The Expatriate Healthcare, Travel Insurance and Global Health Insurance Conference
October 26th-28th 2011, Chigago, IL
The Expatriate Healthcare, Travel Insurance and Global Health Insurance Conference, the 2nd annual Global Benefits Conference, Expatriate Benefits, Travel Insurance and Global Health Insurance Conference, featuring over 30 expert speakers, mainly from governments, international insurance companies and employers, up [...]

What motivates professionals to engage in the accreditation of healthcare organizations?
Objective
Motivated staff are needed to improve quality and safety in healthcare organizations. Stimulating and engaging staff to participate in [...]

February 3, 2011 – West Palm Beach, FL
The Medical Tourism Association has announced it will take over management of MedicalTourism.com (http://www.medicaltourism.com/), the top ranking website for medical tourism, as part of its 2011 Consumer Awareness Program.  This program pioneers a massive educational platform for patients in emerging markets to learn about healthcare providers worldwide.
The MedicalTourism.com [...]

Medical tourism is a massive and rapidly growing travel sector all over the world and is forecast to be worth USD100 billion by 2012.
The sector is growing at a rate of 20-30% a year with no slowdown foreseen. The Times of India recently cited figures from Frost and Sullivan, [...]

Ejecutivos de hospitales buscan desarrollar estrategia de promoción
El gobernador Luis Fortuño firmó ayer la ley de Turismo Médico, que establece la política pública respecto a este renglón y que fomenta su promoción desde el Gobierno.
El presidente de la Asociación de Hospitales, Jaime Pla, dijo que la nueva ley dará el empuje necesario para desarrollar ese [...]

Survey gives nation unsatisfactory grade on most measures of well-being.
THURSDAY, Dec. 9 (HealthDay News) — The United States has failed to reach almost every goal set for women’s health, a new report says.
Conducted by the National Women’s Law Center and Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU), the report — based largely on [...]

With the growth of overseas healthcare facilities marketing themselves as a suitable alternative for the North American patient, the inevitable question is “how safe are they?” and “will I receive the same quality of care I would receive in an American hospital?”
A practical solution to this is for the healthcare facility to [...]

Bupa International and JCI Develop Quality Assurance Programme.
Leading expatriate health insurer, Bupa International, has developed a quality assurance programme for its 7,500 recognised providers worldwide with the assistance of Joint Commission International (JCI), the world’s leading international healthcare accreditation body. The programme will reassure Bupa International customers that they have [...]