The term “medical tourism” has come to embrace all facets of consumers seeking treatment, improvement or change through medical or wellness practices – provided they cross an international border to do so.
Medical tourism, medical travel, health Read more…
I wonder how many of the 45 medical tests and treatments recently named by U.S. physician groups as possibly wasteful, harmful or simply too expensive are routinely done in medical tourism?
The “List of 45” comprising five tests physicians and patients should Read more…
How much value does a medical tourist really get when going abroad for medical treatment?
What is the true cost of a hip transplant for a medical traveler? What is the going rate for a medical tourist’s breast augmentation? Should one travel to India or to Mexico to get the best savings from a coronary angioplasty? Read more…
Most hospitals that are operating a medical tourism program tend to ignore a lot of elements of patient care management for their medical tourists. Care management is all about safety – safety for the patient and safety for the provider.
Putting aside the obvious differences a patient encounters between having care at home and traveling abroad for care, medical treatment is becoming increasingly complex and choices for care more often Read more…
As retailers are turning away from using the phrase “customer service”, hospitals and clinics especially in medical tourism are embracing this phrase wholeheartedly.
Medical providers define customer service according to their own needs. Mostly, as evidenced in hospitals I’ve worked with, “customer service” Read more…
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