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As Medical travel continues to grow globally, Accreditation will be a key differentiating factor, as creating “Trust” between the consumer and provider is becoming a defining factor differentiating the most successful hospitals from those struggling to grow their programs. Trust will become an even more important factor as the media picks up stories of bad patient experiences in Mexico, Turkey and other destinations, where consumers have chosen the wrong facilitators, hospitals or doctors and have a bad or less desirable outcome then they expected.
In this post-pandemic era of medical travel, patient expectations have evolved and are driving the change. Gaps in medical travel are now more glaring, therefore, health consumers, plan sponsors, and health payers have stopped relying on anecdotes and Google reviews and are now looking for medical travel providers with the requisite skills and knowledge of the industry. This is where GHA’s medical tourism training, medical tourism certifications, and accreditations are integral in helping organizations achieve their true potential in medical travel.
The medical travel patient experience starts with you. With the Certified Medical Travel Professional program, become a highly valuable and recognized expert in the industry, providing relevant and exceptional solutions for medical tourists at each touchpoint of the medical travel patient care journey.
Expect in the future an increasing number of patients to look for accreditation or certification as the determinant in selecting a medical travel agent. Certification assures patients that a facilitator has been vetted by a globally recognized third-party accreditor, affirming that the facilitator has the required protocols, processes, and staff training to deliver a safe and high-quality treatment journey and experience.
The Medical Tourism Magazine (MTM) had the privilege to sit down to get some insights from Heitham Hassoun MD, Cedars-Sinai Vice President and Medical Director of International Health, and Shoma Desai, MD, International Patient Services Director. They shared their thoughts and insights into what a post-pandemic world holds for medical tourism, what makes Cedars-Sinai unique, and how the Global Healthcare Accreditation for Medical Travel Services has assisted the organization in building patient trust.
Cleveland Clinic has been awarded “Accreditation with Excellence” for its medical travel services by Global Healthcare Accreditation (GHA) for a second consecutive term.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, has been awarded Accreditation for a three-year term by the Global Healthcare Accreditation (GHA) Program for its Medical Travel Services Program.
As travel is slowly returning to normal, medical travelers have new expectations from a medical tourist destination - these patients now not only seek quality and affordability of medical care but also a medical travel destination that has put in place adequate measures to safeguard their health, given the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Since the industry began expanding, more and more patients have had to leave their home countries for other countries to seek healthcare treatment and sometimes.
Around 28 million travelers visited Jordan in 2014, 250,000 of whom were medical tourism patients seeking treatment. Each patient traveled with two companions, boosting the total count of medical tourists to half-million and more than JD1 billion in revenue.
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.
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An increasing number of patients travel to different places a great distance from their homes to seek medical procedures. Medical services are rapidly evolving for both the national and international providers.
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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.
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.
The boom in medical tourism has increased the need for hospitality staff training and education, the food service facet is no exception. Restaurants and hotel food and beverage operations are already seeing the demand for healthy menu options.
Due to the huge proliferation in the medical tourism market, medical providers and facilitators wishing to increase their customer base and services should acknowledge the equally rapid growth of knowledge of the industry by consumers by adapting.
Across all sectors and industries, the developing world has continued to see market growth and significant foreign direct investment. War, conflict and general political and social instability continue to plague these dynamic environments.
Hospital accreditation by a recognized quality certifier is an increasingly important way for hospitals to demonstrate their expertise. In the past accreditation has been seen as a ticket to trade instead of the strategic business asset that it can be.
Since medical tourism became an industry buzzword many private hospitals around the globe want to get a piece of the business. Expand notions about clinical quality and marketing to include in our strategic priorities the need for outstanding services.
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How can hospitals and health care service providers rise to the top of the international medical tourism marketplace? The search for health care services begins (and possibly ends) with something called language access.
The benefits most often cited of medical tourism relate to reductions in the cost of care reduced wait times access to physicians. There are multiple viewpoints from patients physicians policy makers health economists and insurance agencies among others on the appropriateness of MT.
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.
In the world of medical care, treatment for even a minor illness frequently runs into thousands of dollars. Medical insurance is virtually essential to gaining access to medical care.
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We complete the patient inquiry process, by picking up the phone and following through on our service offering. We also covered how to effectively execute the initial response to inbound patient inquiries.
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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.
Countless patients and families come to the United States from abroad to seek medical care each year, yet few are familiar with their options for receiving access to language services – such as interpreting and translation – along with culturally sensitive care.
Does medical tourism now hold such similar long-term promise as a new market segment for international hotels and resorts? Even the more modest growth estimates project a tenfold increase in travelers leaving the U.S. for medical treatment.
At Joint Commission International (JCI) we are constantly learning and sharing the knowledge gleaned from over 55 years of experience working with many hospitals we accredited around the world.
