Web-based medical tourism information suffers from poor quality of information, inconsistency in the kinds of information offered, lack of ethical concerns, absence of safety, quality and confidentiality controls, omission of important facts, and questions of accuracy and honesty.
These are the conclusions of Suchitra Wagle, a Read more…
The health world is flirting with disaster, say experts who monitor crime in cyberspace.
It’s only a matter of time as health data becomes increasingly digital.
As more medical tourists electronically transfer their personal health records, financial information, passport and other personal I.D. data, and family contacts between medical travel facilitators, physicians and Read more…
In May 2010, the medical travel industry came together at the European Medical Travel Conference to mark a significant achievement, the passing of the Venice Declaration on Medical Tourism. I had the privilege of helping to write this declaration.
Doctors, hospital directors, and medical travel professionals signed this landmark document and it was later presented to the parliament of the European Union. Read more…
(Part 1) Are medical tourism commission payments ethical?
At the Medical Travel Quality Alliance, we get many emails asking about business models for medical tourism agencies.
There are several business models for a medical tourism company or facilitator seen around the world, Read more…
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