The General Health Council (GHC) in Mexico is a decentralized organization reporting directly to the president. GHC established criteria for medical institutions and organizations and created the National Certification System for Medical Care Organizations.
Jordan means a lot of things to different people, healthcare aficionados are defining the Arab kingdom in Western Asia. The World Bank ranked Jordan among the top five destinations in the world for medical tourism and first in the region.
Most employers confused about the Obamacare, understand that offering health insurance to their employees makes good business sense. Rising costs and evolving complexities four years into the President’s domestic healthcare policy made things clear to employers.
Governments and hospitals in Europe have only recently begun promoting their services on an international level. Working Americans and health insurance have been linked since the start of World War II, when the federal government capped wages.
Plans to launch a stem cell treatment center, an in vitro fertilization facility, a cochlear implant center, Bahamas is developing. It brings a potential new revenue stream through The Bahamas, 18% of the revenue is coming from medical tourism.
Miami International Medical Center draws company's extensive experience and global network to connect providers, coordinate services. Nueterra has a multifaceted remodel plan and intends to renovate the nearly 50-year-old hospital to create an upscale environment.
The Jeju City Development Center (JDC) hopes to capitalize on the lucrative Muslim population and medical tourism patients. Jeju's pristine environment with healthcare options like hip replacements, obesity treatments, wellness therapies, and plastic surgery.
There are likely several contributing factors to the uptick in U.S. healthcare REITs acquiring foreign assets. REIT targeted both Canada and the U.K. as growth markets some years ago, anticipated doubling of the senior populations in those countries.
Ecuador has an old world charm that few Americans were familiar with – until now, what a little research can do? No wonder International Living Magazine has declared Ecuador No. 1 out of the 22 best countries on its Annual Retirement Index for five years.
Lufthansa, with its network of more than 200 destinations worldwide, is considered as a provider of state-of-the-art medical transport. Lufthansa is ideal for connecting patients to and from the U.S., India, Turkey, Middle East and Western Europe.
Cross-border travel for healthcare is not immune from ethical considerations and puts concerns of costs, risks and quality of care. A very real issue emerging in research is the ethical consequences of 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
