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,...
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...
Marc LeShay looks at the main obstacles facing the medical tourism industry
Marc LeShay, President of Premiere Medical Travel Consulting, California looks at the main obstacles and challenges facing the medical tourism industry – taxonomy, risk...
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...
How will the ACA change the face of American medical tourism?
Dr. Bob Lee and Dr. David Groves from Bowling Green State University, Ohio and Dr. Julie Lengfelder from the University Of Toledo consider the...
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....
Keith Pollard reports on the IMTJ Medical Tourism climate survey
Keith Pollard, Managing Director of Intuition Communication, publishers of the International Medical Travel Journal reveals the results of the 2010 Medical Tourism Climate Survey....
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...
Why would a US patient travel to Wales for sinus surgery?
A recent news story on CNN attracted my interest when it featured a US patient who travelled to Wales (in the United Kingdom) for...
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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