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8 Ideas To Improve The Medical Travel Patient Experience

Medical Travel Pain ChartMedical tourism provides an opportunity for hospitals and care managers to bring innovation to the patient experience and enhance customer service in health care.

When patients have health care choice, and make a personal decision to travel for medical care, they choose to put their medical treatment and care in your hands. Read more…

Building A Medical Tourism Business For Doctors And Facilitators

Passion of surgeryUnderstanding a customer’s wants is far more valuable than knowing his needs.

Marketing experts know people place more value on – and will pay a lot more money for – what they want while they spend as little as possible for what they need.

Doctors are no different. They will pay as little as Read more…

Do Cultural Values Affect Quality Of International Hospital Accreditation?

Cultural issues in international hospital accreditationHospital systems and services around the world are broadly similar and therefore the application of quality standards, whether QHA Trent or another, must be consistent to have international credibility.

Wherever one goes in the world, a country’s culture may be different from another, but patients in both countries have broadly the same illnesses, expectations, and fears. The distribution of illnesses may be a little different from country to country but the application of healthcare quality standards should have the same core principles. Read more…

6 Ways To Get Terrific Testimonials From Medical Tourists

Medical tourist testimonialsDo you want great testimonials from medical tourists? Do you want stronger patient loyalty in internet chat rooms?

Here are 6 ways to improve a medical tourist’s satisfaction with your services and get you the testimonials that will set your brand apart from your competition.

A positive testimonial from former patients on your website or as part of your welcome package means more to new patients than probably anything you can say about your business or practice. Read more…

Future Of Bariatric Surgery Medical Travel Is Strong

Weight Loss Medical TourismThe demand for bariatric surgery by medical travelers will continue to grow in coming years despite greater coverage of the cost of weight loss surgery at home by many government and private insurance health programs around the world.

Weight loss surgery has become a staple procedure in medical travel as medical tourists take advantage of competitive international pricing. Read more…