World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress

07/10/2024

🌐 Revolutionizing Medical Tourism with Mastercard and MTA 🌐

We're excited to announce that Mastercard and the Medical Tourism Association (MTA) have joined forces to transform the medical tourism industry! 🌍✨

The Medical Tourism Association will introduce a one-stop platform with Mastercard payment capabilities, bringing more convenience, flexibility, and trust to the medical tourism sector. This groundbreaking initiative aims to modernize the entire healthcare experience for patients and providers worldwide.

💳 Key Benefits:
• Seamless Payments: Utilizing Mastercard’s commercial virtual card technology for fast and secure payments.
• Enhanced Security: Increased security and robust controls for healthcare providers.
• Improved Transparency: Real-time remittance data for efficient reconciliation.

📊 Industry Insights: A recent Medical Tourism Patient Survey reveals that over half of global patients face challenges with international payments due to hidden costs and exchange rate complexities. This partnership addresses these issues, ensuring a smoother payment process.

🔗 Better by MTA Platform: The MTA is also developing the Better by MTA platform, integrating Mastercard’s payment capabilities to combine medical and travel services in one user-friendly interface. From booking procedures to arranging travel and lodging, manage all aspects of your medical journey with ease!

Chad Wallace, Global Head of Commercial Solutions at Mastercard, states, “We’re embedding our technologies to drive safer and faster payment experiences, reimagining the healthcare ecosystem.”

Jonathan Edelheit, Chairman & Co-Founder of the MTA, adds, “Our exclusive partnership with Mastercard modernizes the global healthcare experience through a state-of-the-art platform serving as a global ecosystem to bridge medical travelers, qualified facilitators, and accredited healthcare providers. We alleviate anxiety by providing access to trusted providers, robust education, financing options, and unparalleled quality care.”

Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to enhance the medical tourism experience. If you are a provider and are interested in participating in the project, contact us by clicking here: https://www.better.medicaltourism.com/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Post-1

12/03/2023

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11/10/2021

LIMARP International Center of Excellence for in Tijuana, Mexico has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation by the Global Healthcare Accreditation (GHA) Program for its Medical Travel Services Program.

Established in 2002 by Dr. Liza María P***a González, CEO and Founder, LIMARP is a leading medical and surgical center of excellence, committed to improving the lives of people who are overweight or obese.

LIMARP was officially notified of the accreditation decision on October 26, 2021, after completing a three-day remote accreditation survey conducted by two GHA surveyors.

Continue reading: https://www.globalhealthcareaccreditation.com/news/limarp-international-center-of-excellence-for-obesity-achieves-global-healthcare-accreditation

LIMARP achieves GHA Medical Tourism Accreditation

10/07/2021

We are proud to announce that our friends at the Paley Institute are leading in clubfoot treatment for children globally.

Clubfoot is a result of short and tight tendons restricting the flexibility of the ankle, causing the foot to turn down and inward in most cases. This condition affects 1 infant out of every 1,000 live births. According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), this frequency makes clubfoot one of the most common congenial foot deformities.

Parents from all over the world bring their children to Dr. Matthew Dobbs, who leads Dobbs Clubfoot Center at Paley Institute, to find treatment for congenital orthopedic problems. The treatment philosophy at The Dobbs Clubfoot Center focuses on reconstruction over amputation, and a commitment to preserving limbs and joints and restoring function.

Continue reading: https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/sponsor-story/st-marys-medical-center/2021/09/23/palm-beach-hospital-leads-clubfoot-treatment-children-globally/5815113001/

This medical center offers comprehensive children’s orthopedic care from leading experts.

09/16/2021

Uni Hospital in Panagyurishte, Bulgaria has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation by the Global Healthcare Accreditation (GHA) Program for its Medical Travel Services Program.

