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Health Tourism
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3rd Ministerial Summit on Medical TourismPR.com (press release)West Palm Beach, FL, May 19, 2012 --(PR.com)-- The 3rd Ministerial Summit will take place during the 5th World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress, October 24th-26th at the Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Florida. |
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Certificate system to promote 'medical tourism'Jakarta PostAiming to establish the nation as an attractive medical tourism destination, the government will introduce this summer a system to certify medical centers that are prepared to provide treatment to visitors from overseas. Medical tourism refers to the ...and more » |
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Tourism boost leads to healthy local economyCBC.caTourism has been a driving force for economic growth and job creation in the National Capital Region in the last year, according to two studies looking into the health of the local economy. A new study says the local economy got a boost from several ...and more » |
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African countries seeking to reduce outbound medical tourismIMTJSeveral African countries want to reduce the flow of outbound medical tourism, mostly to India, and eventually become local medical tourism destinations. While several African countries are promoting themselves as developing nations where local and ... |
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Central Europe promoting medical tourismIMTJIt is promoting the country's reputation for high quality and low price surgical, dental and cosmetic treatment, with the aim of attracting more medical tourists to the country. Iveta Jakoubková of CzechTourism says, “Most of the interest at the moment ...and more » |
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Policy to make Ghana health tourism destinationGhana Broadcasting CorporationThe Ministry of Health has initiated a policy to make Ghana a health tourism destination in Africa by creating specialised health centres of excellence for the treatment of complicated diseases. The essence is to attract people from all over Africa to ... |
Medical Tourism
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3rd Ministerial Summit on Medical TourismPR.com (press release)West Palm Beach, FL, May 19, 2012 --(PR.com)-- The 3rd Ministerial Summit will take place during the 5th World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress, October 24th-26th at the Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Florida. |
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Certificate system to promote 'medical tourism'Jakarta PostAiming to establish the nation as an attractive medical tourism destination, the government will introduce this summer a system to certify medical centers that are prepared to provide treatment to visitors from overseas. Medical tourism refers to the ...and more » |
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Central Europe promoting medical tourismIMTJIt is promoting the country's reputation for high quality and low price surgical, dental and cosmetic treatment, with the aim of attracting more medical tourists to the country. Iveta Jakoubková of CzechTourism says, “Most of the interest at the moment ...and more » |
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Medical tourism turns promising for AstanaCaspionetAstana will be developing medical tourism, which is one of the instructions given by the Kazakh President. At present, the number of people traveling around the world in search of medical care amounts to more than three million.and more » |
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New medical tourism web site for fertility treatmentIMTJUK online publishers, Intuition Communication, have launched a new medical travel web site aimed at infertile couples. Fertility Treatment Abroad gives infertile couples the information they need to make the right choice of infertility clinic in ... |
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African countries seeking to reduce outbound medical tourismIMTJSeveral African countries want to reduce the flow of outbound medical tourism, mostly to India, and eventually become local medical tourism destinations. While several African countries are promoting themselves as developing nations where local and ... |
Dental Tourism
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WEB EXCLUSIVE: Dental tourismKSLA-TVOn the streets of Nogales, Sonora it was hard to find an American not in town to see the dentist. "I was surprised when we walked into the waiting room that the whole place was filled with Green Valley people," said Rosie Kaiser.and more » |
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Central Europe promoting medical tourismIMTJIt is promoting the country's reputation for high quality and low price surgical, dental and cosmetic treatment, with the aim of attracting more medical tourists to the country. Iveta Jakoubková of CzechTourism says, “Most of the interest at the moment ...and more » |
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Mexico increases efforts to attract US medical touristsIMTJThe Mexican border town of Mexicali is making a push for more tourists from the American Southwest to visit the city's dentists, surgeons and doctors. Medical tourists from the USA with the right documents can skip much of the wait on the Mexican side ... |
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Medical tourism hits record 30% growth per yearMalaysia StarBy LIM WEY WEN KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's medical tourism industry has hit record levels with a more than 30% growth recorded every year for the past few years. Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said revenue collected from medical tourism and the ...and more » |
HealthCare Abroad
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What Americans Need To Know About Living AbroadSan Francisco ChronicleThe Negatives It can be tricky to obtain medical assistance overseas. Medicare benefits are not available outside of the US However, many countries have less restrictive healthcare systems and will openly accept non-citizens. |
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For Haiti's Health Care, a Virtual BoostCaribbean JournalBy the Caribbean Journal staff Medical workers and volunteers both in Haiti and abroad are now being virtually connected through a partnership between IBM and the Colleagues in Care Global Health Network. The programe involves cloud-based social ...and more » |
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Treatment abroad... for childrenIMTJOnce a pediatric surgeon, Dr Constantine Constantinides from healthCare cybernetics looks at how medical tourism has developed within the field of children's healthcare and how the EU Directive may stimulate an increase in cross border healthcare for ... |
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Gripes in India Help Spur US DealWall Street JournalBy RUMMAN AHMED, ANIRBAN CHOWDHURY and TOM WRIGHT MUMBAI—India's Piramal Healthcare Ltd. plans to acquire US-based health-information manager Decision Resources Group for about $635 million, the largest overseas acquisition by an Indian company so far ...and more » |
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SOUTH KOREA: Jeju Healthcare Town to attract medical touristsIMTJSeoul National University Hospital will be participating in the project in a development consortium with Neulproon Medical Foundation, Seowoo Co Ltd, Zhong Da Real Estate and ADI Health Care. Zhong Da Real Estate will be responsible for overseas ... |
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Indian Group to Buy US Health FirmWall Street Journal (blog)By Rumman Ahmed, Anirban Chowdhury and Tom Wright Mumbai – India's Piramal Healthcare Ltd. plans to acquire US-based health-information manager Decision Resources Group for about $635 million, the largest overseas acquisition by an Indian company so ...and more » |
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East Africa: 'Probama' Sentiment Four Years LaterAllAfrica.comBy Justine Lyons, 18 May 2012 Declared "president of the world" by CNN in the immediate aftermath of the 2008 American presidential election, Barack Obama enjoyed massive popularity at home and abroad when he arrived to the White House in January 2009. |
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 world’s first accreditation program for Health Tourism Companies.
- Los Angeles
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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