ISRAEL: Private medical services to be disallowed in state hospitals
ISRAEL: Private medical services to be disallowed in state hospitals Mon, 14 Jul 2014 11:04:32 GMT Israel plans major reforms of the country’s healthcare system that will ban private healthcare in most state hospitals and seek to use profits from medical tourism to boost the healthcare of Israeli citizens. Health Minister Yael German presented the […]
EUROPE: European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) is not for medical tourists
EUROPE: European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) is not for medical tourists Mon, 14 Jul 2014 11:05:15 GMT Almost 200 million Europeans already have the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), according to the latest figures from the European Commission. This represents more than half of the insured population in the EU. The number of EHIC holders […]
IRAQ: Iraq crisis hits Indian medical tourism
IRAQ: Iraq crisis hits Indian medical tourism Mon, 14 Jul 2014 11:06:34 GMT The crisis in Iraq is reducing numbers of medical tourists to India from Iraq, Iran and Syria. Some Delhi hospitals get between 25% and 35% of their medical tourists from the region, as they seek cardiology, spinal injuries and oncology. War has […]
KENYA: Kenya’s ambitions for inbound medical tourism
KENYA: Kenya’s ambitions for inbound medical tourism Mon, 14 Jul 2014 11:07:33 GMT While Kenya is building more hospitals and some healthcare professionals are making bold claims about the number of medical tourists they may in future attract from other African states, the reality is that thousands of Kenyans go overseas for treatment. Some of […]
GLOBAL: US health system fares poorly in comparison with others
GLOBAL: US health system fares poorly in comparison with others. Mon, 14 Jul 2014 11:08:03 GMT The latest Commonwealth Fund report, ’Mirror, mirror on the wall: how the U.S. health care system compares internationally’ compares the US health care system against ten other countries. The USA comes off badly, but the data is pre-Obamacare. The […]
GLOBAL: Third edition of Patients Beyond Borders
GLOBAL: Third edition of Patients Beyond Borders Mon, 14 Jul 2014 11:15:29 GMT Healthy Travel Media, publishers of ’Patients Beyond Borders’ have released an up dated and expanded third edition of the consumer guide to medical tourism and international health travel. This print and ebook offers health travellers information to help make decisions about traveling […]
EUROPE: EU citizens – satisfaction with quality of healthcare
EUROPE: EU citizens – satisfaction with quality of healthcare Tue, 15 Jul 2014 09:23:46 GMT With Europeans being a target market for medical tourism it is important to note that most are actually content with their local healthcare providers, but while some countries are very happy, others are not at all content. The latest Eurobarometer […]
UK: Rise of butt implants increases cosmetic surgery tourism
UK: Rise of butt implants increases cosmetic surgery tourism Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:54:00 GMT Research by WhatClinic says that butt implants, also called buttock augmentation, rose by 484% in the past two years, and involves silicon implants similar to breast implants being inserted into each buttock to give a fuller, rounder posterior. Women want […]
CANADA: Nursing association calls for ban on inbound medical tourism
CANADA: Nursing association calls for ban on inbound medical tourism Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:24:10 GMT Ensuring Ontario’s health system remains strong means Ontario’s Liberal government must immediately ban medical tourism says the province’s top professional nursing association in an open letter. The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) condemns the increasing practice of Toronto […]
GLOBAL: New report: Medical tourism agencies in urgent need of international regulation
GLOBAL: New report: Medical tourism agencies in urgent need of international regulation Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:30:01 GMT Medical tourism agencies are crucial connectors between foreign patients and host countries. They help patients navigate countries, doctors and specialties. But little attention has been paid to the authenticity of information displayed on their websites and whether […]