Hospitals face growing operational challenges as they balance the delivery of excellent health care with a changing economy. Hospitals pay for waste in three ways – when they purchase materials, handle these materials and then dispose of these materials.
Not all cancers are the same, the greatest likelihood of cancer survival comes with the most effective cancer treatments. Proton therapy is a precision-controlled radiation that can be manipulated to release energy at precise depths.
Healthcare providers are struggling to find reliable, low-cost solutions to reduce the financial and environmental burden. FDA-regulated reprocessed medical devices are not only safe and effective, but use of such devices saves considerable financial resources.
Sustainable healthcare development works for fighting global warming, preserving animal habitats, vegetation, ground water. The prudent healthcare facility developer in the 21st century is building and renovating/retrofitting and saving money for tomorrow.
You are in the international healthcare field as a provider, insurer, project developer, or a medical tourism facilitator. It is the duty of the licensed professionals and facilities as a condition of their licensure to obtain the patient’s informed consent.
Medellin is one of the most beautiful cities in Colombia having business and tourism center with excellent restaurants, hotels. The government has strategically directed the city to the highest level quality of health care.
At this year’s Congress, Kenneth Mays, addressed issues surrounding healthcare and health insurance for expatriates in Asia. It gives us a closer look at the medical resources and benefits available to the population of long-term foreign residents in Thailand.
76 million babies born in the wake of World War II – from 1946 to 1964 – are aging; the oldest are now in their mid-sixties. The lengthened life span thanks to modern medicine and a more active lifestyle, and you can expect the demand for medical care.
No matter how big your hospital is or how many specialists you may have, if you fail to create and communicate your unique value proposition, you will fail in medical tourism. Successful medical tourism marketing is dependent on effectively reaching your target markets.
Hospital international programs are developed to increase revenue, for a private hospital, the goal is increased profits. But for a public or non-profit hospital, the real need is to earn added revenue that helps support the core mission.
In today's changing times, the careers of individuals and lifestyles of families have become increasingly global. When it comes to international work study or travel it's important to be protected around the clock and around the world.
American medical centers have welcomed patients from around the world who are in search of advanced technology, surgical procedures. Domestic medical tourism within the U.S. – patients seek care across state lines or outside of their local hospitals.
To change a culture, it must be developed and understood by all stakeholders to include input from all of those impacted. In the healthcare segment, there is a movement of culture change called person-centered care.
Within the patient-competitive and ever-developing arena of medical tourism, Congress identified four cases of medical tourism. Jordan, Turkey, Colombia and Taiwan – all of which provided insight into the branding, organizing and new capacity-building efforts.
Mark your calendar for 5th World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress 2012 On the Beach Fort Lauderdale/Miami. The biggest international medical tourism event for healthcare providers, insurance companies, medical tourism facilitators, government.
I reflect on what has emerged since I envisioned creating a platform to gather international healthcare providers, employers. International insurance companies, medical tourism companies and governments from all parts of the world, I want to thank all the people.
With amazing hospitals and clinics, a growing number of medical tourism facilitators using best practices and consultants. When it comes to making decisions about medical tourism providers and facilitators, it would seem essential best practices, certifications.
Staff at the UNLV Wellness Center has developed an exceptional new wellness program and spa service. With that opportunity comes the challenge of marketing this breakthrough technology, both to increase wellness and medical tourism to Las Vegas.
The image of a Brazil associated with football, with the Amazons, with the “favelas” of Rio de Janeiro and with samba. One of the largest networks of medical educational institutions in the world is based in Brazil, with 181 schools.
There is something missing from the medical tourism industry, it's neither they teach doctors in medical school nor in nursing school. It’s called Hospital Entrepreneurship and it’s holding back the medical tourism industry.
