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.

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.
US Medical Tourism Association backtracks on non-compete clauseCaroline Ratner from IMTJ looks at recent developments at the US Medical Tourism Association and its response to criticism of the non-compete clause in its membership agreement.
Managing exchange rates in a medical tourism business: Top 10 tips for the medical travel industryGraham Stanton, Manager of Corporate Sales at World First Foreign Exchange, shares his thoughts on how medical travel and medical tourism businesses can protect themselves against the vagaries of exchange rates. For international businesses working in multiple currencies, managing the foreign...
EU Cross Border Healthcare Directive: An NHS perspectiveRob Dickman is UK Civil Servant who manages policy for the Department of Health on cross border healthcare for the EU and EEA (European Economic Area which includes Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway). Caroline Ratner spoke to him about his involvement in the EU Directive on Cross Border Healthcare.
Is medical tourism safe?Hospital activity within the UK National Health Service provides a useful indicator of where future demand for medical tourism may lie. that an enormous amount of meaningful data can be captured about the state of the nation's health, about demand for health services and about how the health...
Health Destination, Cyprus: London 22nd November 2010: Conference reportCaroline Ratner of IMTJ attended the recent Health Destination Cyprus event in London which promoted the developing role of Cyprus as a medical tourism destination. The annual Health Destination Cyprus event held in London on 22nd November, showed the continued commitment of Cyprus to developing...
The role of government incentives for health tourism and medical travelIn his Second Opinion column, Dr Constantine Constantinides from healthcare Cybernetics gives his personal take on the role of the various incentives that governments are using to attract revenues from medical travel.
Do we actually know anything about medical tourism?Ian Youngman from IMTJ comments on a recent academic review of medical tourism, and asks whether we actually know anything about the real numbers involved in medical tourism.
Predicting future demand for medical tourismHospital activity within the UK National Health Service provides a useful indicator of where future demand for medical tourism may lie. that an enormous amount of meaningful data can be captured about the state of the nation's health, about demand for health services and about how the health...
New online advertising rules - implications for medical tourism marketingAs the online marketing sector matures, national bodies that control and monitor advertising in general are turning their attention to online advertising. Those who are advertising medical travel and medical tourism services in overseas markets need to be aware of local laws to avoid prosecution....
Has the medical travel industry reached maturity?Scott Frankum from The Well Report and TheWellList.com believes health travel and medical tourism are reaching industry maturity. He proposes the concept of Alpha healthcare, a new industry term and applies Michael Porter's research on the Structural Analysis of Industries to show why market...
Medical travel to India: IWHTA release their initial findingsCaroline Ratner spoke to Naresh Jadeja of the International Wellness and Healthcare Travel Association, a medical travel association based in the USA. We spoke to the IWHTA about its recently released initial findings of an ongoing survey and report conducted with Indian Healthcare facilities.
Comparing the costs of (accidental) medical tourismWhereas much of the attention in the medical travel sector is focused on medical tourism (i.e. where the primary reason for travel is some form of surgery or treatment), a more established and mature market sector is the provision of healthcare services for the tourist or business traveller who...
How trends in global travel will change medical tourismAlthough many people in the business dislike the term 'medical tourism', there is no getting away from the fact that it is a niche within the global tourism market. The latest international tourism figures show a global recovery in travel. Expecting medical tourism to grow as rapidly as it did...
JCI and BUPA International join forces to assess hospital qualityCaroline Ratner of the IMTJ spoke to Dr Sneh Khemka, MBCHB MRCOPTH, Medical Director, of leading expatriate health insurer, BUPA International about the quality assurance programme which it has developed with the assistance of Joint Commission International (JCI), the international healthcare...
The EU Directive on Cross Border Healthcare: where are we now?Back in 2008, the European Commission adopted the proposal for a Directive on Cross Border Healthcare. Two years later, is it any closer to becoming a reality? IMTJ provides an update on the latest developments in the saga of the EU Directive.
A new global industry that appeared out of nowhere...A new global industry that appeared out of nowhere, offers great advantages to consumers, generates countless articles, is the subject for many conferences, offers opportunities for new entrants, generates an industry of self-styled experts and consultants, is hyped as offering huge volumes and...
The slumbering giant of medical travel?Where do you think the international patients' centre shown above is? Singapore? Thailand? Malaysia? India? Korea? Read on to find out... This week's International Medical Travel Journal covers a recent announcement by the UK Department of Health (See: Liberated UK hospitals to attract medical...
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...
Change in UK regulations may reduce infertility tourismOne factor that can affect any aspect of medical travel and medical tourism is that the market sector can be a victim of its own success. Constantine Constantinides has highlighted this previously in his IMTJ article Medical Tourism and the West's Revenge, arguing that in effect the success of...
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...
Medical tourism...lessons from the California gold rushIn 1848, gold was discovered in California by John Sutter, a German immigrant. News of the find spread rapidly and thousands arrived in search of their fortune. Prospectors came from across the USA, from Hawaii, Mexico, Chile, Peru and China. The California gold rush had begun. California's output...
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...
Patient choice in medical tourism...Let's hear the patient's voiceThe recent Medical Tourism Climate Survey conducted by IMTJ for the European Medical Travel Conference 2010 provided an interesting insight into the current state of the industry and how people in the industry are thinking about medical tourism. The survey analysed the views of over 250 people...
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.

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