The American Action Forum says 43 million Americans will lose access to employer-based coverage because of the Affordable Care Act. Women continue to assume thought and leadership positions in roles once dominated by their gender counterparts.
Move over consumer electronics and fuel-efficient automobiles and make way for medical tourism, Japan has taken on added meaning. A growing demand for timely and cost-effective medical procedures and treatments, hospitals and travel agencies in Japan are ready.
The three ethical violations are taking credit for someone else’s work, taking extra-long breaks and calling in sick when actually well. Most employees decide to keep a closed-mouth approach to unethical behavior for fear of damaging their career.
As costs escalate and healthcare reform sweeps across the insurance landscape, “going once, and going twice” sounds logical. Surgical auctions are exactly what some patients are looking at to take care of their health conditions.
Almost half of all patients will search online for a physician, making social media a tool to store in a doctor’s medical bag. Social media allows physicians to bridge the gap between patient and provider.
The island nation known for its pink sand beaches, turquoise water now known as travelers seeking medical tourism opportunities. Medical tourism worldwide generated approximately $50 billion dollars in revenue, wellness tourism generated $106 billion in revenue.
Countries toward universal healthcare in Caribbean nations must consider historical, social and economic content. Universal healthcare refers to coverage in which all legal residents of a nation have access to basic services administered by the government.
Medical travel facilitators (MTFs) routinely engage in contractual relationships with a variety of parties. Clients seeking medical treatment outside their home countries, heath plans, employers, in-country patient liaisons, and travel agents.
Excellent healthcare is a matter of timeliness and expertise, patients with acute healthcare receive the specialized interventions. To optimize those outcomes for patients with an acute healthcare needs is a new helipad atop University of Miami Hospital.
Cyprus has an excellent healthcare system that offers value and quality Cypriot populations, and for patients across all of Europe. A strong Cyprus economy will further spawn modern hospitals and well-trained medical professionals.
Americans without dental insurance thinking about heading south for a trusted dentist have something to smile about. Patients who travel to the Sani Dental Group, in the Mexican state of Baja can save up to 70% off similar procedures offered in the U.S.
Giving birth in the United Kingdom is like stealing candy from a baby, according to a report by National Health Service. Most of the women had to be admitted and allowed to give birth on the NHS, as their pregnancies were too close for them to fly home.
British patients waiting for organ transplants are being offered surgery using illegally trafficked kidneys for $10000 in Sri Lanka. Organ transplants are more than a matter of life and death, debate surrounding the process should not be taken lightly.
Thailand attract medical tourism patients who suffer from Alzheimer’s to facilities that offer inexpensive, better care. They also serve for those debilitated by long-term memory loss while providing peace of mind to their families.
The WHO calls Germany a “demographic time bomb,” almost a third of all Germans by 2050 will climb to 65 years or older. Many will need nursing care, a situation made more troublesome because nursing care is looked as a less than- attractive profession.
As world announced the completion of an interim deal to curtail Iran’s nuclear deal, Tehran welcomed medical tourism patients. Efforts concentrate on promoting treatment facilities on the internet and in catalogs, brochures, compact discs, and maps.
After denied in UK for medical attention, a Nigerian man suffering from cardiovascular and kidney failure found it in the UAE. Niagwan was lucky in the UAE, because he required a blood transfusion during the surgery to increase his normal red count.
Nigerian twins had no problem getting along, but they won’t mind living apart from each other for the rest of their lives. The girls were born with a condition called “pygopagus,” common lower spinal cords, lower gastrointestinal tract, anus, and genitalia.
All else had failed and most importantly, her kidney and plans for an organ transplant operation to begin a new life. Kenya has become a less-than-willing exporter of medical tourism to markets like India, South Africa, the U.S. and UK.
The medical tourism industry in Israel is in good health and that, in and of itself, is a problem for government officials. Overcrowded hospitals in Israel are devoting more bed space to foreigners, many wait months for procedures and treatments.
