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Korean medical tourism patients rise by 41.3%
A total of 1,061 foreigners visited Korean hospitals in May, a 41.3% increase from the same month in 2008, the country's Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs announced. At the beginning of May, Korean laws were revised to allow hospitals to advertise to overseas patients. According to the Council for Korea Medicine Overseas Promotion, the 1,061 overseas patients visited six of its members' facilities during the month. [Read More]
Latvian health official resigns over cuts
Latvian Health Minister Ivars Eglitis has chosen to resign rather than carry out budget cuts that he said would undermine the country's healthcare system. The Latvian Parliament has backed budget cuts of almost $1 billion to help keep the country's economy from collapsing and to head off devaluation of its currency. The spending cuts were to fall most heavily on the health ministry, reducing its budget by about 30%. Eglitis, a physician, said in a statement that he could not accept the cuts because of the damage they would inflict on patients and hospitals. [Read More]
81 U.S. healthcare workers have H1N1 virus
At least 81 U.S. healthcare workers have contracted laboratory-confirmed cases of the novel H1N1 influenza virus and about half caught the bug on the job, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The finding suggests that hospitals and workers are not taking sufficient preventive measures to limit the spread of the virus, and if a large-scale outbreak of the virus recurs the infected staff could transmit the virus to patients before their own symptoms become apparent. Worldwide, there have been nearly 40,000 confirmed cases of H1N1 in 88 countries, with 167 deaths. The CDC is now closely monitoring outbreaks in the Southern Hemisphere, which is now at the beginning of its flu season. [Read More]
India-based Apollo hospitals to get loan for small-town hospitals
The International Finance Corp, a member of the World Bank group, will provide a $50 million loan to Apollo Hospitals for the development of hospitals in smaller cities throughout India. Apollo expects to use the loan for the development of 15 new hospitals in the next three years. [Read More]
Editor's Note
From all of us at HealthLeaders Media, have a great Fourth of July holiday. HealthLeaders Media Global will not publish next week, but will be back with a new issue July 7.
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Global Health Headlines
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Sri Lankan hospital to raise funds to expand, reduce debt
Lanka Business Online - June 23, 2009
Transfer of Guantanamo Detainees Should Prompt Review of Prisoner Patient Policies
Scott Wallask, for HealthLeaders Media - June 17, 2009
More NHS hospital trusts are failing on child protection, warns watchdog
The Guardian - June 23, 2009
Wichita-based Galichia Heart Hospital working to be medical tourism destination
Wichita Eagle - June 23, 2009
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Bundling By Decree
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Can an industry addicted to payment for procedure survive episodic care? Geisinger has. [Read More] |
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Faster, Safer Joint Replacements
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Hospitals are fine-tuning the surgical process from start to finish in order to replace joints faster and safer than ever before. [Read More] |
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Contributed Feature
Globalization and Medical Travel: Emerging Challenges of Quality and Safety: While price and affordability for patients is a primary issue for medical travel, few would support the growth of medical travel if the cost savings came at the expense of quality and patient safety. Adapting the more traditional and evidence based measures of quality to a newly global practice environment has become an emerging challenge for providers and patients, says contributor Sharon S. Kleefield, MA, PhD. [Read More]
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