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Technology & Innovation

How Blockchain Technology Can Transform Healthcare

Healthcare sector has witnessed many technological phases like virtual reality, artificial intelligence-driven health solutions. Apart from that, it has recently met with a revolutionized technology known as blockchain, which is safe and secure.

Destination Spotlight

The Future of Health Tourism in China's Hainan Province

Hainan is China's largest economic zone and the island is currently under construction, covering 67% of ocean territory in China. Hainan leverages convenient transportation system, wide diplomatic networks, rich culture and strategic destination for health travel.

Editorial

10 Essentials You Need to Pack for Your Medical Tourism Trip

Packing is a huge task and when you are traveling away from home for a medical procedure, it is recommended to pack with care. To avoid stress during immigration and security, remember to put every important thing in the baggage itself.

Healthcare Development & Architecture

Population Health Management Strategies

Population health management refers to the proactive application of interventions and strategies for promoting good health. PHM is growing in significance with the paradigm shift in resource allocation in hospitals and reimbursement strategies.

Editorial

GDPR Compliance and its Implications for Health Travel

GDPR is due to take effect and there have been many concerns and uncertainties as how much the EU regulation will get affected. The GDPR is a regulation that was approved by the EU after four years of strong deliberation.

Technology & Innovation

Trends in Healthcare Digital Revolution

Digital revolution is considered as the fourth industrial revolution and has seen increased investment over the last few years. With the current trend in connected healthcare, widespread use of technology-enabled healthcare will make this idea.

Marketing & Business Development

Leveraging Social Media to Boost Online Reputation in Health Tourism

Social media can help build or break the online reputation of a tourist site as a poor review would leave a negative impression. Stakeholders in medical tourism are starting to employ the social media market to its full potential.

Technology & Innovation

Cyber Attacks and Approaches to Protecting Health Data

Recently, advancement in technology has gained a massive entry into the healthcare scene with tech companies revolutionizing health. Healthcare is getting more investments as healthcare providers and insurers are using tech to make efficient healthcare delivery.

Marketing & Business Development

Destination Branding in Medical Tourism

Branding will play a crucial role in the future of telemedicine, genomics medicine, stem cell treatments, and other developments. The brand reflects reputation, the uniqueness of its product or services, customer rating, values, price, and customer care.

Insurance & Benefits

Employer Direct Contracting in Medical Tourism

As the healthcare costs are rising and plans stiffing, employers are seeking out ways to lower costs of healthcare plans. One strategy to do is by direct contracting between employers and centers of excellence.

Patient Experience & Hospitality

Boosting Patient Experience in Health Travel

The industry of health tourism is driven by the quality of care, and it includes medical treatment provided to each patient. To boost patient experience, one must consider all the processes involved in scheduling the visit, the treatment and recovery period.

Editorial

The Uberization of Healthcare

Healthcare is going Uber's way of providing user-centered medical treatment options which lower costs and save consumer's time. Technology companies are disrupting the scene in healthcare, telemedicine is about the new UBER in healthcare delivery.

Economics & Investments

Five Factors to Consider before Foreign Investments in Medical Tourism

These days millions of patients are traveling from home to other destinations to seek affordable and better healthcare. Top procedures medical tourists travel for include cosmetic surgery, dental care, cardiac surgical procedures, cancer care, etc.

Editorial

Optimizing Healthcare Infrastructure to Boost Medical Tourism

In this global medical tourism industry, to increase a country's stake in the market is the quality of healthcare infrastructure. The competition for international patients has heated on as governments, and private groups identifying essential markets.

Editorial

An Intimate Interview with Medical Tourism Association CEO Jonathan Edelheit

The Medical Tourism Association is the global trade association for medical tourism and travel.The association works with governments, hospitals, insurers and medical tourism players in over 100 countries.

Marketing & Business Development

Marketing Strategies in Healthcare Tourism

Attracting international patients is at the core of medical tourism and the industry is becoming more competitive each day. Marketing is the central factor for success in the health tourism industry, and hospital with marketing influx receiving more leads.

Insurance & Benefits

Insurers Changing the Game in Medical Tourism

Employees have realized that seeking healthcare services abroad is more cost-effective than seeking same services at home. This is such that even after factoring in travel expenses, accommodation, and sick days off work, patients still get to save more money.

Healthcare Reform - Legal & Policy

Healthcare Tourism: The Mosaic of Patient Referrals

International patient referral constitutes a major channel for health travel between different parts of the world. Hospitals partner with public or private healthcare groups or public healthcare ministries between countries allows patients to receive healthcare services in partner hospitals.

Accreditation & Certification

Healthcare Accreditation Driving Patient Excellence in Europe

Since the industry began expanding, more and more patients have had to leave their home countries for other countries to seek healthcare treatment and sometimes.

Healthcare Reform - Legal & Policy

European Medical Tourism and Global Healthcare Congress 2018: Benefits to Stakeholders

With renowned healthcare professionals, leaders of healthcare institutions, and government officials speaking at the event, participants will be empowered and challenged to recreate the medical tourism industry of the future in Europe.