The International Society for Quality in Health Care is a non-profit, independent organization, with members and participants from over 70 countries. The Society is governed by an Executive Board, which is elected every two years.
Medical tourism has not been granted the credibility it needs to achieve its potential or appease its detractors. This credibility must be earned by demonstrating an ability to successfully measure compliance with international standards.
Medical Tourism involves travel outside of one’s national boundaries, but with an objective other than adventure or leisure at an exotic location. The reasons are various: cost savings or poor local healthcare and long waiting periods.
Health & Medical tourism is a complex area of business that is influenced by many disciplines and stakeholders. For service providers in the medical field it is therefore quite a challenge to establish an effective and efficient organizational framework.
Germany holds an excellent position in the health and fitness tourism market. Medical holidays are now an important factor for the German incoming tourism industry, with the greatest number of visitors arriving from the US, Eastern Europe and Asia.
The first recorded instance of health tourism dates back thousands of years to when Greek pilgrims travelled from all over the Mediterranean to a small territory in the Saronic Gulf called Epidauria.
The Berlin Senate made the decision to develop Berlin to become one of the leading regions in the health sector of Germany. The intensive and fruitful cooperation between both Lands with their ideally complementing health services is materialized.
The DRK Kliniken Berlin is characterized by many years of experience in high-performance medical treatment. Our partner, the German Red Cross Nursing Corps, Berlin branch is a synonym in this city for a tradition of highly qualified nursing care.
It's high practical relevance, its focus on European & Austrian benchmarks as well as its orientation towards the future characterize the master’s program International Health Care Management at the Management Center Innsbruck.
Where the competitive battle for the medical tourist will truly be waged, as quality of treatment and aftercare begins to standardize. To support our medical providers facing these challenges, we recently published a Marketing Masterclass.
Al-Essra hospital was established in September 2001, the realization of a dream which sought to provide health care services. Al-Essra is a private hospital which provides crucial services and a high standard quality of care that is patient focused.
The Jordan Hospital Cardiovascular Center is a renowned tertiary care center in the Middle East. The center applies the highest international standards in the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular diseases and abides by the most stringent guidelines for treatments.
Jordan Hospital and Medical Center is a multispecialty state of the art medical center that provides high quality expertise found in the most regarded healthcare centers worldwide. It is a well renowned regional hub for medical tourism in the Middle East.
On my 40th birthday, I decided to treat myself to some cosmetic enhancements to mark this milestone in my life. I began to explore my options and having previously lived abroad decided to extend my search for doctors and hospitals beyond U.S. borders.
Over the last few decades the healthcare sector in Jordan has become a key engine of economic growth. It has developed to position Jordan as a pioneer of healthcare sector has also progressed to place Jordan as a medical tourism hub in the region.
The recommendation of the American heart specialists was made accordingly, the medical situation was special. Along with the mitral valve defect that needed to be repaired, the patient had a few complications that dramatically increased.
Public-Private Partnerships are a popular topic in healthcare today when it comes to developing and delivering large scale projects. The basic definition for a PPP is a relationship between the public and private sector to facilitate the application of private sector expertise and resources to the delivery of public services.
The Medical Tourism Association is currently organizing a FAM Trip to Malaysia. This week several Medical Tourism Faciltiator companies, press and others are in Kuala Lumpur and then Penang to do site tours of Malaysia’s top hospitals.
The Medical Tourism Association exhibited at a large US healthcare conference this week in Atlanta to highlight medical tourism to employers and insurance companies and to promote its MTA members.
This workshop will cover what patients need in the form of after care and continuation of care. It will cover protocols and processes that need to be in place for after care, rehabilitation and physician follow up.
