new rating and review system.
It's been a couple of months since we launched medical tourism ratings and reviews. It's met with a variable response from the medical tourism...
The IMTJ survey revealed some interesting insight into the state of the industry
The recent Medical Tourism Climate Survey conducted by IMTJ for the European Medical Travel Conference 2010 provided an interesting insight into the current state...
South Korea may be a latecomer but may be the industry’s big winners
South Korea is a country that has come late to the medical tourism game, but it may in the long term become one of...
Five things you can do in a medical travel hiatus
If you’re involved in the medical travel business, then the coming months are going to be very difficult. With the closing down of borders...
The MTA…. when will the hype and misinformation stop?
The US based Medical Tourism Association (MTA) claims to represent the interests of the medical tourism industry. But can we believe what they say?...
“A bird of a different feather in the colourful aviary of medical tourism”… But...
An expert described IMTJ as “a bird of a different feather" in the medical tourism industry, but what kind of bird?
That's how a respected...
What hit the medical travel headlines in 2021?
As we approach the year end, let’s take a look at what hit the headlines in 2021 in medical travel. Or, specifically, which IMTJ...
Is certification about quality, or just owning a printer?
A new industry is developing around the business of medical tourism. It's the certification business. You need an impressive sounding name, a web site,...
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