Predicting the Brexit effect on EU healthcare travel
Arrangements for the provision of specific cross border healthcare services between the UK and the Republic of Ireland should not be affected by Brexit…in...
Cleveland Clinic USA – at the forefront of cancer centre design and patient experience
The Taussig Cancer Center at the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA pushes the boundaries of cancer centre design, ensuring the building layout is central to...
Are small, specialised private clinics the best bet?
Taken at face value Caribbean nations with good connections by air, advanced medical facilities and well qualified staff ought to be well placed to...
Global medical prices will keep rising in 2019
The 2019 Global Medical Trends Survey suggests that medical prices will keep rising in 2019. China, India and Malaysia rises could exceed 10%. Ian...
Obstacles and opportunities in American healthcare
In the second of their two-part series on the US health insurance market and medical travel opportunities, Irving Stackpole and Elizabeth Ziemba look at...
Clinics in Poland are successfully targeting international patients
Awareness of medical travel to Poland is increasing, and medical centres are keen to attract more international patients. Unfortunately, many still don’t know how. ...
International accreditation requires CQI: what is it?
Hospitals and clinics are increasingly interested in being accredited by international, independent bodies like Temos International. As a basic requirement for engaging in the...
What can Albania offer the medical tourist
Albania is not known as a medical travel destination, however some private healthcare groups in the country are now investing heavily in quality and...
New study compares risks of travel to global destinations
How risky is it to be a medical tourist? Ian Youngman analyses a new global risk travel map and says that businesses and organisations...
Will TCM move centre stage in global health tourism?
At the end of 2018 the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies agreed a global set of principles and practices for Chinese medicine practitioners....