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2009 Video Gallery
Susie Ellis Spa Finder
Susie Ellis, President of Spa Finder, talks about the growth of the Spa and Health & Wellness Industry. The Spa Industry has been growing on average 20% over the last eight years and Ellis believes it can be integrated into Medical Tourism. Ellis is the Executive Director of The Global Spa and Wellness Summit, which take place in Istanbul, Turkey, and will cover topics such as Spa, Wellness, and Medical Tourism.
The Value of Accreditation
Those who will seek healthcare internationally will look for low cost and high quality of care based upon international standards. High level of staff qualification, certification of the hospitals and the processes as well as constant quality control will determine positive patient outcomes. What this means to in the current medical tourism marketplace. How the creation of provider networks also requires accreditation and what this means in the global marketplace.
The Implications of Medical Tourism in American Healthcare
This session will focus on the new AMA guidelines regarding medical tourism and the views regarding integration of international healthcare in the domestic insurance and employer marketplace. Views of medical associations about the implications of global healthcare strategies on domestic medicine.
Legal Workshop
Reducing the Risk of Liability for International Hospitals, Legal Considerations in Structuring Medical Tourism Programs, Waivers, Disclaimers, and Indemnifications clauses and how to make them work for you, Drafting proper disclosures for medical tourism patients, Reducing risk of liability for insurance companies and employers, Creating international mediation for medical tourism medical malpractice claims, Creating international arbitrations agreement for alternative dispute resolution and caps for damages, Creating international patient alternative dispute resolution programs, Hospitality considerations in medical tourism projects, International destinations for clinical trials, Tax issues related to management, operation and development of foreign facilities by US hospitals, Practical consideration for developing cross-border hospital affiliations.
Marketing Workshop
How to market your hospital or medical tourism business internationally, How to build a brand name for your hospital or international business, How to attract patients, insurance companies and employers to your hospital or medical tourism business, Innovative and productive marketing strategies for growing your medical tourism business, Factors in identifying target markets and learning how to reach those markets, Using the media to effectuate your marketing goals, Direct marketing to your target marketplace, How to market tourism to patients, employees and insured's.
The BIG DEBATE on Accreditation~ Which System is Right for You?
How to determine whether an accreditation scheme is right for you. The importance of international accreditation in a global marketplace. the importance of quality standards and transparency. Maintaining high quality of care while increasing your patient flow. Accreditation as more than a marketing tool. Accreditation of accreditation systems, hospitals, clinics and more.
US Health Insurance Plans and Medical Tourism?
Current trends in implementing medical tourism. What are the insurers' concerns about implementation and what are the existing products available to insured's at this time? How is the healthcare crisis affecting the insurance industry? What are the impediments to the movement of insurance companies into the medical tourism realm?
Employers Views of Medical Tourism
What are the positive and negative views for employers about implementing medical tourism into their fully insured and self-funded healthcare plans? What incentives are used to encourage patients to travel overseas for care.
World Medical Tourism & Global Health Congress 2008 :
Our 2nd annual congress is expected to have up to 2,000 attendees and over 100 exhibitors. At our last conference we had over 100 insurance companies and providers, plus over 100 of the world's largest medical tourism facilitators, who came specifically to meet, network and contract with international hospitals and clinics. Approximately 50% of the attendees at our conference were corporate "buyers." One corporate buyer has the potential to send thousands of patients to a hospital or clinic. Many of the leading medical tourism hospitals and clinics have stopped marketing towards consumers, and changed to now market towards the corporate "buyers."
The Medical Tourism's Association 1st Annual World Medical Tourism & Global Health Congress 10 Minute Video with Interviews and Highlights
As you may know, the Medical Tourism Association's 1st annual conference, the World Medical Tourism & Global Health Congress was a tremendous success with over 850 attendees from over 45 countries and more than 53 exhibitors and sponsors!
