Russian tourism officials see the Winter Olympic Games as a golden opportunity to show off Sochi during the month of February. Exposure gained from the biggest tourism event in modern Russian history will transform the city’s image and promote health tourism.
The idea to make medical tourism part of healthcare coverage is making more sense to employers and insurance companies. It's enticing more patients to comparison shop for healthcare as medical tourism makes impossible healthcare solutions possible.
The Medical Tourism Professional certification will allow insurance, HR professionals, travel agents, and individuals. They provide tools necessary to develop strong health and wellness travel programs, their understanding of the requisites for implementation.
Without benefit of the Southwest Airlines Medical Transportation Grant Program, Toby Shaw might not travel from his home in Ohio. Southwest Airlines has been making travel one less burden for patients by providing more than $2.8 million in free medical flights.
Medical Tourism Association will enhance Mexico's reputation as a medical tourism destination, increase international patient flow. Tens of thousands of American medical tourism patients cross the border each year for procedures like surgeries to dental care.
Millennials worldwide born after 1980 have been swimming in an unprecedented sea of advertising whose shores have been narrowed. Companies worldwide are eager to build lifelong connections to these young consumers many of whom having prime income-earning years.
Compulsory health insurance in Dubai and the development of medical tourism could likely turn the UAE into a regional medical hub. Increased opportunities for insurers, wider use of claims data to address current concerns will instill confidence in the market.
Local government officials are encouraged that by courting medical tourism, a higher standard of healthcare can be conjoined. The economic objective is attracting more travelers to the Virgin Islands for medical care and that will boost our quality of services.
Hope beats eternal for the more than 100,000 patients with severe cardiovascular disease in the United States and Europe. French doctors say the artificial heart installed into a 75-year-old male can extend the life of a patient by five years.
Small businesses in the U.S. will be forced to either cancel policies or push workers onto the Obamacare insurance exchanges. almost 80 million people who have coverage through employer health plans will lose their insurance.
Millions of Americans are sick and tired of healthcare and are giving up on solutions to cure the nation’s ill-reputed system. As Obamacare inches toward implementation, patients still can’t afford to visit a doctor, physician.
Overseas trips don’t come around often who decided to make the most of an opportunity they never imagined about. The native of North Carolina was boarding her first flight to Costa Rica, a medical tourism spot where she would stay in a four-star hotel.
Summer was nothing short of hot for the medical tourism industry, which has become a point of conversation around the world. Patients in the U.S. and around the world know that access to affordable and timely medical care is a hot-button issue.
Medical tourism was limited to travel overseas, where Americans were referred to international destinations for less-expensive care. Workers were happy with their procedures and treatments and the employers and insurance companies enjoyed their cost-savings.
Proton and conventional x-ray therapies are “almost identical” as both deliver radiation to the body and destroy cancerous tumors. Proton therapy uses atomic particles to deliver radiation more precisely, allowing patients to receive higher doses.
Doctors remain among the most skeptical stakeholders toward President Obama’s prescription for curing the nation’s healthcare ills. Many physicians don’t believe that provisions of the ACA will be implemented successfully to meet requirements of the legislation.
Expensive medical bills can completely overwhelm a family when illness strikes, an unfortunate concern Americans can bank on. Escalating medical bills are expected to push 1.7 million households into bankruptcy, making health expenses the single biggest cause of default filings.
Critics contend that hospitals and medical centers should be in the business of providing care and not deporting patients. Medical repatriation may sometime seem without boundaries, for even those with jobs and health insurance.
Most pleasure travelers are thrilled to death about a trip overseas and the opportunity to enjoy the time of their lives. When someone dies abroad, coping can be an overwhelming experience that is often too much to ask of any family.
To make informed healthcare decisions that include global options for care, medical tourism industry needs reliable information. Further connecting remote clinical teams for collaborative care and engaging patients in care compliance by using technologies.
