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Outbound and domestic medical tourism for Americans is partly dependent on the effect of US healthcare reform

Posted on 02. Jul, 2011 by admin.

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The future direction of outbound and domestic medical tourism for Americans is partly dependent on the effect of US healthcare reform; on who pays for insurance and whether or not the insurance will pay for medical tourism. Evidence given to politicians at an official hearing has to be read with care, as some of those [...]

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Tax exemption will boost medical tourism Malaysia

Posted on 23. May, 2011 by admin.

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The Malaysian government will offer tax exemptions to all private hospitals that are willing to transform their institutions into medical tourism destinations. Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai says that all hospitals will be required to improve the quality of services, especially in terms of comfort and space in hospitals, and the quality of the workforce. [...]

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Co-operation between the UK and India in medical tourism

Posted on 20. May, 2011 by admin.

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A new article in Globalisation and Health looks at the potential for co-operation between the UK and India in medical tourism. Globalization and Health is an open access, peer-reviewed, online journal that provides an international forum for high quality original research, knowledge sharing and debate on the topic of globalization and its effects on health, [...]

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Hungary’s economy, generating 227million Euros in revenue each year from Dental Tourism, Viktor Orban said

Posted on 14. May, 2011 by admin.

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The Hungarian government has agreed to provide a substantial sum for the development of health tourism in Hungary. Prime minister Viktor Orban signed a cooperation agreement with Laszlo Szűcs of the Medical Tourism Office, focused on dental tourism. Dental tourism is crucial for Hungary’s economy, generating 227million Euros in revenue each year Viktor Orban said, [...]

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100,000 Americans die each year from preventable medical errors in hospitals”Institute of Medicine”

Posted on 26. Apr, 2011 by admin.

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By Kathleen Sebelius and David Cote (Kathleen Sebelius is the U.S. secretary of health and human services. David Cote is the CEO of Honeywell International) Many Americans get the best health care available. The United States has the world’s most skilled doctors and nurses and its finest hospitals, and people come from across the globe [...]

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Healthcare providers can now advertise in all mediums

Posted on 23. Sep, 2010 by admin.

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Private healthcare providers will now be able to advertise their services in all mediums, following the Government's decision to liberalise provisions under the Medicines (Advertisement and Sales) Act 1965, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.

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Signage for Medical tourist

Posted on 15. Feb, 2010 by admin.

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In which all languages should a signage be displayed for patient information ?? Accreditation requires easy visible display of information . Bu the question , which all languages should it be the displayed and provision for patients who do know know displayed language, e.g. A Croatian hospital displays a bilingual board of info,Croatian for local [...]