With most competitive charges for treatment, India is a very lucrative destination for people wanting to undergo treatment of certain medical problems who do not need immediate emergency treatment. With the best infrastructure, the best possible Medical facilities, accompanied with the most competitive prices, one can get the treatment done in India at the reasonable charges. Moreover India enjoys the advantage of a skilled medical workforce fluent in English and availability of bi - lingual interpreters for almost all foreign languages.
India has a liberal medical visa (M visa) policy and visa can be granted for a period up to one year, which can be further extended by the government on the production of medical certificate. Maximum of two
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This coordinated move will synergize the operations and minimize the scope of service failures. For example, with the objective of promoting and establishing Kerala as a medical tourism destination, Kerala Tourism Development Corporation, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Intersight Tours have signed a MoU. The consortium plans to promote Kerala as a medical tourism destination, where medical treatment will be provided at AIMS, holiday options will be provided by KTDC and the logistics of travel will be provided by …show more content…
Patient marketing, such as with an
Healthcare Consumer Awareness Programs:
The MT is committed to raising consumer awareness and providing patients with global choices for their healthcare needs. With millions of patients traveling internationally and regional for healthcare every year, creating a sustainable industry is more important than ever.
Some of our healthcare consumer awareness programs are:
• MedicalTourism.Com - The leading website for Medical Tourism. The website is currently available in English, Russian, Arabic, and Spanish; and will be available in other languages in the near future.www.medicaltourism.com
• Medical Tourism Destination Guides
• Advocating for transparency in pricing and quality
Hospital & Healthcare Provider Programs and Initiatives
Indian Healthcare System
Over the past two years the Healthcare Industry have been marked with dramatic changes. Specialty hospitals are fast emerging in India, signaling a transition towards maturity of the industry with increased complexity of business and better consumer affordability. The main USP of such healthcare centers is their focus on a single specialty or service line. Single specialty hospitals are growing in number and sticking to their core strength. While till recently, these have been stand-alone specialty clinics or hospitals run by doctors. Larger corporates are also getting involved in providing the same degree of quality care in multiple
...t them attain the services easily and at lower costs. In addition, these hospitals have the potential of managing effectively their cash flow. A fixed and proper payment system to the workers of the small health centers can m motivates them to avail quality services to the medical beneficiaries. Small hospitals can be able to have bonus payment in case they provide care in areas short of professional health. Hence, small hospital can implicate appropriately their method of payment. Conversely, there might be a risk possibility when it comes to accessing low amount due to the nature of the illness of the patients, the involvement of high cost of treatment amongst many other factors. In the vent that the overall health care costs are more than earlier anticipated, the hospital and the doctor shall receive less profits. This can have a negative impact on the hospital.
Hospitals and regional health authorities throughout Canada are currently facing problems. Mergers, forced, closures, and funding restraints are major challenges that the healthcare industry currently faces (Harber, 1998). Furthermore, there are cultural differences in addition to non-acute and community-based services (Harber, 1998). While all of these challenges are faced, the healthcare industry must remain loyal to their customers and provide quality services while ensuring that the stakeholders remain pleased with the current financial situation of the industry and individual hospitals; this is done by setting a mission, or vision statement, and fulfilling all of its requirements.
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When assessing where the industry will go over the next ten years, there is one area that stands out. Government involvement in healthcare has become a major player in how this industry is changing. New regulations are being introduced at a rapid rate and have pushed hospitals into constant change management (Arab Kash, Spaulding, Johnson, & Gamm, 2014).
Many developed countries in Europe and the west which are facing a severe dearth of doctors are trying to tackle this problem by bringing in health care professionals from other countries. In a survey it was found that
People from other continents tend to immigrate to the United States for more opportunity and freedom. It is the responsibility of the healthcare providers to learn about different cultures to better accomplish treatment for these cultures. A better understanding of all the different cultures will help with miscommunication within the medical field of practice with their cultural diverse patients.
As part of the health care reform, many hospitals have focused their marketing strategies on population health management as part of the transformation to value-based care. Managing population health requires a close relationships with physicians, partnerships with organizations in the community, and expansion into preventive and outpatient care and therefore must be implemented further. Likewise, comprised as key components are investing in technology - to connect with physicians, customers and the community and gather data necessary for improving quality (Takvorian, 2015) and merging with other hospitals and health care systems - consolidation as a strategy to gain capital necessary for health IT investments, outpatient facility construction, physician partnerships and other projects (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2015; Ropak, 2012).
