Comments on: Medical Tourism: Who Is Tracking Quality?

By: Attili Sattibabu

Attili Sattibabu — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:15:36 +0000

Good post mate!! Keep ‘em flowing!

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Stems Cells in Treatment for Autism Treatment for Lyme Disease — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:40:27 +0000

Once again an excellent written post from you. Keep it up!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:57:48 +0000

One of the things missing completely is the benefits of personal medicine in the US, in which patients actually receive personal attention. Dr. Norman Makous (doctor for some 50-60 years) has written a book talking about just that, called “Time to Care.” It’s not about the current legislation, but about the changes that have happened in the care of patients and how that should be fixed. And the legislation fails to address the key issues in the book, which is HOW we provide medical services! His point of view is that having an independent primary care physician at the heart of the person’s medical care is a proven, effective and an ethical method of monitoring care, and it reduces unnecessary and expensive tests that drive up costs. Very thought-provoking — and the kind of medicine I want.

http://normanmakous.com/

By: Luray va accommodations

Luray va accommodations — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:27:09 +0000

These credentialing and privileging mechanisms ensure the continuing technical proficiency of and adherence to ethical standards by medical doctors, and thus, promotes the quality and safety of patient care.

Regards,

By: Scott Minteer

Scott Minteer — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:30:56 +0000

First, full disclosure: I work for Bumrungrad International, a JCI accredited hospital in Thailand.

Although in 2002 we were the first JCI accredited hospital in Asia, there are others appearing. In fact, the quality of care in Asia is usually nothing what people in Western countries sometimes envision it.

In fact, you can see images of our facility at:

http://bit.ly/3eg5Mi

which will give people a better indication of the level of care which is possible in Asia.

There are 3 significant reason patients would come to Asia for health care:

1. Cost
2. Higher quality care than available
3. Short waiting times

In terms of cost, I can’t go into much, as we all know that one reason people would come is for the cost. However, we can give you cost information based on real invoices for over 40 procedures:

http://bit.ly/Real_Cost

Outside of the US, there is a significant part of the world which does not have access to quality care. And in many countries, including the US, it may take months to have a procedure done.

Finally, there are ways to view the actual certifications of the doctors themselves. Potential patients can always go to the hospital’s website to get a list of the doctors and their certifications, for example:

http://bit.ly/Find_Doctor

We do believe in, and have seen a significant amount of, medical tourism as a concept, especially as a way to both save money, and to be able to have important procedures done in a timely manner.