SmartCare Worldwide, a Houston-based medical travel facilitator, has launched a comprehensive medical travel benefits program that is available to all US employers. The new medical travel program will cut overall healthcare costs and provide employers a meaningful give-back benefit for their employees.

EasyMed Services Inc. announces the launch of a new smartphone application for its International Medical Passport on the Android platform. EasyMed's International Medical Passport makes medical records accessible worldwide by smartphone - an important service for all business travelers. Today's global travelers need

TIME Magazine Address the High Cost of Health Care in America Editor's Note: For those who missed it, TIME Magazine's Steve Brill did a great job of examining the true cost of healthcare in America in his recent cover story, Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills are Killing Us. To

Clare Morris Clare Morris Editor's Note: Covering the business of medical travel as we do, it's easy to go for long stretches without checking with the end consumer: the patient. In this week's issue

Editor's Note: According to a recent story in business-standard.com, medical travel is creating new opportunities for service apartments in India. The article notes that patients and the companions prefer apartments to hotels for longer stays and, not surprisingly, rental agencies prefer medical travelers to

Editor's Note: A recent story in TIME Magazine takes a hard look at a new policy by India's Home Ministry that could have a huge impact on the country's $2.5 billion surrogacy industry. The perceived morally-based policy has both fertility centers and surrogates scrambling for understanding.

caymannewsservice.com-Work has finally begun on the much anticipated first phase of Dr. Devi Shetty's medical tourism project in East End. According to the local partners, some 40 workers, most of whom are said to be Caymanian, are now on the Health City Cayman

bworldonline.com- "The Tourism and Health departments are working on a medical tourism program. We are trying to see which are areas or services we can offer and where we can excel," said Tourism Secretary Ramon R. Jimenez, Jr. in an interview after the

The rise of first-rate hospitals abroad may provide a vital lifeline for Americans. Written by Jim Epstein of Reason.com. Reprinted with permission. Outside of the United States, going to another country for medical care can lead to survival and recovery for

Newest translated edition targets health and wellness travelers from mainland China The Taiwan Task Force for Medical Travel (TTFMT) and Patients Beyond Borders jointly announce the launch of Patients Beyond Borders: Taiwan Edition, Simplified Chinese Translation for international distribution in January 2013. Supported by the Taiwan government,