A new report from Renub Research titled Thailand Medical Tourist Arrivals, Medical Tourism Market & Forecast to 2015 provides a comprehensive analysis of the Thailand Medical tourism market covering in detail various aspects such as foreign patients' arrivals, revenue from foreign patients, competitive landscape and market share of the foreign patients' arrivals

Laura Carabello, publisher of Medical Travel Today, recently addressed the audience at the Well-Being and Travel Conference in Scottsdale, AZ on the topic of "The Rise of a Global Healthcare System". At the request of attendees and other interested parties, she has made the presentation available to readers.

Amanda, The problem with our medical care here in the US is that it's based on an economic model that is a disaster. Quality has caved in to the adoption of directives here that remove the humanity from healthcare, employing hospitalists who do nothing other than provide the hospitals with

By Laura Carabello Georgetown, Exuma - Directly across the road from the "Fish Fry" eateries on Queens Highway - the only paved end-to-end main artery on the sleepy 37 mile (60 km) island of Exuma - is the construction site of a 10- to12-bed community hospital. A $14 million building project, not

Editor's Note: Just as this issue was getting ready to publish, we were alerted to an article in the May issue ofThe Self-Insurer, a publication of the Self-Insurance Institute of America. Written by David Boucher of Companion Global Healthcare, the story's focus is the factors compelling American employers to consider incentivizing

Travelmarketreport.com - Adding medical travel to the employee benefit menu can be a plus both for the employer and for its corporate travel department. One obvious benefit - the additional air and hotel volume associated with medical travel --count toward contract performance minimums and rebate thresholds. And one less-obvious benefit

It was recently announced that a spectacular wellness travel experience worth $5,500 will be given away at this month's "Well-Being and Medical Travel Conference 2012" on June 20-21, 2012, at The Phoenician luxury resort in Scottsdale, Ariz. (www.well-beingtravelconference.com). Participants at the event's trade show will have the opportunity to play the

traveldailynews.com - BIMC Hospital Group has announced a partnership with the Courtyard by Marriott Bali to provide the country's first-ever medical tourism packages and services to inbound travelers visiting Asia's most popular island destination. Inaugurated on May 5 by Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Mari Elka Pangestu, along with officials from the

Editor's Note: healthaffairs.org recently ran an interesting piece on an effort by the Health and Human Services (HHS) Department to track how the US health system is performing. The Health System Measurement Project allows people to track the progress being made toward providing all Americans with access to affordable, high-quality healthcare and toward reducing

wam.ae - The Dubai Health Authority met with private sector organizations, Dubai Healthcare City Authority (DHCA) and Dubai Tourism and Commerce Marketing to discuss and develop a unified medical tourism initiative for the Emirate. Qadhi Saeed Al Murooshid, director-general of the Dubai Health Authority, said, "In line with the instructions