Patient danger in Colombia
Colombia is the latest Latin American country where American medical tourists are complaining of treatment that is harmful.
Lyndsay Colosimo from Delray Beach went to...
Research on Canadian medical tourists
The medical tourism research group at Simon Fraser University in Canada has been busy studying elements of why Canadians pay to go overseas for...
The role of governments in developing health tourism
In his Second Opinion column, Dr Constantine Constantinides from healthCare cybernetics looks at the differences between the roles of the state and governments in developing health...
2.4m visits to Thai hospitals for medical tourism in 2017
The Kasikorn Research Center forecasts that foreign patients will continue to be a key driver for the growth of the hospital business in Thailand this year....
Bringing medical tourists to the USA
VoyagerMed claims to be a different medical tourism platform as it seeks to attract overseas patients to top US hospitals.
Most US medical tourism agencies...
Thailand’s BDMS seeks to buy Bumrungrad
Bangkok Dusit Medical Services Public Company Limited (BDMS) has made an unsolicited offer to buy Bumrungrad Hospital.
Bangkok Dusit Medical Services Public Company Limited (BDMS)...
Health spas in Serbia
Serbia has hundreds of health spas that offer treatment for health problems ranging from thyroid malfunctions to backache. The hot springs became medieval pilgrimage...
Healthcare providers can not rely on certification to draw customers
In the second of a series of three articles, Zahid Hamid from the UK facilitator, Euromedical Tours, looks at the requirement for aftercare for...
The Health Tourism Show set to open
The Health Tourism Show, a brand new medical travel event, will open at London's Olympia Two exhibition hall from October 25 to 26. Up...
Health and wellness and the luxury market
Health and wellness tourism is often seen as a little sister to medical tourism. But in the real world, health and wellness tourism is...