World Medical Tourism & Global Health Congress Announces the Pre-Conference Workshop on Financing Healthcare Projects

This workshop will explain how organizations looking to build or expand hospitals or clinics can obtain financing for these healthcare projects. In the current world economic climate it can be difficult to obtain healthcare financing, and this workshop will explain how and where to get financing and how to avoid receiving sub-optimal financing terms on projects, and how to obtain the best financing terms and rates. The workshop will also discuss utilizing financing to capital expenditures (capex), such as using financing to obtain and international accreditation.

The pre-conference workshop is Monday, October 26^th, 2009 at 8:00am- 5:00pm, with a break at 12:00-1:00pm for the networking lunch. The Exhibit hall opens conveniently at 5:00pm! This is the one event per year where Employers, Self Funded Health Plans, Insurance Companies, and Medical Tourism Facilitators that are looking to outsource healthcare overseas have the opportunity to meet with top International Hospitals and Medical Tourism Companies in one place for the ultimate networking event.

“The best Medical Tourism Conference of the year.” This is a comment they have heard over and over from delegates who participated in the first World Medical Tourism & Global Health Congress which took place in San Francisco California September 2008. The 2009 World Medical Tourism & Global Health Congress promises to match that sentiment and, at the same time, provide even more networking and advanced panel sessions for this international gathering.

The conference will feature up to 2,000 attendees, up to 200 speakers, and over 125 exhibitors. Don’t miss out on the 2nd Annual World Medical Tourism & Global Health Congress will take place on October 26-28th, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles California USA!

This is the one event you cannot afford to miss!  Click Here to receive registration information.

The World Medical Tourism & Global Health Congress Announces the Pre-Conference After Care and Continuation of Care Workshop

This workshop will cover what patients need in the form of after care and continuation of care. It will cover protocols and processes that need to be in place for after care, rehabilitation and physician follow up. It will also address issues such as coordinating medical records and the communication between the foreign provider and the domestic provider as well as issues such as privacy. The after care plan should already be in place prior to the patient ever traveling internationally for healthcare and is one of the most important aspects of medical tourism. This workshop will discuss how to successfully implement a aftercare program for your organization whether you are a hospital, clinic, doctor, insurance company, employer or medical tourism facilitator.

The pre-conference workshop is Monday, October 26th, 2009 at 8:00am- 5:00pm, with a break at 12:00-1:00pm for the networking lunch. The Exhibit hall opens conveniently at 5:00pm! This is the one event per year where Employers, Self Funded Health Plans, Insurance Companies, and Medical Tourism Facilitators that are looking to outsource healthcare overseas have the opportunity to meet with top International Hospitals and Medical Tourism Companies in one place for the ultimate networking event.

“The best Medical Tourism Conference of the year.” This is a comment they have heard over and over from delegates who participated in the first World Medical Tourism & Global Health Congress which took place in San Francisco California September 2008. The 2009 World Medical Tourism & Global Health Congress promises to match that sentiment and, at the same time, provide even more networking and advanced panel sessions for this international gathering.

The conference will feature up to 2,000 attendees, up to 200 speakers, and over 125 exhibitors. Don’t miss out on the 2nd Annual World Medical Tourism & Global Health Congress will take place on October 26-28th, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles California USA!

To learn more about Medical Tourism Congress in Los Angeles, please CLICK HERE

Think, Debate, Talk Back – It’s all happening at Global Healthcare Congress 2009!

Have you registered for the upcoming international congress, Global Healthcare Congress 2009 scheduled on 24 – 25 February 2009 in Singapore?

 

JOIN the Industry’s Best Minds at GHC ’09 at this truly global and forward looking Congress which hosts the TOP EXECUTIVES in the global Healthcare industry. Reaching out to leading players and payors in the healthcare indsutry, you can expect to meet CEO level executives over  2 + 2 exciting days of open exchange.