Uni Hospital is a state-of-the-art hospital and is the result of the largest private investment in Bulgarian healthcare in the past 25 years. The hospital’s mission is to offer patients in Bulgaria and abroad a comprehensive range of highly specialized medical services and leading technology in one convenient location.

According to Dr. Iavor Drenski, Chief Executive Officer of Assarel Panagyrishte Zdrave Ltd. owner of Uni Hospital, “The strive for patent safety and quality assurance is our utmost goal and we are now evaluated and certified for our achievements in medical care. Now Uni Hospital is certified by Global Healthcare Accreditation for Medical Travel Services and will continue providing our holistic and state-of-art medical protocols to a broader range of patients in our region and for global medical travelers.”

Continue reading: https://www.globalhealthcareaccreditation.com/news/uni-hospital-in-bulgaria-achieves-global-healthcare-accreditation?utm_campaign=Uni_Hospital_Accreditation&utm_medium=Post&utm_source=Facebook

Uni Hospital in Panagyurishte, Bulgaria has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation by GHA.

08/19/2021

Director of Public Health for Johns Hopkins Hospital, Heather Saunders, provides an update on Global Healthcare Accreditations initiatives for COVID and the state of the industry, public health and safety, and prevention.


https://www.globalhealthcareaccreditation.com/webinar-replay/global-healthcare-accreditation-industry-update-aug-2021?utm_campaign=Heathers_GHA_Promo&utm_medium=Post&utm_source=Facebook

Director of Public Health for Johns Hopkins Hospital, Heather Saunders, provides an update on COVID and the state of the industry, public health and safety, and prevention.

08/13/2021

Disabled West Lothian girl’s chance to walk after surgeon gives 'miracle op' discount.

Our friend at Paley Institute, Dr.Feldman, is on course to perform another 'miracle surgery' for five-year-old Arabella Green in Poland.

Arabella was born with a rare condition called arthrogryposis which causes her joints to curve in an abnormal way, leaving her disabled.

Despite having multiple operations at Edinburgh’s Sick Kids Hospital, she has been told that there is nothing more the NHS can do for her to help her walk and that she will be in a wheelchair for the rest of her life.

Her dad, William, has not given up and If William can raise the money by October 26, Arabella will have the potentially life-changing surgery at the European Paley Institute in Poland on this date.

You can get more information as well as the link for Arabella's GoFundMe here: https://www.magazine.medicaltourism.com/article/disabled-west-lothian-girls-chance-to-walk-after-surgeon-gives-miracle-op-discount?utm_campaign=Arabella_Green&utm_medium=Post&utm_source=Facebook

A West Lothian dad, who is raising thousands of pounds to take his daughter abroad for specialist treatment after she was told she would be in a wheelchair for the rest of her life, has been offered a discount by a top doctor.

07/27/2021

Our friends at Global Healthcare Accreditation (GHA), are pleased to announce their partnership with GBAC STAR™ for the new accreditation program, GBAC STAR™ / GHA WellHotel®.

The unique collaboration between GBAC STAR™ and GHA WellHotel® accreditation is designed to leverage your organization’s strengths to benefit your hotel and guest safety and experience around the globe.

Hotels need to find ways new to build confidence and trust for guests. Employees want to feel safe, too. Plus, there's a new opportunity to attract wellness and medical travelers looking for rejuvenation…but how do you make your brand stand out? Building guest trust around safety and a health-focused guest experience will be key to ensure a quicker recovery and resilient business strategy.

Are you ready to target new growing niche markets, elevate guest experience, and boost RevPAR? Take our 10-question assessment for scored feedback on your post-pandemic readiness. https://www.wellhotel.org/quiz?utm_campaign=WellHotel_Quiz&utm_medium=Post&utm_source=Facebook

Are you ready to target new growing niche markets, elevate guest experience, and boost RevPAR? Take our 10-question assessment for scored feedback on your post-pandemic readiness.

07/15/2021

Watch the Free Webinar: 5 Expert Tricks to Building a Vibrant Medical Tourism Business on August 3rd at 8:00AM EST.

