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Cleveland Clinic on the Changing Landscape of Medical Tourism

Nizar Zein, MD, Department Head of Liver Disease and Chairman of Global Patient Services at the Cleveland Clinic, spoke at the 2016 World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress’s Medical...

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Global Healthcare Opportunities and Development in China – An Interview With...

Lisa Han, a partner at Jones Day, one of the largest law firms worldwide, provides legal services for hospitals, governments, and facilitators in the global healthcare space, as well as a variety of...

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Bagatin Clinic – The Gold Sponsor of the World Medical Tourism Congress in...

A new promotion opportunity for Croatia, the City of Zagreb and the Bagatin Clinic is right around the corner. The beginning of October, from the 2nd to the 4th,  is reserved for the 10th World...

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How Healthcare Facilities Can Prepare for Infectious Disease Outbreaks...

A recent article in the British Medical Journal, titled “Post-Ebola Reforms: Ample Analysis, Inadequate Action[1]” concluded that the world is not prepared for the next infectious disease outbreak....

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Watch Stephen Shearer Explain the Basics of Improving the Patient Experience

As part of our continued masterclass series, Stephen Shearer, Senior Trainer for the MTA gives a two-minute explanation of what medical tourism facilitators and providers can do to improve their...

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Hepatitis C Treatment in India : A Fraction of the Cost

For years India has been recognized in the “medical travel world” as a destination to obtain quality care at much lower rates, compared to other countries around the world. Now, in addition to low cost...

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The Zika Virus is Here to Stay

Once declared a global health emergency, now, the Zika virus is here to stay, according to officials. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently reported that the Zika virus is no longer a global...

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Powerful Women Leaders Changing the World

Women are powering through the workforce and taking the reins of global leadership like never before. While Hilary Clinton came close to becoming the first female president of the United States, and...

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Africa Global Healthcare Investment Symposium, November 25

The Medical Tourism Association® (MTA) along with Medical Tourism Botswana and the Botswana Investment and Trade Centre are working together to host the first Africa Global Healthcare Investment...

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Israel Makes Headway in Medical Tourism Legislation

  Medical travel to Israel has shown significant growth over the years and was recently ranked as the world’s third most popular medical travel destination by VISA and Oxford Economics. Along with this...

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The Rise of Medical Travel in Russia

When you think of Russia, what comes to mind? The Kremlin? Mariinsky Theatre? A winning ice hockey team? No matter what comes to mind when you think of Russia, odds are it isn’t droves of international...

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Philippines as a Medical Tourism Destination

According to the Medical Tourism Association (MTA) and the International Healthcare Research Center, the Philippines as a medical tourism destination, ranked eighth among the top in the world. A recent...

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Japan Turns Eye on Medical Tourism Before Olympics

The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has announced they will conduct a survey of the nation’s medical infrastructure, specifically to examine how foreign patients use the system. The...

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How Much Will Brexit Affect Travel?

Before and after Brexit, there has been much debate surrounding the impact on the economy, healthcare and tourism. With all the uncertainty in the air, many travel companies are wondering how Brexit...

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Funds from 2018 Winter Olympics Earmarked for Medical Tourism?

A major benefactor of funds earmarked for the 2018 Winter Olympics is the Korean Tourism Organization (KTO) that – along with benefiting from infrastructure expansion to tourism– is currently engaged...

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Abu Dhabi Establishing a Sustainable Healthcare Sector

Healthcare just got a little more costly. The added insurance costs to Emirates and Expats in Abu Dhabi may leave them searching for ways to stay afloat and still pay the new premiums recently enforced...

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Medical Travel for Hepatitis-C

Countering the Most Expensive Drugs in America
 In November of last year, actress Pamela Anderson announced that she was cured of Hepatitis-C (HCV) by following an FDA-approved medication regimen....

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Why Medical Tourism Professionals Need to Speak with HR Professionals

As a human resources professional, you need to fill a lot of roles. HR professionals need to determine and fill holes in the staff, manage employee relations, manage the company health plan, and much...

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Medical Tourism: Where it Began and Where it is Now

The Mesopotamians are the people who originally established medical tourism on planet earth. Medical tourism can be traced back to the third millennium B.C. The evidence shows that Mesopotamians...

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The Future of Artificial Organ Transplants in Medical Tourism

Although North America is currently the market leader in artificial organ technologies—valued at USD 4.08 billion in 2014 and expected to reach USD 7.13 billion by the end of 2019, according to Mordor...

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