Gay Tourism Picks Up in Conservative Mexico City
Mexico City’s gay community is gradually turning the capital into a relative oasis in a staunch Catholic country reknowned for its conservatism and machismo.
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Medical Tourism Expands As Alternative to Obamacare
Across the globe, entrepreneurial individuals and organizations are looking at the possibility of providing medical tourism services at an increased rate, particularly in the wake of the new U.S. health care law. Costa Rica’s rising medical tourism industry could serve as a test case for this as providers prepare to benefit from the impact of [...]
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Going Green: New Words in a New World.
Healthcare Developers in search of sustainable design, development and operations gather in Los Angeles Sept 22-24, 2010.
Some say “going green” while others prefer “sustainability”. Sustainability is becoming more critical globally and presents a baseline requirement for the healthcare industry just like in any other industry. Is it really all about going green? It really is [...]
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Sustainable Healthcare and Hospital Development Conference
Sustainable Healthcare and Hospital Development Conference
September 22-24th in Los Angeles, CA
With sustainable healthcare and healthcare development as booming industries, we’re excited to hold this year’s first international healthcare conference that focuses on green initiatives in healthcare and hospital development. The Sustainable Healthcare and Hospital Development Conference will feature up to 400 leaders from healthcare and [...]
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MTA Announces 3 Upcoming Educational Webinars
The Medical Tourism Association is pleased to announce 3 upcoming educational webinars. These webinars have been created in part to educate the Medical Tourism Industry and in part to educate U.S. employers, insurance companies, and health insurance agents. These webinars will also have a focus on the upcoming World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress [...]
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Football Fans From South America Boost South African Tourism
South American football fans wrapped in winter wear are streaming into South Africa to add a dash of Latin colour to the first football World Cup on African soil.
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Veoivis Inside Business Video clip
I just watched the following video…
These are some great examples of how medical tourism can work well.
It’s great to see insurance companies evolving and including global options in their health plans.
Also of note, is that Veiovis has recently added New Zealand to its network.
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What will make Medical Tourism grow?
Medical tourism will flourish when the destination country matches the home country in terms of fit and feel, but over delivers in terms of service and patient experience, all at a significant cost reduction to the home country.
Hence destinations that share cultural similarity to the USA, speak English as the first language, are safe and politically stable, with a recognized history of providing high quality health care that is also cost efficient, will be the long term winners.
Medical tourism is disruptive technology and hence is a long term play. It is also a reasonably complex offer with the buying decision needing to be aligned to a selling cycle, both of which are unique compared to the traditional health care model.
Hence destination countries and enablers based in the USA need to build credibility and confidence in the industry and at all costs avoid trying to make a quick buck. A low cost strategy as being the sole differentiator vs the US health care system may being appealing to some of the market. However the offer needs to be far more than that.
From what the US and Canadian patients who come to New Zealand comment; excellent service, in a world class health care system which puts the patient first (patient centric) at an affordable price (and not a Hobbit or Ork in sight) certainly is different to what they usually experience when accessing health care.
Now that has universal appeal.
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Costa Rica Shuts Down Stem Cell Medical Tourism Destination
Costa Rica’s Health Ministry has shut down the ICM Clinic (aka Cell Medicine), an enterprise that has served as a popular medical tourism site and treated more than 400 non-Costa Rican patients with stem cells since it opened in 2006.
According to Reuters, the Health Ministry’s Research Council chief, Dr. Ileana Herrera, made the decision [...]
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Lifeline to Patients With TB
The last of the USA’s original tuberculosis sanitariums sits, improbably, just off Interstate 95, near a Dunkin’ Donuts and a Motel 6, and just behind fields of children playing soccer. The fading signs out front simply say A.G. Holley State Hospital. There is nothing to suggest that one of history’s greatest killers lurks inside.
Florida lawmakers [...]
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