Tag Archives: international

Workshop towards implementing International Hospital and Clinic Accreditation in the Philippines

Posted on March 31, 2011 by admin

With reference to our latest blog post regarding the Philippines’ move towards embracing new international accreditation standards, we give our readers some photos from the actual event. The workshop was conducted by NABH International in collaboration with the Filipino healthcare … Continue reading →

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Philippine hospitals prepare for international accreditation

Posted on March 30, 2011 by admin

After completing the “Workshop on Implementing International Accreditation Standards for Hospitals and Clinics”, 45 Hospital in the Philippines are on step closer to international accreditation. The workshop was conducted by NABH International (National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers) … Continue reading →

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New EU Cross-Border Healthcare Directive – will it have any effect?

Posted on March 16, 2011 by admin

The buzz of the month in the medical tourism industry is certainly the recently approved EU cross-border healthcare directory, setting out patients’ right to seek medical care in another EU country. The medical travel industry welcomes the initiative with open … Continue reading →

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One in Four Cosmetic Surgery Patients are Medical Tourists in Czech Republic

Posted on February 21, 2011 by admin

A survey by the international surgery portal Estheticon.com found that one in four cosmetic surgery procedures carried out in the Czech Republic in 2008/2009 were performed on international patients. This is a significant rise from the year before when only … Continue reading →

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New hospital study of inbound US medical travel

Posted on November 9, 2010 by admin

Rush University Medical Center, situated in Chicago, US, in partnership with the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) has recently been awarded a $500,000 Market Development Cooperative Grant to help boost medical travel to academic medical centers within the US. The three-year … Continue reading →

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