IMTJ blog

Keep in touch with the latest comments and developments in the industry by reading or subscribing to our blog. Written by IMTJ editor in chief Keith Pollard, the blog is updated frequently.

The slumbering giant of medical travel?
27/08/2010 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...
Change in UK regulations may reduce infertility tourism
24/08/2010 One 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...
Medical tourism...lessons from the California gold rush
27/07/2010 In 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,...
New research paper provides insight into infertility tourism
01/07/2010 A recent paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Rome highlights the growth of “infertility tourism” at a time when many medical tourism...
Patient choice in medical tourism...Let's hear the patient's voice
25/05/2010 The 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...
Wales....... the latest medical tourism destination for US patients?
29/04/2010 A recent news story on CNN attracted my interest when it featured a US patient who travelled to Wales (in the United Kingdom) for sinus surgery to save money. It was headlined “'I can't afford...
The US healthcare reforms and medical tourism
02/04/2010 Caroline Ratner at IMTJ has just published a summary of US reaction to the Obama healthcare reforms from the medical tourism sector, so I suppose I had better throw my comments into the mix.First,...
Medical tourism statistics: Comparing apples with apples ....
12/03/2010 At Treatment Abroad, we’ve recently completed some research into the medical tourism market for a third party. It’s been an interesting exercise and has really made us question some of the statistics...
Light at the end of the medical tourism tunnel?
02/02/2010 Following my outpourings on the “Outlook for Medical Tourism in 2010”, I am pleased to say that I’ve received some positive feedback (always a good thing.... I’ll keep on blogging!). And some...
The outlook for medical tourism in 2010
14/01/2010 Before looking forward to 2010, let's look back and assess where medical tourism is now. So, was 2009 a good year for medical tourism? In 2009, we heard medical tourism “experts” across the world...
The opportunities for Korea in medical tourism
14/12/2009 South Korea is a country that has come late to the medical tourism game, but it may in the long term become one of the winners. Perhaps initially attracted by the inflated forecasts that are touted...
Budapest: the “dental capital of Europe”
19/10/2009 A recent visit to Budapest, the “dental capital of Europe” made me consider the perception of medical travel. Many people think that if you’re travelling abroad for treatment because it is far...
Practice makes perfect...a message for medical tourism providers and patients
29/09/2009 In the largest ever study of hospital mortality rates published in the UK,"death rates for emergency patients jump 6 per cent when newly qualified doctors start work. The Health Services Journal...
Transparency and fraud in health tourism
22/09/2009 One of the criticisms of buying services via the web is that you cannot always be sure with whom you are actually dealing. This is especially true in the field of health and medical tourism. When you...
Dental tourism...Let's work together
17/09/2009 The Irish Dental Association is the most recent medical professionals body to publish a "survey" raising doubts about medical tourism.In a recent press release from the Irish Dental...