HealthLeaders Media Global - August 19, 2008 | U.S. Network Adds Three Global Hospitals


U.S. Network Adds Three Global Hospitals Rick Johnson, Senior Online Editor South Carolina-based Companion Global Healthcare expanded its international network this week by adding three new international hospitals. Inking the two separate deals-with International Hospital Corp., of Dallas, and India's Wockhardt Hospitals Group-allows Companion's American clients a wider choice for elective surgery and other medical procedures at Joint Commission International-accredited hospitals. [Read More]
		August 19, 2008

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The way of the world
You must read The Economist's feature story on healthcare globalization, which focuses greatly on medical travel. While many are taking a wait-and-see attitude toward the medical travel phenomenon, this article highlights why so many others are predicting huge growth for the medical travel industry within the next few years. A quote from Harvard's Regina Herzlinger sums it up best: "If a supplier has very high prices and erratic quality, it creates an opening for nimbler rivals." [Read More]

A healthy dose of independence
What did you bring back from your trip abroad, doc? Not too much, just a new way to practice medicine. When he returned from a sabbatical in Sweden, Michael Oldenburg decided to get off the hamster wheel of his Twin Cities family practice and open up an urgent care center inspired by medical practices in Sweden. [Read More]

UAE targets medical tourism
An official with the UAE's Ministry of Health says in this article that with gains in the region's healthcare delivery and appeal to tourists, the Middle East is ripe to find its niche in the medical travel industry. It seems to me the region should continue its focus on fighting outbound medical travel before it seeks inbound medical travelers. [Read More]

Cuba's strategic deployment of doctors
With clinicians in short supply in much of the world, Cuba continues to churn out physicians and deploy them as part of a broad political strategy. The Miami Herald also notes Cuba's economic gains from global healthcare investments and the difficulty of keeping physicians from defecting. [Read More]

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	Audio Feature Expanding Medical Travel David Boucher talks about how Companion Global Healthcare is expanding its network of JCI-accredited hospitals and overcoming barriers to medical travel. [Listen Now]


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