Latest Medical tourism Stories
First US hospital to be featured in popular new digital publication for the medical traveler. Chapel Hill, NC (PRWEB) September 15, 2011 Patients Beyond Borders,® the best-selling consumer reference guide for medical tourism, is pleased to announce the official release of FOCUS ON: Cleveland Clinic, profiling one of the top international healthcare centers in the world. Now available as a digital download, Patients Beyond Borders FOCUS ON: Cleveland Clinic will provide global...
BOCA RATON, Fla., Sept. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MX.com today announced that Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Health System (together known as Johns Hopkins Medicine) will offer on an ongoing basis healthcare solutions and intellectual property pioneered at their medical center on the MX.com website, allowing hospitals throughout the world to adopt evidence-based programs shown to positively affect standards of care. As part of the collaboration, Johns Hopkins...
Medical tourism track expected to draw greater crowds as America’s aging population faces deeper cuts to Medicare Chapel Hill, NC (PRWEB) September 07, 2011 Josef Woodman, author of Patients Beyond Borders, has again been selected as a featured presenter and moderator at Life@50+, AARP’s National Event and Expo, Sept. 22–24, at the Los Angeles Convention Center (CA). Woodman will moderate a panel discussion titled, “Medical Tourism: Is It for Me and What Do I...
Teresa Villarreal-Harrison Announces the Formation of Med Parts Plus to Distribute Quality Hospital Bed Replacement Parts and Refurbished Hospital Beds Auburn, AL (PRWEB) August 20, 2011 Teresa Villarreal-Harrison has formed Med Parts Plus, LLC to become the leading provider of quality hospital bed replacement parts and refurbished hospital beds to hospitals, healthcare providers and medical learning institutions. Specializing in Hill Rom parts and beds, Med Parts Plus provides...
B. E. Smith, the only full-service senior leadership solutions firm dedicated exclusively to healthcare providers, has been retained by the board of directors to lead a national CEO search for Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna, Alaska. The top executive search firm in the healthcare market, B. E. Smith placed more than 300 senior-level healthcare executives into organizations worldwide last year. Lenexa, Kan. (PRWEB) August 19, 2011 B. E. Smith, the only full-service senior...
As a national distributor of medical supplies and equipment to hospitals, non-acute care clinics and industry, QuickMedical® will now market and sell the new line of Winco Manufacturing medical furnishings. Issaquah, WA (PRWEB) August 18, 2011 QuickMedical announced today that they will add the line of Winco Manufacturing medical furnishings to their inventory and distribution channels. Winco Manufacturing is a new QuickMedical medical equipment supplier, but they aren't new to the...
Local Pre and Post Surgery Testing Available for Medical Tourism Patients Alpharetta, GA (PRWEB) August 17, 2011 ANY LAB TEST NOW® is pleased to announce its partnership with Cambria Health Care, Inc. to provide pre-surgery and post-procedure lab tests for patients accessing affordable, quality healthcare through international and domestic medical tourism. Cambria Health Care is a medical tourism facilitator that works with employers and individuals that are uninsured, have...
HANOVER, N.H., Aug. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The remarkable rise in medical tourism, where patients travel out of their home country for their plastic surgery, has put into question the foundation of the patient-doctor relationship and is endangering many who seek low cost surgery. "We see travel agencies brokering surgery for their clients with surgeons they have never met. The patients have no assurance that their surgeon is properly trained or qualified to perform the...
iTriage Mobile App Allows Patients to Find ERs at the Touch of a Finger Lakewood, CO and Lafayette, LA (PRWEB) August 11, 2011 Underscoring ways in which hospitals can use mobile technology to reach patients, Schumacher Group, a leading emergency medicine staffing and management firm, announced today that it will use Healthagen's iTriage® mobile healthcare platform to enable over 180 of its hospital clients to promote their services to smartphone-toting patients in need of hospital...
DALLAS, August 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The "World Healthcare IT Market: Trends & Forecast (2010 - 2015) [http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/healthcare-information-technology-market-136.html ] " analyzes and studies the major market drivers, restraints, and opportunities in North America, Europe, Asia, & Rest of the world. Browse market data tables and in-depth TOC on World Healthcare IT Market: Trends & Forecast (2010-2015)....