While doing my rotations in New York, it was exhilarating to see first-hand the interdependence of research, modern/advanced medicine and infrastructure. I saw for myself, the difference these advances made in the care of patients and medical outcome thereof. On the other hand I was also heartbroken as I realized from case to case what difference such facilities as I was exposed to in New York could have made in the life of my people in Nigeria considering the high mortality rate I have witnessed in Nigeria. I resolved in my heart to seek the opportunity to train in the United States with the hope that one day I would be able to replicate to the extent I can, the quality of care I have seen in the United States for patients in my
National Indian Health Board (2009). THE REAUTHORIZATION OF THE INDIAN HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT ACT. [ONLINE] Available at: www.nihb.org/docs/11182009/IHCIA%20Fact%20Sheet_Senate. [Last Accessed 25 November 13].
If you visit any hospital, you 'd know that we are indeed vulnerable. Any illness where hospitalisation is necessary can affect the old and young, rich and poor. The list of lifestyle diseases such as cardiac problem, diabetes, cerebral attacks, renal failure or cancer would be the newly found disease that are extremely common. Specialty hospitals and specialists are for sale to treat these diseases however the treatment comes at a certain cost. Not many of the Indian families are able to afford treatment in a specialty
A hospital visit causes much stress and anxiety for anyone. Hence, as a healthcare professional, you want to ensure that the patient receives high-quality service and satisfaction regarding their health during their hospital stay. Upon research, it was evident that minority patients that have difficultly speaking English or the native language have poor satisfaction and receive poor-quality of healthcare due to the communication barriers. Communication barriers such as language differences, cultural and religious background cause complexity and dilemmas at the hospital for both the doctor and patient. Hence, to reduce this barrier, cultural experts should be employed in hospitals as an official policy so all hospitals are aware of all their patients’ background and will be comply and respect the decisions made. After all, everyone should be able to understand and communicate information regarding one’s health without struggles and miscommunication regardless they speak the native language or not. Miscommunication is the last thing you want at a hospital as it would cause anxiety and fear for anyone if the medical doctor could not help you understand your
Achievement is not coming easily. Achievements require energy as well as a good plan and strategy to can achieve it successfully that is what United Arab Emirates (UAE) health care system did. The ambition of the UAE health care system to become one of the favorite destinations for local patients and a center for international medical tourists need high quality and cost-effective procedure and treatment, that is what makes UAE put long-term strategy to achieve this aspiration (WHO, 2009). In order to support the health care system, the UAE government increasingly focused its effort to attract unique high-level health care providers to the UAE. However, despite the strong support of the UAE government, health care providers, still facing major challenges to grow and operate in the UAE (Eid. n.d). There are many challenges faced UAE health care system, but the government and the health care system reject Surrender and still confront challenges without fatigue or boredom from its side.
Medical tourism “ involves patients intentionally leaving their country of residence to access non-emergency medical interventions abroad, outside arranged care (Synder et al., 2011, p.139)”. In the news story Medical tourism is a sickness, not a cure, Sandra Azocar expresses her opinion on how private clinics in the medical tourism industry are going against Canada’s core values as a public system. The wealthier being able to pay to skip the wait lists and get surgeries abroad is unfair and introduces more issues into our health care system, especially when post care is needed. Azocar strongly believes that this goes against the Canada Health Act of having equal access to care because it creates disparities between the rich and the poor.
According to recent studies conducted, the patients have aspirations that are changing. Customers are becoming aware of their health needs, demand less waiting time for their service, quick response, and better quality of service and availability of healthcare units nearby. These factors results in immense opportunity for the healthcare industries to set their foot prints in India. Reports from Mckinsy and IDFC state that Indian Healthcare Industry will be worth of US$ 125 billion by 2019.
Based on McIntosh and friends (1995) tourism is a phenomenon and relationship that exists due to interaction between tourist, businessman, government and community as the host in process attract tourist and foreign tourism. Indirectly, this definition clarified tourism is visit or travel to another place within yesterday, aimed amused, rested, traded and so on. In fact, there are four key that related in