HealthLeaders Media Global - August 26, 2008 | Patient-Centered Care Today


Patient-Centered Care Today Rick Johnson, Senior Online Editor I had the good fortune last week to tour Griffin Hospital, a winner of this year's Top Leadership Teams in Healthcare. Griffin has good patient outcomes and physician relations for sure, but it attracts patients from well beyond its target region—and gives tours to hospital leadership teams from around the world—because it has embraced the Planetree model of patient-centered care. [Read More]
		August 26, 2008

Editor's Picks

Americans endorse ParkwayHealth Singapore
Promoting its value and patient-centered care, ParkwayHealth this week released several patient testimonials from Americans who recently received care in Parkway's Singapore hospitals. "My comfort level was quite high," says Parkway patient Michael Horowitz, MD, MBA. "The entire staff went above and beyond what you would expect to get in a U.S. hospital. I felt very safe with the care and I would not hesitate to have care there in the future." [Read More]

Standards for accreditation
More than a month after announcing that it will offer "accreditation," the Medical Tourism Association has had a change of heart. On its Web site, MTA changed the term "accreditation" to "certification." From what I gather from Avery Comarow's blog post, the MTA's advisory board told the trade group's president that offering accreditation isn't the best idea. You might recall I wrote about MTA's program last month, and it is good to see the association is responding to its advisors' concerns. The details of the certification program remain sketchy on the MTA's Web site. [Read More]

Companion Global Healthcare adds Wockhardt Hospitals
Here's more info about the latest Companion Global Healthcare deal that I noted last week. Wockhardt Hospitals in Mumbai and Bangalore, both accredited by JCI and affiliated with Harvard Medical International, have become the first two facilities in India accepted into Companion Global Healthcare's network of overseas hospitals. Companion now has affiliations with 10 hospitals located in India, Costa Rica, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey and Ireland. [Read More]

Global Health Headlines

India's poor get healthcare in a card
Wall Street Journal (subscription required), August 26, 2008

Claims that Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital charges more
Thanh Nien Daily - August 26, 2008

Iraq says 650 doctors have returned from exile
AP/Yahoo News, August 26, 2008

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