Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals… a decade of JCI accreditation

Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals has completed 10 years of accreditation by Joint Commission International (JCI). In July 2005, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals became the first hospital in...

Public healthcare in Canada is far from free

Contrary to what many believe, healthcare in Canada is not free. While Canadians may not pay directly for medical services, they pay a substantial...

Kerala promotes JCI accreditation for major hospitals

The Indian state of Kerala seeks to improve medical tourism opportunities with major hospitals seeking JCI accreditation. The Indian state of Kerala seeks to improve...

Spa tourism: developing a unique selling proposition

Elizabeth Ziemba, President, of Medical Tourism Training Inc, looks at the unique selling points for one of Canada’s leading hotels in the spa tourism...

Fertility tourism… A complex market niche

Cross border reproductive care is one of the growing niche markets within medical travel. In the last 40 years, it is estimated that around...

Positive progress for Dubai medical tourism initiative

Dubai treated 118,727 domestic and inbound medical tourists in the first quarter of 2015.These are patients from other countries and from other states within...

OECD carries out assessment of Japanese healthcare

The latest OECD Review of Health Care Quality is on Japan. This reviews the quality of health care in Japan, and seeks to highlight...

Argentine medical tourism figures

More than 14,000 foreigners spent an estimated $182 million on medical tourism in Argentina in 2014, according to data from the National Institute of...

Are you for or against inbound Singapore medical tourism?

A debate on why Singapore should or should not promote medical tourism has raised questions in the local media. In 2003, the Singapore government...

Malaysia shows how to deliver quality, accessibility and affordability in healthcare

Networking event for press and healthcare sector representatives at the King’s Fund in London on Thursday 17th September 6:00pm At a press and networking reception...