Please below, that just in the Washington Post came out see article. Our medical tourism process supports what in this article, and then some is recommended. Unfortunately the statement by Assistant Professor bridges is also true: there are a lot of vultures out there. This makes the greater the need for an Ethical medical tourism companies. It is a necessity, medical tourism companies to accredit something we used since the early days of the industry.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008; page HE05
Prospective medical tourists should first zero in on a surgeon, find out if the doctor started practicing where went to school and has how many operations you performed Jonathan is said should be President of the medical tourism Association.They for recommendations, so that you can talk to other American patients, doctor used questions. Only a prospective patient to a hospital should decide Ortega said.Next step?If the doctor has any complaints or sanctions or medical malpractice committed spam.messages most, if you work hard, be robust to business to keep you tell requests the hospital, he added.
Unfortunately find good surgeons is primarily a matter hit the Internet poking around and overseas calls.Ortega says it is, why his organization is a portal where potential patients can go online and research overseas doctors, building.
Once you have chosen a surgeon, it is an accredited time on the hospital to graben.Ist it? if so, what body? how strict thats body?Karen Timmons, President of the Joint Commission International accredited hospitals 147 overseas, said that if you have never heard of the body, the accredited check the hospital, to see if this post from the international society for quality in health care has accredited.
Another option for prospective patients is a moderator, a small company that offers the hand by a medical tourism experience of help, select a hospital to booking a flight to keep.
Renee-Marie Stephano, Chief Operating Officer and general counsel for the medical tourism association, said, it is advantageous, such an agent on your page to have when things go bad.
John f. bridges, Assistant Professor of health economics at the Johns Hopkins School of public health, disagree.
"" Very, very careful, because there are a whole bunch of vultures on the Internet trying fraud ", he warned.""If you are interested in for overseas [health care], you deal with hospitals directly."
Ortega that says, if you are using an intermediary would you should find the company in business, was how long if it someone with medical staff credentials and if it has a relationship with the hospital a plus would be finally he said you should pay always the hospital directly.
The American Medical Association recently adopted guiding principles on medical tourism, aiming, to facilitate employers, insurance companies and other parties, the medical care abroad.http://You can be seen on www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/31/medicaltourism.pdf.
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