This week I will speak as a panelist at CFO Magazine’s CFO Core Concerns Conference. We will discuss the impact the recently passed health care reform legislation will impact health care costs. Here’s a recent blog article I posted about why this is so critical for business as we move forward through 2014 and the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'medical tourism'
Core Concerns for today’s CFO
June 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Benefits of medical travel, Health Care, medical tourism, medical tourism facilitator, medical travel, medical travel facilitator
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Adventures in Medical Travel
April 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Caprilla del Mar, Cartagena, Clinica Rosario, Colombia, ICSI, IVF, In Ser, medical tourism, patients without borders, tubal ligation reversal, vasectomy reversal
You guessed it – I am tucked in my room in Cartagena. But this time, instead of looking out of the windows and seeing mountains, I am across the street from the ocean. Outside my window there is a band playing and earlier there were dancers doing some sort of traditional dance. It is about [...]
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A Quick Hop Skip and Jump to Medellin
April 29th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Cartegena, Clinica El Rosario, Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe, Hospital San Vicente de Paul, Hotel Intercontinental, INSER, Medellin, medical tourism, medical travel, patients without borders
I had great hopes to have an in-depth blog written about my day in Medellin yesterday and even went so far as to start it. Unfortunately I managed to fall asleep in the middle of it and thus you are reading a condensed version – for now!
The flight from Bogota to Medellin was less than [...]
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"In Bogota you are 2700 Meters Closer to the Stars"
April 28th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Benefits of medical travel, Bogota, Maria Carolina Quijano, Sarpa- Air Ambulance, medical tourism, patients without borders
Whoever is doing the marketing for Bogota is pretty damn clever with their slogans! I love this one even more then the one I posted yesterday. As I pack up my things for my flight to Medellin tomorrow I am already saddened that I won’t get to see more of Bogota. You really do feel [...]
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Health Care Blogging – What’s Out There
April 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Becoming a Radiologist Technician, Benefits of medical travel, Health Affairs Blog, The Health Care Blog, healthcare, medical tourism, patients without borders
Because I work with HealthGlobe I try very hard to stay abreast of all health care information – but sometimes I feel like I am just treading water. So much is constantly happening in this area. In the United States alone there are constant changes in policy and the debate about what is [...]
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Dealing with Women’s Issues – Bloggers Perspectives
April 8th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Ask the Gyne Guy, Benefits of medical travel, Chronic Healing, Endometriosis, Fibroids, Glum Bunny, Hysterectomy, I will not suffer in silence, medical tourism, myomectomy, patients without borders
Whether you are dealing with Endometriosis, Fibroids, or facing a Hysterectomy, dealing with women’s health issues can put a huge strain on you. Perhaps you are in pain, or constantly find yourself bleeding, or frightened by a slew of strange symptoms. These health concerns can be upsetting and depressing.
Often a procedure such as a [...]
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It’s Not the Love Boat – Medical Tourism on the 7 Seas
March 5th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Daniel Putkowski, Gastric bypass, IVF, Na'ama Moran, Panama, Patients Witout Borders, The Salvare, The Seasteading Institute, medical tourism, medical tourism in india
A few months ago I posted an article about the book Universal Coverage by Daniel Putkowski. It caught my eye because it is a book about an “unauthorized hospital ship providing world-class care to anyone with cash who’s willing to make the journey.” Intriguing right? It is also a work of fiction. The original advertisement [...]
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Traveling for Infertility Treatment or How to Not go Bankrupt!
March 1st, 2010 · 2 Comments · American Pregnancy Association, IVF, Panama, Turkey, medical tourism, medical travel, patients without borders
At HealthGlobe one of the procedures we are asked about most often is IVF. This certainly comes as no surprise. According to the American Pregnancy Association, every year in the United States there are 60,000,000 women of childbearing years – 70% of whom are sexually active. Of those, 6,000,000 will deal with infertility.
Recently HealthGlobe sent [...]
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The Blair House Summit and Medical Travel
February 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Benefits of medical travel, Blair house, Health care summit, Jeff Carter, The Atlantic, derick Thompson, medical tourism, medical travel
Yesterday’s health care summit was a historic event. The swirling facts and figures used by each party to represent their vision can’t hide the simple truth that healthcare in America is far too expensive and that if we do not figure a way to control spiraling costs and provide more care as a matter of [...]
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The Same 6 Questions – with Dr. Juan Lopez Corvala
February 18th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Dr. Juan Antonio Lopez Corvala, Gastric bypass, Gastroenterologist, medical tourism
Dr. Juan Lopez Corvala is a Gastroenterologist Surgeon who works at the Hospital Angeles in Tijuana, Mexico. He is one of the top ten weight-loss surgeons in the world. Widely regarded by the North American medical community as a top expert in laparoscopic surgery technique, he has performed more than 5,000 laparoscopic procedures, including more [...]
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