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Update on India and Super Specialized Care

Most of the financial cities already are seeing the greater focus towards super specialized care and the government is helping. Increase in foreign investment and private equity deals are assisting in the development of a more robust health sector.

Industry News

Get Onboard for Greater Connections - 6th World Medical Tourism Congress

The 6th World Medical Tourism Congress is the event to gain the expertise and insights that will help your organization. Our event is the way to maximize your connections, gain one-on-one interaction and access educational content that answer your questions.

Healthcare Development & Architecture

A Spoon Full of Sugar: Increasing Patient Satisfaction

Time after time, Disney guests cite superior customer service as the reason they return to Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. It’s that trust that leads to an exceptional customer experience, repeat business and solid financial results.‍

Editorial

The American Medical Association on the PPACA

The PPACA was a highly discussed topic by many experts at the 5th World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress. Carmel pointed out that Medicare is in fact the heart of healthcare reform, its history, financing, how it will go broke.

Editorial

Change Employee Behaviors to Increase Productivity

The Founder and Director illustrated the way individuals can create habits in a new way in order to increase productivity.‍ The question was how do you design computer systems to change people’s way of thinking, beliefs and behaviors?

Patient Experience & Hospitality

Travel: The New Prescription

Tourism is generally promoted more for its beneficial economic externalities than for the health and social benefits. There is little doubt that vacations make a significant contribution to quality of life.

Economics & Investments

Impact of PPACA Insurance Mandates on Employer-Sponsored Group Health Plans

The primary purpose of the Affordable Care Act was to expand coverage to millions of presently uninsured Americans. The ACA had a number of market reforms that have already had a significant impact on the individual insurance and employer-sponsored health industry.

Healthcare Development & Architecture

Stem Cell Treatments: Hope Hype or True Regenerative Medicine

This field joins nearly all disciplines of science and holds the realistic promise of repairing damaged tissue by harnessing. The market has become inundated with “stem cell treatments” and stem cell products that promise to do everything to cure disease.

Economics & Investments

Global Wellness at Colgate-Palmolive

Most homes have at least one products somewhere; whether it is the Colgate toothpaste, laundry detergent, and many more. The sustainability strategy for Colgate-Palmolive focuses on three areas; people, performance, and planet.

Healthcare Development & Architecture

Medical Tourism at Sea

When we think about travel and tourism, we seldom think about the cruise industry and travels at sea. When it comes to medical tourism it is unthinkable for many that the sea and a ship environment could be an alternative to host mobile medical facilities.

Economics & Investments

Advanced Healthcare Partners Business Model Applied to Medical Tourism

AHP, a full service healthcare management and consulting agency bringing strategic business operations. While comprehensively describing AHP’s integrative model requires much more than a single sentence, the simplest picture that can be painted about the organization.

Economics & Investments

Companies Search for Fixed Rate Surgeries

Domestic medical tourism is growing and recently it was WalMart Stores Inc. so what major company will be next in line? The employer may save some money and have a healthier employee, the employee will get better quality care and often times cash incentives.

Marketing & Business Development

Marketing Techniques that Can Make Big Winners Out of Small Players

From working with over 15 destinations, small marketing hits can get similar or better results than big, expensive marketing hits. As medical tourism and global healthcare continue to grow and become more sophisticated, the competition increases.

Editorial

Why Patients Leave the Bahamas to Seek Medical Care Abroad

The Commonwealth of the Bahamas is an archipelago of 700 islands, reefs and cays to the north in the Caribbean. The majority of the healthcare services are concentrated in the capital, tertiary services and medical personnel with specialized training.

Economics & Investments

Medical Tourism and the Advantages of Recently Signed Free Trade Agreements

Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) have been useful in opening up foreign markets to U.S. exports and to protect U.S. interests. U.S. healthcare providers or hospitals will practice or open up facilities in a foreign country.

Insurance & Benefits

An Overview of the Benefit Market in China

China’s recent economic rise is unprecedented in history, there are bustling cities with over one million people living in them. With the rising wealth in China health benefits are becoming important, especially for the wealthier people in the nation.

Patient Experience & Hospitality

Canadians Seeking Healthcare Abroad: Why and How Many?

All Canadians have access to a taxpayer-funded healthcare system that provides first-dollar (no cost-sharing) coverage. Despite the “free” service at home, tens of thousands of Canadians seek healthcare outside of Canada each year.

Economics & Investments

A Primer on Global Affiliations

A healthcare organization wanting to raise the bar in its ability to attract patients from around the world can set itself apart. As the industry grows, the competitiveness of international patient programs will be distinguished by the global affiliations.

Healthcare Development & Architecture

Peculiarities of Medical Tourism in a Russian-Speaking Market

The Soviet Union healthcare system was centralized and each citizen could get full medical service absolutely free of charge. The healthcare system and universal public medical insurance ruined together with the Soviet Union.

Insurance & Benefits

Domestic Medical Tourism at Lowes Companies Inc

Lowes currently has 1750 stores located in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Australia employing 250000 employees. Lowes offers two self-funded healthcare plans to employees one with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama and one with Aetna.