Learn from the CEO & Founder of Pulse Protocol, Robert Page, how to optimize your digital marketing to generate 300% better conversions, the best ways to double your patient conversion, increase your per customer ROI by 40%, use technology to cut your engagement time by 2/3, and the best ways to generate predictable month-over-month revenue.

Register here: https://www.medicaltourism.com/webinar/5-expert-tricks-to-building-a-vibrant-medical-tourism-business?utm_campaign=Pulse_Webinar_Aug03&utm_medium=Post&utm_source=Facebook

Learn from the CEO & Founder of Pulse Protocol, Robert Page, how to optimize your digital marketing to generate 300% better conversions, the best ways to double your patient conversion, increase your per customer ROI by 40%, use technology to cut your engagement time by 2/3, and the best ways to gen...

07/07/2021

If you didn't get a chance to attend the webinar last week, Why Technology Will Drive the Future of Medical Tourism, register for free to watch the replay.

The webinar explored how the pandemic has changed healthcare consumers' and buyers' expectations, and how providers and facilitators who don’t adopt technology will be left behind in the dust.

Learn how technology can increase patient conversions, create a world of referrers, and, more importantly, why the concept of "ease of use" has become the most important component of the patient experience. Also, learn how some providers are boosting their client volume while others can’t seem to get their medical tourism program off the ground.

Listen to Pulse Protocol (a revolutionary technology platform in medical tourism that brings the ecosystem together) talk about how consumer demand has picked up, and why and how patients are traveling again.

Register for the replay: https://www.medicaltourism.com/webinar/why-technology-will-drive-the-future-of-medical-tourism?utm_campaign=Webinar_Replay&utm_medium=Post&utm_source=Facebook

This webinar will explore how the pandemic has changed healthcare consumers' and buyers' expectations, and how providers and facilitators who don’t adopt technology will be left behind in the dust.

06/30/2021

Watch the Free Webinar: Why Technology Will Drive the Future of Medical Tourism on July 1st at 8:00AM EST.

Join us on this webinar to learn how technology can increase patient conversions, create a world of referrers, and, more importantly, why the concept of ease of use has become the most important component of the patient experience.

Also, learn how some providers are boosting their client volume while others can’t seem to get their medical tourism program off the ground. Tune in to hear Pulse Protocol (a revolutionary technology platform in medical tourism that brings the ecosystem together) talk about how consumer demand has picked up, and why and how patients are traveling again.

Register here:

This webinar will explore how the pandemic has changed healthcare consumers' and buyers' expectations, and how providers and facilitators who don’t adopt technology will be left behind in the dust.

06/22/2021

Building guest trust around safety and a health-focused guest experience, will be key to ensure a quicker recovery and resilient business strategy. GHA WellHotel has partnered with the Global Biorisk Advisory Council (GBAC), a division of ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association on a joint accreditation program for hotels.

GBAC STAR / GHA WellHotel® Accreditation ensures hotels comply with recognized industry-wide hotel cleaning and sanitation standards required by COVID-19, as well as customer experience and safety protocols specific to the needs and expectations of medical travel and wellness guests. Learn more: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/global-biorisk-advisory-council-global-150000784.html

Global Healthcare Accreditation® today announced that it is collaborating with Global Biorisk Advisory Council™ (GBAC), a Division of ISSA, to support hotels seeking formal accreditation for their cleaning programs, as well as guest safety and satisfaction for medical and wellness travelers. The ...

04/28/2021

Bumrungrad International Hospital (BIH), one of Asia’s top medical destinations, has been awarded“ Accreditation with Excellence” for a second consecutive term by Global Healthcare Accreditation (GHA) for its medical travel services.

Located in Bangkok, Thailand, Bumrungrad is an internationally accredited, multi-specialty hospital, caring for over 1.1 million patients from more than 190 countries annually.