GHC ’09 will present 2 vital themes, “Crossing International Borders” & “Healthcare Cities & Hospitals of the Future” to discuss the issues in the demand & flow of international patients as well as capacity building efforts by hospitals to cater for this burgeoning growth in the foreign patients’ market.

Expert Speakers at GHC ’09 will present the most updated and relevant key issues that follow the industry’s transformation as it re-shapes & re-tools for the future. Get ready to actively participate in the many INTERACTIVE PANELS such as the CEO TALK SHOW, the PAYERS TALK SHOW, the AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION PANELS on organ transplant and trading in medical travel, local government policy responses, & should hospitals be franchised?

Special Highlights – get the insiders’ stories:

“Conversations with CEOs” – Find out what’s keeping them awake at night! Tough issues deliberated in candor conversations, get the real stuff….

“Leading Payors’ Talk Show” – Find out what’s up their alley next! Find out how they would decide to include your hospital in the plans, and on what basis?

“Public Policy Talk Back” – An interview with 2 public policy makers on their strategic plans to encourage global providers to come to their country & reverse the flow of patient flows across borders…..

“Fire Wrap on Hospital Franchising” – Could this be the way forward in expansion plans?

“Point Counterpoint Debate on Organ Trading” – What are the prevailing plans for organ trading in medical travel, what is the ideal framework to address ethical and transplant issues? You get to participate in the audience interaction forum!

Connect & Collaborate….at GHC ’09, where the world healthcare leaders convene

Register now to join us at this premier networking event! For more information about the Congress, please visit http://www.magenta-global.com.sg/healthcare or click here to download the GHC’09 brochure.

4 easy ways to REGISTER

1.       Fax in your registration to +65-6392 3592

2.      Email your full contact details to register@magenta-global.com.sg

3.      Call our customer service hotline on +65-6391 2552

4.      Submit online by filling out the online registration form at http://www.magenta-global.com.sg/healthcare/register.html

See you there at GHC ’09!

 

 

Asian Healthcare 2008 – Medical Tourism in Asia

Medical Tourism in Asia
“Creating a Successful Branding for Your Hospitals”

What’s called medical tourism-patients going to a different country for either urgent or elective medical procedure-is fast becoming a worldwide, multibillion-dollar industry.

Medical tourism in Asia is growing rapidly, far outstripping the 4 to 6 per cent growth in general travel bookings predicted for 2007, with the number of medical tourist visits to many countries swelling by 20 to 30 per cent a year. The industry in Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and India, currently worth around half a billion dollars a year in Asia, is projected to generate more than USD4.4 billion by 2012. Many hospitals and medical institutions that cater to the tourist market in Asia are amongst the best in the world.

Alongside with the growing number of surgery options from hospitals, many travel agencies have developed specialized packages, including a broad choice of rehabilitation and leisure activities, which can be integrated with the healthcare options. Hospitals and travel partners are actively working together to offer customized medical packages to travelers and their families.

Branding is about having a unique name that identifies a product; it’s also about creating a sense of trust. Hospitals have now started to use this mantra. Hospitals can definitely incorporate branding to improve their business prospects. Not only does it ensure a constant stream of patients, branding also opens windows of opportunity for business alliances. An example in this is the innumerable local hospital groups in India that have formed associations with Apollo Hospitals for its brand name.

• Branding also helps in getting a higher cost for shares during book building.
• Branding enhances employee satisfaction and thus results in low attrition rates. For medical professionals a branded hospital becomes the first choice to work in and be associated with.
• Branding is an experience and it is more than just providing the best-in-class technologies and treatments.
• Branding aims to convert each patient treated into a brand ambassador for the hospital.

An example of a successful brand is that of Mayo Clinic Hospital in Scottsdale Arizona, United States. Built in 1998 it is designed as a “healing environment”. For the Mayo brothers, the best interest of the patient is the only interest to be considered. A soothing environment is provided through soft music. The corridors are extremely quiet and serene and a nurse station is less than 20 steps from any room. One will hear no announcements and visitors are never asked to leave. Also, the quality and quantity of time nurses spend with patients is predecided.

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