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The Top 5 Reasons to Join the MTA Today

MTA helps you build a professional network, improve skills and knowledge, meet new people, professional association. The Medical Tourism Association is offering both a Certified Medical Tourism Professional and membership to the MTA for only $479.

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9 Benefits You Receive By Advancing Your Career This Weekend

You are a young professional just entering the job market looking for something to set you apart from your peers. The thoughts and concerns among working professionals are often the time revolve around their mind and they aren't alone getting these thoughts.

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Improving Patient Care in the Face of a National Nurse Shortage

Patient care is suffering due to the lack of nurses in hospital units, 46.8% of all nurses made a medication mistake owing to high pressure. It is advised to increase the nurse count and adjusting the workload in the emergency department to enhance safety.

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Providing 5 Star Treatment - An Interview with Poliklinika Bagatin CEO Ognjen Bagatin

Europeans have a long history of traveling for health services both organically and through EU Cross Border Directive policies. While Americans traveling abroad for care is more recent owing to huge medical and surgery costs in the U.S.

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The Stem Cell - A Cautionary Tale on a Global Scale

Crafting an accurate narrative that makes sense of the nonsensical in the study of stem cells is one of medical's greatest goal. The understanding of the stem cell; their existence and their potential application is at the core of human desires.

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Global Healthcare Opportunities and Development in China - An Interview With Lisa Han

Lisa Han provides legal services for hospitals, governments, facilitators in the global healthcare space, and other legal issues. China recently started reforming its healthcare system with the goal of innovating China's healthcare space by 2020.

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Cleveland Clinic on the Changing Landscape of Medical Tourism

Nizar Zein, Chairman of Global Patient Services at the Cleveland Clinic spoke at the World Medical Tourism Congress's Medical Summit. Dr. Zein told MTM, changes are driven by economic growth and due to economic indicators, people's destination will change.

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Self Funding & Medical Tourism: What Does One Have to do With the Other?

The World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress (WMTC) integrated with the Employer Healthcare & Benefits Congress (EHBC). The purpose of this merger is to open up opportunities for both medical tourism professional and U.S. based employers.

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Out of this World Medical Travel

One of the thrilling adventures would be a trip to space with Dr. James, CMO of the National Aeronautical & Space Administration. It was medical tourism, not space tourism and you might see that the two are intersecting.

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Population Health Management Strategies Challenges and Advice From Aetna International

Aetna International focus on population health management which involves helping governments and payers improve the infrastructure. It has projects around the world while having a strong focus on the MENA region.

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How Wearable Medical Devices are Transforming Healthcare

By connecting our senses to sensors, wearable technology has made a quantum leap, unlocking opportunities across multiple industries. Wearable healthcare technology is gaining widespread popularity, primarily owing to its ease of use and flexibility.‍

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Bagatin Clinic The Gold Sponsor of the World Medical Tourism Congress in Los Angeles

This October, from the 2nd to the 4th, is for the 10th World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress (WMTC) in Los Angeles. The WMTC is the most comprehensive international health conference and attracts participants from all over the world.

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Telehealth: Facilitating Essential Provider-to-Provider Communications for Mental Healthcare

The national alliance on mental illness and the national institute indicates that 1 in 5 Americans lives with mental health. Untreated mental illness costs approximately $100 billion in lost productivity each year.

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The Current (And Future) Medical Tourism Industry Landscape Pt.2

The growth of the industry and mounting consumer demand for international healthcare solutions and medical tourism professionals. Many factors influence medical tourism at both a macro and micro level, it is difficult to work in the industry.

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The Current (And Future) Medical Tourism Industry Landscape Pt.1

Patients come from a wide range of geographic regions, ethnicities, and socio-economic conditions and travel for various medications. By looking at the drivers of growth, as well as a snapshot of the industry, we can predict future trends for the industry.

Accreditation & Certification

6 Reasons Why You Need To Register for the WMTC

We all have been to boring conferences taking place across the world where the speakers trying to sell products you don't need. But the World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress (WMTC), at LA Convention Center from October 2 -4, 2017 is different.

Editorial

Everything You Need to Know About Employer Direct Contracting (Infographic)

Negotiating directly with businesses, hospitals receive a steady stream of patients and that reflects the future of the industry. Employers receive high-quality medical care at a very low cost.

Economics & Investments

As the Cost of Cancer Treatment Rises Patients Pay the Price

Cancer is like a crisis in the U.S. in terms of prevalence and cost and is the second leading cause of death in the U.S. According to a study, the cost of treatment with a newer cancer medication may reach over $100,000 per year for each patient.‍

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How Healthcare Facilities Can Prepare for Infectious Disease Outbreaks [Infographic]

Studies conducted in the aftermath of the 2014 Ebola outbreak, the researchers concluded that there are three categories. Better compliance with International Health Regulations, Reforming the World Health Organization and improving research and knowledge sharing.‍

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The Importance of Empathy in Medical Travel

Healthcare providers are operating in a multicultural environment characterized by interactions with patients having different values. This reality across providers can lead to challenges in providing culturally competent and respectful care.