Additionally, Bumrungrad International Hospital has been a patient’s top choice in providing world-class healthcare services and international patient support for nearly four decades.

In 2020, Bumrungrad was the first hospital in the world to achieve GHA’s Certification of Conformance with COVID-19 Guidelines for Medical Travel Programs.

Continue reading:qBumrungrad International Hospital (BIH), one of Asia’s top medical destinations, has been awarded“ Accreditation with Excellence” for a second consecutive term by Global Healthcare Accreditation (GHA) for its medical travel services.

Located in Bangkok, Thailand, Bumrungrad is an internationally accredited, multi-specialty hospital, caring for over 1.1 million patients from more than 190 countries annually.

Additionally, Bumrungrad International Hospital has been a patient’s top choice in providing world-class healthcare services and international patient support for nearly four decades.

In 2020, Bumrungrad was the first hospital in the world to achieve GHA’s Certification of Conformance with COVID-19 Guidelines for Medical Travel Programs.

Continue reading: https://bit.ly/32TMCEn

Medical tourism accreditation

04/07/2021

In the post-pandemic era, one way that employers—particularly large self-funded employers—can minimize healthcare costs and optimize quality of care for their workers is to contract with Centers of Excellence (CoEs).

Centers of Excellence offer self-funding employers huge cost savings, better clinical outcomes, fewer admissions, and less diagnostic errors or treatment complications.

These healthcare providers offer healthcare services at bundled rates, allowing business owners to send a large number of employees to these facilities to receive care at significantly lower rates.

Continue Reading: https://bit.ly/3fTtrSW

Contracting healthcare to Centers of Excellence is not a new model, employers have been leveraging these programs to provide quality healthcare at lower costs to their employees. However, with the economic downturn and pent-up demand for healthcare triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, the paradigm...

03/24/2021

With pent-up demand for non-COVID-19-related healthcare needs and the surge of COVID-19 diagnostic and treatment needs, healthcare sellers pivoted care strategies to provide treatment to their patients across the world amid the restrictions.

As a result, the pandemic launched a rapid uptake and adoption of digital solutions to meet these healthcare needs.

By April 2020, telemedicine consultations grew from less than 1 percent of primary care visits to nearly 43.5 percent. The current trajectory of virtual care has created new models of care that would transform medical care after the crisis.

Continue reading to learn of some applications of telemedicine during the pandemic that could potentially transform healthcare going forward.
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Telemedicine has proven to be an effective and safe platform for doctors to reach patients during this global crisis, with the potential to ramp up diagnostic and treatment services as the world battles with the pandemic

03/10/2021

Southeast Asia’s medical tourism industry grew to become a major player driving global medical travel in recent years.

Among the popular ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) destinations for medical travel, Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia had become major players, driving inbound travel to the region for their competitive rates, top-line medical care, technological advancement, and renowned medical expertise.

However, the coronavirus pandemic slackened the growth of the industry in the region, with stakeholders uncertain about the future of the industry.

So what plans does Asia's top medical travel destinations have in place to rebuild the medical tourism industry? Continue reading: https://bit.ly/30v8zIR

Even though the pandemic remains under control in most parts of Southeast Asia, the erratic nature of the infection has discouraged authorities from opening up their borders and also dissuaded patients from visiting medical travel destinations still battling with the pandemic

03/03/2021

In September 2020, researchers in the UK identified a coronavirus variant that differed significantly from the previous strains of the virus.

The strain was detected in Kent and the Greater London area of the country, and within a short time, spread swiftly to every part of the country.

By mid-November, the new strain called B.1.1.7 was responsible for 26 percent of all cases of COVID-19 in the UK; and by the first week of December, it had caused 60 percent of all confirmed cases.

So what do these new coronavirus variants mean for travel? Continue reading:https://bit.ly/388auXZ

These new travel restrictions may linger until scientists better understand how these variants behave and find effective therapeutic and preventive interventions against them