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Editor's Picks
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Thailand's medical travel plan
Thailand's private health system got the triple whammy late this year, with a global recession, high travel costs, and political unrest. Hospitals there that depend on medical travel are reacting quickly to these issues and are attempting to implement a strategy for future growth—including attracting patients from North America and Europe. [Read More]
FOX Business covers medical travel
Over the holidays you might not have caught Fox's interview with Companion Global Healthcare President David Boucher. I love some of the questions the Fox reporters throw at him about how medical travel works. Boucher does a nice job of explaining the cost-value equation of medical travel and why it works for some people. [Read More]
British patients to rate physicians on the Web
In a step toward greater transparency, England's NHS will let patients rate general practitioners on its Web site. Like some other healthcare ratings sites, this one is meant to put peer pressure on physicians to improve standards of care. But a physicians' group dismisses the idea as a simple popularity contest. [Read More]
Happy New Year!
From all of us at HealthLeaders Media, please have a happy and safe new year.
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Global Health Headlines
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Mumbai effect: Medical tourism takes a hit
Express India - December 30, 2008
Report: UAE hospitals make too many mistakes
Dubai Business/Kipp Report - December 30, 2008
Plastic surgery booming in Venezuela
Miami Herald - December 29, 2008
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From HealthLeaders Magazine |
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20 People Who Make Healthcare Better
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In our annual HealthLeaders 20, we offer profiles of individuals who are making a difference in today's complex healthcare world. [Read More] |
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Service Line Management |
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Here Come the Seniors
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The well-documented influx of baby boomer patients promises to increase the already high demand for senior services. But the prospect of expanding a service line that relies so heavily on Medicare has some hospital leaders jittery. [Read More] |
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Audio Feature
India's Growth Story: Sangita Reddy, executive director, Apollo Hospitals Group, talks about Apollo's expansion and ability to provide care to local and international patients. [Listen Now]
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