Barbados Fertility Centre receives JCI seal of approval
Barbados Fertility Centre (BFC) has received the gold seal of approval from Joint Commission International. It has been reaccredited, meaning the clinic has maintained...
Medeguide and AAPP form partnership to promote Doctors Online
Medeguide, a leading online international doctor directory, and the American Academy of Private Physicians (AAPP), a nationwide association of private doctors, have formed a...
Estonia studies how to develop medical tourism
In analyzing alternate development strategies for health care tourism, Estonia concluded that it needs a much better understanding of what consumers in target countries...
A discussion on the legal ramification of medical tourism in the USA
I. Glenn Cohen, Assistant Professor at Harvard Law School, and Gregory W. Moore, leader of the healthcare practice group at the US law firm...
Cross-border healthcare could cause a surge of patient numbers from abroad
Will European hospitals see a surge in patient numbers following the approval of the EU Directive on Cross-Border Healthcare by the European Parliament last...
Lebanon appoints Accreditation Canada International
The Ministry of Public Health in Lebanon seeks to improve the quality of primary health care in Lebanon. Accreditation Canada International has begun training...
One in four cosmetic surgery patients are medical tourists
A survey by the international cosmetic surgery portal Estheticon.com found that one in four cosmetic surgery procedures carried out in the Czech Republic in...
European Cross-Border Health Care Organization launches
The European Cross-Border Health Care Organization (ECHO) is a new forum for the European cross-border healthcare sector, which aims to embrace members from all...
Wellspring Meditour India Facilitates CME and Health Camp at Muscat
The high value potential of India?s meditourism has remained a distant dream for many years until a handful of dynamic promoters came forward to...
European Parliament passes EU cross-border healthcare directive
An historic vote in the European Parliament on 19 January paves the way for residents to seek health care anywhere in the European Union,...