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…
Woman describes her surgery in Dominican Republic and subsequent treatment for antibiotic resistant infection.
To blacklist: to boycott, to avoid, to steer clear of.
When significant numbers of rehospitalizations and deaths among medical tourists occur in one location – as in the current case of the Dominican Republic – the harsh facts of risks that medical tourists face cannot be brushed aside.
Since there is no structured way to report or gather information about medical tourist outcomes, the most reliable Read more…
Sooner or later, all medical travelers need help.
You won’t know when this help will be needed or what you will need to do.
A professional business woman on a medical vacation was suddenly and unexpectedly faced with one of the toughest decisions she would ever have to make. Read more…
Lemen International is a rare breed of medical tourism facilitator.
Lemen International’s multi-lingual staff, full time medical director, private health butlers, informative web site, thorough attention to the details of health management for their clients clearly and medical tourism certification set it apart from other facilitators anywhere in the world.
If there were a rating system for medical travel companies, Read more…
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