The Barbados Fertility Centre (BFC) is one of many providers of fertility services seeking to distinguish itself on a global stage. BFC had a great story to tell it just needed an effective way to reach and engage its target audiences.
Below find the most up to date company list as of August 11th 2010 for the 3nd Annual World Medical Tourism and Global Health Congress, taking place in Los Angeles September 22nd-24th 2010. (www.medicaltourismcongress.com)
The World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress has released an updated Sponsorship Guide. The Exhibitor Sponsorship has been officially Sold Out and the Exhibit Hall is filling up rapidly.
Medical Tourism is a multibillion dollar industry with millions of patients traveling each year to different countries or regions. One of the most overlooked aspects of medical tourism is domestic medical tourism, often referred to as regional medical tourism.
Worldwide Medical Partner a medical tourism facilitator in Florida, has filed a temporary injunction against a suspended staff member. Gitchev, formerly an executive director of WMP is alleged to have diverted business and revenue away from his employer to a side company.
According to the article, the National Federation of Independent Businesses states it would be a crippling burden for small business. The Taxpayer Advocate agrees that the new reporting scheme could have distortionary effects on taxpayer behavior.
As more and more businesses globalize, increasing the size and scope of their international or multinational operations, demand fires up for more robust expatriate healthcare benefit options and increased demand for quality travel insurance.
La Rosa Carrington lost her job as an admissions representative in May. But she was able to keep her insurance because her circumstances being a single mother of two teenage girls and undergoing five chemotherapy treatments a month to treat her leukemia.
Romania is a country with a reputation for its scenery and landscapes, its Medieval fortified villages and castles, its painted monasteries and the Danube Delta – the third largest biodiversity in the world – to list just a few of its attractions.
It is time that Canadians are educated on the newly coined term “Medical Tourism” as an available option for medical procedures. The concept of “tourism” may be misleading for many times the typically advised tourist activities would be limited.
The basic concept of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency marks the start of a new era in understanding and treating MS. The main theory underlying MS in the past had been that this disease was an autoimmune disorder.
The health care industry faces huge challenges and changes, medical tourism is one of those changes happening in this field. People have traveled with the purpose of undergoing medical treatment since ancient times.
Nick Christos of Elite Underwriting Service, a full service underwriting facility, sits down with the Medical Tourism Magazine to discuss the self-funded industry in terms of medical tourism and global healthcare.
It’s too early in the implementation phase to predict the specific ways health reform will impact the medical tourism industry. Health care problems that spurred the growth of medical tourism in the first place will not be solved by the PPACA.
Hospitals are a significant cornerstone of any community, not just because of the services they provide but also as a significant source of employment and as a source of leadership through their education, activities and by supporting other organizations.
The understanding of cultural issues in medical tourism is a two way process argues Dr. Prem Jagyasi a renowned medical tourism expert. Several Medical Tourism organizations believe that understanding culture in medical tourism is a one way process.
Businesses and organizations throughout the world use Social Media to interact with social ‘friends’ and ‘followers’. Social Media savvy organizations raise their profile through the design of material such as humorous video content.
The Sustainable Healthcare & Hospital Development Magazine has launched its first issue and will cover both the sustainable healthcare and the hospital development industry. It will also be distributed electronically to thousands of readers in over forty countries.
Healthcare Reform has passed and there are many changes that will begin to take place, most of which will begin in 2014. Employers, however, will begin to make adjustments in 2011 which consists of extending health insurance coverage to uninsured dependents.
As the medical tourism industry gets into high growth gear and U.S. patients become more aware of the options of traveling abroad for lower cost, quality healthcare, there remain a number of unanswered questions.
