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Editor's Picks
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AMA votes in favor of medical tourism guidelines
Last night the American Medical Association for the first time adopted guiding principles on medical tourism. AMA leaders say it took this action because it's unclear whether the risks of medical tourism outweigh the benefits. While the nine principles are largely meant to educate patients, employers, and insurers, adoption of them can influence the association's advocacy efforts. Rightly, the association acknowledges that the spiraling cost of healthcare in the U.S. is the driver of the medical travel trend in America. (This Editor's Pick will link you to AMA's Report of the Council on Medical Services: Medical Care Outside the United States.) [Read More]
Spinning the globe
In HealthLeaders magazine this month, Editor-in-Chief Jim Molpus makes an attempt to seperate medical travel fact from fiction. He writes: "Driven by a rising need from employers and a growing number of uninsured, medical travel has grown all the parts that any burgeoning industry should have. It has suppliers, advocates, experts, analysts, quickie entrepreneurs with venture dollars, and it has buzz. Maybe one day it will even have customers ..." [Read More]
What health consumers want
A new research brief from The McKinsey Quarterly says that healthcare consumers in the U.S. are confused, concerned, and uncertain about health insurance and financing needs. While this report has a Western point of view, one nugget of information applies to those involved in global healthcare: "[R]espondents are more concerned about the financial repercussions of injury or illness than about the injury or illness itself." (Note: You'll have to log in to McKinsey's site to read the brief, but it's free.) [Read More]
Seeking to trim waists, Japan measures millions
So much for my idea of opening a big-and-tall shop in Tokyo. Japan now requires companies and local government to measure the waistlines of people between 40 and 74 and put strict limits of 33.5 inches for men and 35.4 inches for women. But here's the rub, Japan doesn't have an obesity problem; in fact, critics in the Japanese medical community say the government guidelines will encourage overmedication and raise health costs. [Read More]
Get a hip replaced and see the world
Kiplinger's gives consumers the low-down on medical travel and quotes many of the usual sources in the industry. The global healthcare story seems to have fresh legs. [Read More]
New Global E-Newsletter
You might also be interested in Patient Safety Monitor: Global Edition, an e-newsletter from HealthLeaders Media's parent company, HCPro, Inc. This free, twice monthly e-newsletter provides you with patient safety news from across the world, and helps you stay current about topics concerning infection control, medication errors, and quality of care. For more information, visit www.hcpro.com/global. [Read More] |
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Webcasts and Audioconferences
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July 14, 2008: Service Line Strategies Workshop 2008: Neurosciences
July 24, 2008: Marketing to Boomers: Strategies to Build Loyalty Now
On Demand: Physician Alignment Strategies: Choose the Right On-call Compensation Model for Your Hospital
On Demand: Marketing Oncology: Strategies for Service Line Campaigns
On Demand: Proven Compensation Strategies for Part-time Physicians |
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Weaning Your Hospital Off of Medicare
| How can your hospital maintain its level of service and its margin? It's time to get creative. [Read More] |
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Audio Feature
CHRISTUS Health's International Strategy: Luke Johnson, Director of International Business Development, discusses extending CHRISTUS Health operations in Mexico. [Listen Now] |
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