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Healthcare Reform - Legal & Policy

When Medical Tourism Promises to Pay Are Not Honored

Cross-border commerce is a good thing, and established enough that parties who engage would have ready-made, easy-to-follow rules. Financial arrangements for payment of services can be fraught with land mines that remain well-hidden far into the relationship.

Marketing & Business Development

Conference Exhibition Enhance Physician Relationships Reputation and Referrals

The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center devoted exclusively to cancer patient care, research, education and prevention. Needs of a diverse referral base has implications far outside the local market, extending into national and international locales.

Technology & Innovation

Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring Reducing Risk of Post-Operative Neurologic Deficits

IONM is the real-time monitoring of the integrity of the nervous system during any surgery that could place operation at risk. Continuous testing and evaluation of the function of the peripheral and central nervous system are performed.

Complementary & Alternative Medicine

Adult Stem Cells Abroad

Clinics around the world extract adult stem cells from fat, generally taken by liposuction from the stomach and are autologous. Autologous stem cells transferred to the heart will seek damage in that area and replenish dying cells regenerating damaged tissue.

Destination Spotlight

Portugal Preparing for Medical Tourism

All residents in Portugal have access to healthcare provided by the National Health Service (NHS), financed mainly through taxation. Portugal's advantage of its privileged location in the old world, and beach, rural and city minutes away from each other.

Destination Spotlight

Importance of Healthy Mind & Body to Conceive

Infertility is not in the mind, but a medically diagnosed condition known to any couple trying to achieve a pregnancy. After HIV, the World Health Organization lists IVF treatment as the highest stressor a person can deal with.

Editorial

Algarve's Health and Wellness Destination Branding

Algarve’s health and wellness destination branding uses a multidisciplinary, cooperative, holistic and composite approach. Destination branding develops international knowledge about the tourist destination, like the climate, gastronomy, natural and cultural resources.

Destination Spotlight

Crossing Border to Baja California

Millions of Americans and Canadians cross the border to Mexico each year in search of medical tourism procedures and treatments. Medical Tourism Survey found 76 percent of patients for medical travel are American, means the majority are neighbors of Mexico.

Industry News

Smuggled Prescription Drugs: Quick-Fix for Mounting Healthcare Costs

Prescription drugs from Mexico smuggled into the United States are becoming a means to deal with the rising cost of medicine. Americans who are unable to afford prescription medications that require top-of-the-line insurance or plenty of disposable income.

Editorial

Wellness Vacations Softer Side of Medical Tourism

We can now go on vacation and come back rejuvenated – instead of the way we come back which is exhausted, broke and fat. Wellness tourism – also referred to as lifestyle tourism — involves nutrition, stress reduction, weight-loss and anti-aging.

Destination Spotlight

Italy Culture Cuisine and Quality Care

Italy recognized as a major travel destination, offers medical tourists the opportunity to combine treatment with a vacation. Currently known for cosmetic treatments, Italy is also developing a reputation for dental surgery and wellness.

Destination Spotlight

Extending Medicare Overseas Example from Mexico

Travel is universally considered as something everyone loves, and the possibilities can be endless and people desire living abroad. Despite the popularity of travel, the U.S. government hasn’t adjusted Medicare offerings to include coverage overseas.

Editorial

Creating Successful Wellness Incentives: An Inside Job

Employers are in the business of keeping employees healthy, employers encourage employees to use the stairs instead of an elevator. Companies are developing attractive wellness programs, offering creative incentives to engage employees to participate in them.

Complementary & Alternative Medicine

Stem Cell Therapies Beginning to Come of Age in Philippines

Stem cell treatments are the future of medicine, research has already yielded historic breakthroughs against incurable diseases. Stem Cell treatment can be used to treat progress against cancer, diabetes, HIV and other illnesses.‍

Marketing & Business Development

Marketing Healthcare Services to Employers

A long evolution in the structure and delivery of healthcare is underway, not just in the U.S., but all corners of the globe. The maturation of healthcare access and delivery tends to be characterized by a greater emphasis on service value.

Complementary & Alternative Medicine

Roles and Responsibilities of Physicians in Patients Decisions about Unproven Stem Cell Therapies

Stem cell science using embryonic and tissue-specific stem cells, is advancing rapidly and promises future medical care improvements. Anecdotal suggest a substantial number are trying stem cell-based interventions despite questions about safety and efficacy.

Accreditation & Certification

Art and Science of Conversion: Website Visitors into Customers

Conversion-rate optimization (CRO) is the art and science of converting website visitors into leads and valued customers. You don’t just need website visitors; you need new customers even if you don’t double your sales.

Marketing & Business Development

Digital Word-of-Mouth Marketing for Medical Tourism Industry

“Word-of-mouth” is the best marketing tactics as consumers rely on the opinions of family members and friends to make buying decisions. When a patient has no references available from friends and family they will search online and “crowd-source” the task.

Marketing & Business Development

Social Media Is Hot! Healthcare Providers Should Know

Conversion-rate optimization (CRO) is the art and science of converting website visitors into leads and valued customers. You don’t just need website visitors; you need new customers even if you don’t double your sales.

Patient Experience & Hospitality

Clinical Quality Role of Insurer in Safeguarding Patient Care

The relationship between medical insurers and healthcare providers is evolving by a number of factors like global customer demands. The role of the medical insurer in assessing and monitoring the quality of care has not always been clear.