Transitioning GLHV to an international medical tourism company BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global Health Voyager, Inc. (GLHV)(OTCBB: GLHV) is now positioned as a publicly-traded international medical tourism company with completion of the asset acquisition of PlanetHospital.  Rudy Rupak, founder and CEO of PlanetHospital, will lead the PlanetHospital operations for GLHV. PlanetHospital has been a

Laura, I am reading your book Medical Travel Today: Opinions and Perspectives on an Industry in the Making and am finding it immensely informative. It is superb. I am a practicing physician assistant in Addiction and Internal Medicine and am planning on being involved in medical travel facilitation. I am eventually relocating to Brazil. Your newsletter and again your

Editor's Note: A new paper by Professor Leigh Turner of the Center for Bioethics, University of Minnesota offers an interesting look at the current realities of the medical travel industry in Canada. The article effectively analyzes websites of Canadian medical tourism companies that advertised international healthcare but ultimately exited the

Business Wire—Health Options Worldwide (HOW) and Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) have agreed to expand healthcare options and accessibility for cancer patients at all four CTCA regional destination hospitals in Chicago, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Tulsa. HOW is an online healthcare management system providing comprehensive solutions for employers and insurers, including

Medical service providers, hotels and travel agents are establishing their own association to develop and promote Thailand as a medical tourism destination, and especially to lure visitors from high-spending markets like the Middle East, Russia, the United Kingdom, China and Japan. The Nation — "The Thailand Federation of Medical Tourism Association,

Center for Medical Tourism Research (CMTR) www.medicaltourismresearch.org   Call for Papers (CFP) 3rd Annual Medical Tourism Research Conference “The Power of consumerism- patient choice & medical travel” February 13-15, 2012 – San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A. KeyNote Speaker: Dr. Tricia Johnson,Rush University Dr. Johnson is the author of

  The operation was held in Barcelona by Dr. Antonio Ma de Lacy, Head of the Gastrointestinal Surgery Unit at the Hospital Clínic (University of Barcelona), through a new surgical technique, HANDS. This procedure could be applied in 100% of patients who need a colon removal. The patient, 36

Web-based medical tourism company Global Health Voyager Inc. (OTCBB: GLHV) today announced it has entered into a partnership with Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, one of the largest hospitals in Israel. An 800-bed facility, Assad Harofeh Medical Center offers traditional Western medicine and a comprehensive range of medical-surgical services. “The

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.--October 13, 2011--Global Health Voyager, Inc. (OTCBB: GLHV), a full-service web-based medical tourism company, today announced a partnership withAssaf Harofeh Medical Center, an 800-bed facility and one of the largest hospitals in Israel offering traditional western medicine and a comprehensive range of medical-surgical services. “Israel is a highly sought-after

Editor's Note: Part One of our interview with J. Kevin A. McKechnie that ran in our last issue prompted Tim Morales, President of Costa Rican Medical Care, to pen the following response regarding the history of HSAs in medical travel. We thank Mr. Morales for taking the time to write