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This Week in Medical Travel Today…
Greetings, While I hate the visual of the phrase 'there's more than one way to skin a cat' evokes, it kept coming to ...
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Cliff Orme and Balbina Lankenau, CIMA Monterrey, PART TWO
Editor's Note: Part One of our conversation with Cliff Orme and Balbina Lakenau appeared in Issue 9 of Medical Travel Today. Click here to read. Medical ...
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Spotlight
Simon Hudson, Center of Economic Excellence in Tourism and Economic Development, University of South Carolina, PART ONE
Simon Hudson, Center of Economic Excellence in Tourism and Economic Development, University of South Carolina, PART ONE
Editor's Note: Earlier this year Dr. Simon Hudson and his colleague Xiang (Robert) Li published a research report entitled, Domestic Medical Tourism: A Neglected ...
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FDA Warns on Controversial MS Therapy
MedPageToday.com - The Food and Drug Administration has issued an alert about risks, including death, associated with endovascular treatments for multiple sclerosis ...
Germany Emerges as Key Destination for Gulf Tourists
Arabnews.com – Germany has become one of the key destinations for tourists from Gulf countries. Munich received 120,000 arrivals from the Gulf Cooperation Council last year and over 70 percent of the tourists were there for medical treatment,” said Frank Hell, General Manager, Charles Hotel in Munich. With a high hospitality density, Munich has become [...]
CapsulePen launches as Kickstarter’s next K.O.
New York, NY (May 10, 2012) – CapsulePen, the brainchild of Joseph Cote (serial entrepreneur and former Founder of Dance.com), hit Kickstarter (watch the video here: http://kck.st/JgHSHy) on May 9 and changes the way medication and supplement takers carry their capsules. CapsulePen is a pill box shaped like a pen, a discrete yet convenient new form [...]
Medical Travel Morphing into Niche Markets, Study Finds
Travelmarketreport.com – A new study predicts that much of the growth in medical travel will be focused in three niches – dental, cosmetic and fertility services. The 2012 Medical Tourism Facts and Figures study, released recently by the International Medical Travel Journal (IMTJ), also predicts that medical tourism’s growth will be primarily in regional and domestic travel [...]
WELL-BEING TRAVEL CONFERENCE 2012: Medical Travel Today Publisher Laura Carabello featured as opening day peaker
Ground-Breaking Event Merges Health, Wellness and Medical Industries with Travel Sellers Around the Globe Registration is now open for the ground-breaking “Well-Being Travel Conference 2012″ which will take place on June 20-21, 2012, at The Phoenician luxury resort in Scottsdale, Ariz. (www.well-beingtravelconference.com). The three-day event is positioned to make [...]
Hotels Bridging Healthcare Conference Announced
Registration is now open for June 2012 Hotels Bridging Healthcare conference Registration is now open for Hotels Bridging Healthcare (H2H), a conference on hotel, wellness and medical tourism entrepreneurship designed to provide an overview of medical tourism today and the future and concept of H2H with wellness spas. Organized by co-chairs Ali Poorani and Frederick [...]
News in Review
Superbugs Spread to 40 Nations Threatening India Medical Tourism sfgate.com - India’s $12.4 billion pharmaceutical industry manufactures almost a third of the world’s antibiotics, and people use them so liberally that relatively benign and beneficial bacteria are becoming drug-immune in a pool of resistance that thwarts even high-powered antibiotics, the so-called remedies of last resort. Why Travel [...]
This Week in Medical Travel Today…
Greetings, Yet another interesting week in the world of medical travel. Both big players and small have been at work merging resources and ideas with what some might argue are varying degrees of results. On the one hand, Ascension Health announced plans to invest $2 billion in a “health city” in the Cayman Islands. This [...]
Cliff Orme and Balbina Lankenau, CIMA Monterrey, PART ONE
Cliff Orme, President and COO, International Hospitals (CIMA) Medical Travel Today (MTT): I’d like to start with CIMA’s Medical Value Travel. What prompted its launch and how does it operate? Cliff Orme (CO):Â Medical Value Travel (MVT) came about when we realized that there were a significant number of people looking for healthcare services abroad. Most [...]
From Medical Travel for Clinical Trials to Traditional Therapies, Minerva’s Personal Health Choice Plan Offers Complete and Unbiased Care Options
As the expression goes, Farrah Walsh cut her teeth in the field of clinical research and drug development. After freshman year in college, she took her first job as an intern – Clinical Research associate through Northeastern University’s co-op program for a startup medical device company called Aspect Medical Systems. While her career path over [...]
Mixed Signals on Ascension Health Plans for $2 Billion Cayman “Health City” Project
“We’re not considering this a medical tourism facility.” “… we intend to offer cost-effective treatment for the citizens of the US and also (those) who are under-insured.” Stltoday.com – Ascension Health Alliance executives say their joint venture to build a $2 billion “health city” in the Cayman Islands with an India-based hospital group will bring [...]
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