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18 December 2010
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, [...]
Filed under: Industry
14 December 2010
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 [...]
Filed under: Industry
13 December 2010
En una ceremonia encabezada por el Sr. Olegario Vázquez Raña y el Lic. Olegario Vázquez Aldir, presidente y director general de Grupo Empresarial Angeles, respectivamente, y el Dr. Roberto Simón Sauma, director general de Grupo Angeles Servicios de Salud, se inauguró el Hospital Angeles Roma, el pasado 7 de octubre… Leer ahora…
Filed under: News Release
11 December 2010
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 [...]
Filed under: Industry, North America
04 November 2010
The price of dental care can be costly, even for people who have insurance.Experts say more and more people are heading to places like Mexico, Turkey, Brazil, Thailand and South Korea to get dental work done for much less. It’s an industry phenomenon called dental tourism. Sheilia Liner had broken and damaged teeth for years. [...]
Filed under: Dentistry
04 November 2010
Las curaciones, los implantes y los tratamientos de fertilidad, entre otros rubros, son parte de un negocio turístico que en 2010 moverá en el país unos 80 millones de dólares. El sector del turismo de la salud, motorizado un año atrás por hospitales y clínicas, junto con el Instituto [...]
Filed under: South America
28 October 2010
Deal in sight as EU patient mobility vote nears. A ‘yes’ vote in the European Parliament’s public health committee today (27 October) could pave the way for Europeans to get medical treatment anywhere in the Union. The worst sticking points regarding the draft directive on cross-border health care appear to have been resolved by the Committee [...]
Filed under: Europe
15 October 2010
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 [...]
Filed under: Accreditation, Industry
