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Health Tourism
UAE health tourism industry set for boomArabianBusiness.com, United Arab Emirates - 5 hours agoGlobally, health tourism is estimated to be worth $50 billion annually, with a range of developing nations spearheading a trend of offering cheap healthcare ... |
Tourism for Mental HealthFocus on Travel News, Turkey - Aug 16, 2008You've heard of "medical tourism" and "health and wellness tourism". Now, get ready for a new one: "Mental Health Tourism". A paper presented by Japanese ... |
tea tourism helps spread Darjeeling aromaSydney Morning Herald, Australia - 11 hours ago"We are experiencing history here as these tea estates will not perhaps survive for more than 50 years," said Alicia Melrose, a health professional from New ... |
Plumas County news on-linePlumas County Newspapers, CA - 17 hours agoRecreation districts and tourism took hits. Each of the four recreation districts would go from a general fund contribution of $6500 to $2500. ... |
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Globalisation and health careEconomist, UK - Aug 14, 2008As far as America is concerned, there will be limits to the impact of health tourism. Many medical procedures cannot be done abroad safely, concerns about ... |
Medical Tourism
UAE health tourism industry set for boomArabianBusiness.com, United Arab Emirates - 5 hours agoDubai has already become a hub for medical tourism throughout this region, as tourists come here for quality healthcare services.” |
Medical Tourism Has a Powerful AdvocateThe Ledger, FL - Aug 16, 2008By ARTHUR FROMMER About a year ago, I wrote about the first full-length book to take up the subject of medical and dental tourism in a serious, detailed and ... |
Lifespan Announces Extended LifespanBusiness Wire (press release), CA - 3 hours ago... a technology that the Company acquired in 2003 may now offer significant opportunities in the home healthcare, telemedicine and medical tourism space. ... |
Dental Tourism
News briefsWaynesville Smoky Mountain News, NC - 35 minutes agoA free dental clinic will be held from 7 am to 5 pm on Sept. 5-6 at the Jackson County Community Services Building in Sylva. No appointments are necessary ... |
Area workers please bossesWatertownDailyTimes.com, United States - 2 hours agoIn terms of health-care benefits, employers said they generally offered medical, dental and optical options. They reported that such benefits represented ... |
Krauses to lead Watermelon Days paradeElgin Echo, IA - Aug 13, 2008After finishing dental school, the Krauses and their children moved to Kalona where Rudy worked as an associate in a dental practice. ... |
PRESS DIGEST - Malaysia - Aug 14Reuters - Aug 13, 2008Tourism Malaysia Director-General Mirza Mohamad Taiyab has run foul the law for having a 13860 ringgit dental implant treatment allegedly sponsored by a ... |
Charitable and Green at this year’s IT&CMA & CTWe-Travel Blackboard (press release), Australia - Jul 21, 2008Those feeling charitable should bring a shoebox of essentials such as stationary, dental products, clothes or toys for the less fortunate children in the ... |
HealthCare Abroad
Singapore's appeal for healthcare candidatesVedior, Netherlands - 6 hours agoA Singapore official has called for more healthcare professionals from abroad to work in the country as the sector is set to see radical changes. ... |
Jacobs retiring from Windber Medical CenterDaily American Online, PA - 10 hours agoLast month Jacobs announced that he had published his first book, “Taking the Hell out of Healthcare,” a how-to for readers dealing with the hospital ... |
McCain 5 points over Obama: pollThe Swamp - Tribune's Washington Bureau, DC - 1 hour agoThe McCain campaign appears to have had some success in turning what had appeared to be Obama's positives -- his popularity here and abroad - to a negative ... |
SMS of the Day : WednesdayNamibian, Namibia - 4 hours agoIs the aim of PHC not to bring healthcare closer to the community? - Concerned patient * I'M a resident in Grootfontein. I used to collect my medication ... |
Less inconvenience for public, promise sponsorsThe News - International, Pakistan - 17 hours agoReaching two important healthcare institutions of the city ie Liaquat National Hospital and Aga Khan Hospital virtually became a mission impossible due to ... |
MicroIslet Appoints Seasoned FinanceAd-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung), Germany - 2 hours agoFrom 1988 to 1995, Mr. Conn served various financial and executive roles in healthcare and real estate companies. Mr. Conn holds a BS in Finance from ... |
Intel shows its human sideVNUNet.com, UK - 19 hours agoBarrett gave examples of some new developments in education, healthcare and the environment – showing in each case how a small idea had been developed into ... |
Jul 14, 2007 - - Australia's Herald Sun reports increase in number of botched cosmetic surgeries received in Asia. - Australia
Jun 24, 2007 - - Wellmed Media has officially launched the first exclusive news portal on Arab medical tourism industry.
- UAE
Jan. 13, 2007 - - Healthcare tourist becomes quadriplegic after language barrier interpretation error. - Philippines
Jan 8, 2007 - - Chandigarh - HealthCare Tourism Destination faces acute shortage of Ambulances. Source: Indian Express Newspapers
May 29, 2006 - - Outsourcing Your Heart - Time Magazine
May 9, 2006 - - Americans increasingly traveling overseas for cheaper surgeries - USA Today
May 3, 2006 - - India Offers Both Best, Worst of Health Care
May 26, 2005 - - Medical Tourism - ABC Radio National
March 26, 2005 - - A Passage to India for Medical Treatment
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Jul. 5, 2008 - - HTI relaunches HTI Compliance program for health tourism operators, clinics and hospital referral agencies.
Feb. 8, 2008 - - HTI terminates non-clinical accreditation program; releases full protoocol to the public as open source to promote global health travel safety.
Jan. 28, 2008 - - HTI announces that as many as 1 million Americans will receive health care abroad in 2008, with up to 40% seeking dental services and 23% seeking cosmetic surgery.
Jan. 27, 2008 - - - -HTI publishes 1st annual health travel trends for the health tourism industry.
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Jan. 22, 2008 - - HTI announces that dental services and India top the list of most popular procedures and locations for health travel.
Dec. 13, 2007 - - HealthCare Tourism International opens first international office in South America - Quito, Ecuador.
Oct. 15, 2007 - - HealthCare Tourism International opens first international office in Asia - Gurgaon, India.
Oct. 8, 2007 - - HealthCare Tourism International to Chair and present at International Medical Tourism Forum, 2007 - Goa, India.
Sept. 8, 2007 - - HealthCare Tourism International launches the worlds first accreditation program for Health Tourism Companies.
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Mar. 17, 2007 - - HealthCare Trip on track to launch providers accreditation service by July, 2007; Beta-accreditation system to be tested in June.
Jul. 30, 2006 - - HealthCare Trip to launch a new HealthCare Tourism accreditation service for health care tourism operators, agencies, hotels and hired car/chaffeur driver companies.
Jul. 24, 2006 - - HealthCare Trip Launches Free Non-Profit Portal For Patients Traveling Abroad For HealthCare (Health Tourism, Medical Tourism and Dental Tourism).
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