Medical tourism industries live and die on their press, but how good is the...
More than most other industries, medical tourism agencies and international patient departments rely heavily on the patients and business that come to them from...
Medical tourism development in the Philippines
An integrated medication tourism zone is planned in Nasugbu, Batangas, with completion due by November 2012. Local company Global Village Mobile Network Corp (GVMNC)...
Lebanon Ministry of Health appoints Accreditation Canada International
Accreditation Canada International has been selected by the Ministry of Public Health in Lebanon to identify opportunities for improvement in the Lebanese health care...
Argentina launches Medicina Argentina medical tourism promotion
After several years when the only promotion of medical tourism to the country was by small agencies and clinics, the Argentine government has launched...
Cosmetic surgery should be regulated
A special edition of the UK journal, Clinical Risk published by the Royal Society of Medicine, looks at how the combination of an under-regulated...
European Union (EU) cuts in healthcare budgets and patient safety
EU Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou has directed a serious warning to her fellow policymakers at the 12th European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG), "There is...
Ian Youngman considers whether the medical tourism industry is both legal and ethical
Ian Youngman from IMTJ considers some of the questions raised by the growth of medical tourism, and how the medical, scientific, business and political...
Budapest’s facilities are second to none, so why is going abroad about cost not...
A recent visit to Budapest, the “dental capital of Europe” made me consider the perception of medical travel. Many people think that if you’re...
Costa Rica clinics receive accreditation from AAAASF
The news that three Costa Rican clinics have just received accreditation from the AAAASF may lead you to ask, who?
The American Association for Accreditation...
Medical tourism debate in South Korea
The Seoul International Medical Tourism Congress (SIMTC) in September gave local hospitals the chance to reflect on medical tourism's expansion in Korea, discuss better...
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