Medical travel: Articles and features: 2010

Our articles and features on medical tourism and medical tourism services are written by some of the leading experts on medical tourism and medical travel.

Why do medical tourism businesses fail?In his “Second Opinion” column for IMTJ, Constantine Constantinides from healthCare cybernetics looks at the reasons why some businesses attracted to the medical tourism sector by forecasts of “explosive growth” have missed out on success, and how they have failed to understand the realities of the...
IBMS: Certification of healthcare professionals in the global communityCaroline Ratner spoke to Dr David Kalin of the International Board of Medicine and Surgery. The IBMS is an organisation that certifies physicians, surgeons, dentists and other healthcare professionals in the global healthcare community.
Medical travel accused of causing a “threat to global healthcare”: NDM-1 inferred antibiotic resistanceThe publication of a clinical paper in the Lancet, one of the UK’s leading medical journals, has received widespread media coverage, raising concerns about the risks of medical travel, and the resulting “threat to global healthcare”. The paper, “Emergence of a new antibiotic resistance mechanism in...
Let’s abandon medical tourism!Keith Pollard from Treatment Abroad explains why the industry should abandon “medical tourism”. Is he serious? Yes. He even suggests that we should start a “Campaign Against Medical Tourism”. What is he on about? Read more....
Who should be handling Destination Marketing for Health Tourism?Constantine Constantinides from healthCare cybernetics questions the role of international associations and non-profits in destination marketing for health tourism, highlights the conflict of interest that they face and comes up with his recommendations on the best solution for country destinations...
The top ten hospitals for medical tourism: Fact or fiction?This week saw the publication of the “Top Top 10 World’s Best Hospitals ™ for medical tourists” by the Medical Travel Quality Alliance (MTQA). It has raised some eyebrows in medical tourism circles and questions about the basis of selection and the motive for the initiative. IMTJ’s Ian Youngman...
Infertility tourism: a recession proof opportunity in medical tourismKeith Pollard from Treatment Abroad highlights the increasing trend in “infertility tourism”, looks at recent European research into the sector and some of the underlying drivers of this recession proof market.
How to conduct a medical tourism hospital familiarization (fam) tour (Part 2)Maria K Todd MHA PhD, CEO of Mercury Healthcare Advisory Group, continues her look at how to run a successful fam tour for a medical tourism facilitator. In this second part, she considers the agenda for the tour and the practicalities of running a tour that meets the real needs of the typical...
Europe agrees new rules on patient rights in cross-border healthcareThe EU Directive on the application of patients' rights in cross-border healthcare has been making slow progress since the production of the first draft in July 2008. Ian Youngman from IMTJ looks at the latest developments in adoption of the Directive and the agreement of the draft proposal.
How to conduct a medical tourism hospital familiarization (fam) tour (Part 1)Maria K Todd MHA PhD, CEO of Mercury Healthcare Advisory Group, looks at the planning and hosting of the “fam” tours that a hospital should be prepared to conduct for medical tourism facilitators. She considers who should be involved and provides guidance on the level of detail that should be...
Redefining the globalisation of healthcareZahid Hamid of medical tourism facilitators, Euromedical Tours, doubts whether global healthcare will ever become a reality. He considers the realities of patient mobility and suggests that successful healthcare providers and medical tourism businesses will focus on their regional catchment area...
The changing landscape of health care in the United States and its potential influence upon medical tourismDr. Bob Lee and Dr. David Groves from Bowling Green State University, Ohio and Dr. Julie Lengfelder from the University Of Toledo consider the changing landscape of health care in the United States and its potential influence upon medical tourism.
Four Challenges Facing the Emerging Medical Tourism IndustryMarc LeShay, President of Premiere Medical Travel Consulting, California looks at the main obstacles and challenges facing the medical tourism industry – taxonomy, risk mitigation, brand awareness and industry cannibalism, drawing parallels between the budding medical tourism industry and the early...
Medical Tourism Climate Survey 2010Keith Pollard, Managing Director of Intuition Communication, publishers of the International Medical Travel Journal reveals the results of the 2010 Medical Tourism Climate Survey. The results were presented on 6th May 2010 at the European Medical Travel Conference 2010 in Venice.
USA healthcare reform and medical tourism: Separating myth from reality (Part Two)Ian Youngman from IMTJ continues his review of the impact of US healthcare reform on medical tourism…..a sprinkling of fact, pure fiction and plenty of wishful thinking. Ian puts US healthcare reform in perspective and separates myth from reality. In this second article he deals with eleven more...
USA healthcare reform and medical tourism: Separating myth from reality (Part One)Much has already been said and written about the impact of US healthcare reform on medical tourism…..a sprinkling of fact, pure fiction and plenty of wishful thinking. Ian Youngman from IMTJ puts US healthcare reform in perspective and separates myth from reality. In this article he deals with ten...
The Volcanic Ash Cloud and its Impact on Medical TourismThe after effects of the volcanic ash cloud continue to disrupt travel throughout the world despite flights resuming. Caroline Ratner of the IMTJ spoke to a number of people involved in different aspects of medical tourism throughout Europe about how the volcanic ash has affected them and their...
Medical Tourism and the West's RevengeConstantine Constantinides from healthCare cybernetics looks at the “West's Revenge” - how healthcare services in Western countries are reacting to the potential impact of medical tourism on their domestic business. More competitive pricing and internal medical tourism may result in changes in...
UK announces new rules on cross border healthcare (medical tourism) in EuropeAmid the tumult of the announcement of a general election date, the UK government and the NHS have quietly announced a U-turn on their opposition to cross-border EU healthcare. The number of people travelling to Europe for treatment paid for by the NHS is low – the NHS suggests 1,000 people travel...
Cross border healthcare within the European UnionJan-Walter De Neve MD, International Services Medical Coordinator, for the Anadolu Medical Center in Turkey, provides an overview of some of the research conducted into cross border healthcare within the European Union and looks at the key drivers for patient mobility within the European Union.

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