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Do you know the 8 key reasons for patient travel choices? Read this article to learn the myths and realities of health tourism destination development from Maria Todd....
Continue readingPopup Medical Tourism Kiosks in Hotels: Watching the USA Play “Catch-up”
Throughout Europe and Asia, popup tour operators advertise sightseeing tours in underutilized space in hotel lobbies. Medical tourism operators can do this too....
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In this quick read infographic, Maria Todd explains what it takes to "be" a medical tourism facilitator. ...
Continue readingJob ONE for a Medical Tourism Facilitator Startup
Starting a medical tourism facilitator business is the role of an "entrepreneur" with only one job...and it isn't referring patients or coordinating care...
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Medical Tourism Facilitator Checklist – Site Inspections
Checklists help you standardize your inspection process as a health tourism facilitator and care coordinator at the surgical facilities in your provider network. When I inspect a healthcare facility that may be added to my medical tourism provider network, I evaluate the facility from many different angles. The basics include quality, safety, licensing, accreditation,...
Continue readingThe Nonsense of Medical Tourism Market Reports
Caveat Emptor! Comes now, the never-ending promotional hype of totally useless, misguided medical tourism market analysis reports. This trend of new market researcher houses preying on “wantrepreneurs” with cash burning a hole in their pocket and a desire to leapfrog ahead of competitors the easy way is actually replacing the attraction of...
Continue readingInternational SEO – Standing Broad Jump or Flying Leap?
I find a major gap in healthcare professionals’ understanding of the nuances of international marketing and SEO. They have no clue about the nuances of international SEO and how it can impact a medical practitioner’s global digital strategy to attract patients from foreign countries. International SEO considerations go much further than...
Continue readingWhat’s the difference between “best efforts” and “reasonable commercial efforts”?
This morning, as I was contemplating what to write about for today’s article, I received an email from a client who red lined an offer from a health plan for the new Medicaid Managed Care initiative in Illinois. It seems the payer did not want to accept...
Continue reading63 Must Know Data Points to Bridge the Gap on Meaningful Medical Tourism Market Data
You’ve seen it time and time again. Some publisher has published yet another new report that highlights the market size and potential of the medical tourism / health travel / medical travel market size and opportunity. The cost to access this report is often more than USD $1000. And...
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