Telehealth, also known as telemedicine, is the remote provision of health care services enabled by technology. Technology is used to improve access to health care services independent of geography.
Cost and quality don’t always mesh, but these two factors are the most common reasons that people travel abroad for health care. Americans, for example, travel to India, Thailand, Singapore, Costa Rica, and other countries for joint replacement.
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Inbound Medical Tourism is described as patients from other countries traveling to the U.S. to receive medical care. Outbound is described as patients from the U.S. traveling to other countries to receive medical care.
For decades, patients have come from around the world for specialized treatment at the Texas Medical Center. The Center welcomes international patients who arrive for initial diagnosis, treatment for a disease or disorder, a valued second opinion.
Learn What Medical Tourism is, where patients are traveling to and for what medical or dental procedures. Understand what the cost savings are, and the issues with quality and liability.
The World Medical Tourism & Global Health Congress Announces the Pre-conference Workshop for the International Patient Department. Learn from the success of the head of some of the world's top international patient departments.
The World's Largest Medical Tourism Conference Announces the pre-conference workshops! There is a special scheduled networking cocktail reception the night of the workshops with up to 400 US healthcare executives.
World medical tourism announces the university medical center Hamburg-Eppendorf as a bronze sponsor at the 2nd annual congress in 2009. This provides the opportunity to meet with top international hospitals and medical tourism companies.
World medical tourism announces Thailand as a Bronze Sponsor at the 2nd annual world medical tourism congress in 2009. The tourism authority of Thailand is an agency of the Thai Government designed to provide information about travel to Thailand.
Hospitalscout.com is the best source if you want to get information about hospitals and treatments abroad. On hospitalscout.com you find addresses and in many cases further details. Translations of the interface are available in 12 different languages, e.g. English, German, Spanish, French, Russian, and Chinese.
Medica Sur is a health institution that comprises diagnostic, medical attention, research, teaching and community service units. The institution has brought together a select group of medical, nursing, administrative and hospital management professionals.
With the city of Barcelona as its back drop, Barcelona Centre Medic is a non-profit organization formed by the 23 most reputable and prestigious private medical centers offering the most comprehensive medical care in Southern Europe.
World Medical Tourism would like to announce the compliance team as a bronze sponsor at the 2nd medical tourism congress in 2009. The compliance team is a nationally recognized healthcare accreditation organization based in Philadelphia USA.
Hotel ZaZa Houston located just minutes away from the Texas Medical Center. With bold Texas overtones, unique and distinct designs and comforting amenities, the 315 guestrooms and suites at Hotel ZaZa Houston offer guests something delicious.
Costa Rica is the feature of Medical Tourism City, the leading social network for medical tourism and global healthcare. Medical Tourism City is the official social networking site for the Medical Tourism Association.
Jeff Turney of USNOW and Ross Pendergraft, President of the Los Angeles Association of Health Underwriters presented the first Free Medical Tourism Webinar Educational Series by the Medical Tourism Association on June 24th 2009.
Consulting services that enhance strategic technology planning and support evidence-based technology acquisition so that hospitals can anticipate and prepare for the financial, clinical, and operational impact of new technologies prior to their adoption.
Tune in to listen to Jerry Turney, Jonathan Edelheit, Renee-Marie Stephano, and Matt Leming for the first bi-monthly Medical Tourism Webinar Educational Series. Webinar sessions will be hosted by the Medical Tourism Association as they discuss different topics.
The MTA's annual congress and networking event, the WMT & GHC which takes place October 26-28th, 2009 is off to an amazing success. The conference will feature up to 2,000 attendees, over 120 exhibitors, 5,000 one on one networking meetings.
