Medical tourism to be limited in Israel’s hospitals
While the Ministry of Tourism is promoting Israel as a medical tourist destination and sponsoring medical tourism conferences, the Ministry of Health is preparing...
European health systems under siege
HOPE, the European Hospital and Health Care Federation asserts that many European health systems could soon be in crisis, in a report 'The Crisis,...
Ilan Geva talks about what branding means in medical tourism
Caroline Ratner of the IMTJ talks to Ilan Geva about what branding means in medical tourism. Ilan runs Ilan Geva and Friends, a Chicago...
Google retires Google Health, scrapping plans for “global patient records”
Google has announced that it plans to “retire” Google Health in January 2012. It’s a blow to those in the medical tourism world who...
Is the Middle East a destination or a source of medical tourists?
Dr Mussaad Al-Razouki of Kuwait based Kleos Healthcare Corporation has been reported as working with an unnamed government in the Middle East that spends...
Agencies promote Central and Southern American medical tourism
Taking advantage of the publicity that US domestic and overseas medical tourism is getting, an increasing number of agencies are promoting hospitals and clinics...
Is outbound tourism from the UK recovering?
Ian Youngman from IMTJ looks at some of the factors that may return outbound medical tourism to growth. Reductions in funding and failure to...
Cebu becoming focus for medical tourism in the Philippines
While other areas of the Philippines are still talking about developing medical tourism, Cebu is making rapid progress. Seeing Cebu’s potential for medical tourism,...
Health tourism on the Hungary/Croatia borders
An EU funded project, 'The Role of Health Tourism in Improving the Competitive Strength of the Rural Areas in Hungary and Croatia' is a...
Why you should believe your customers actions not their claims.
Low Resolution Innovation Tests” highlights the problem faced by anyone who is considering investment in the medical tourism business.
A recent article in Harvard Business...