Medical Travel and Tourism Radio

Curtis Schroeder is credited with building Asia’s leading hospital for international patients and almost single-handedly making “medical travel” a viable healthcare alternative for those who can’t afford medical care at home, need care not available where they live, or must wait months or years for some in-demand procedures. Mr. Schroeder discusses why medical tourism has staying power and is not a passing phenomenon, what international patients look for in a foreign hospital and foreign doctors, and what insurers and other hospitals can learn from Bumrungrad’s experience in providing medical services to foreigners.
http://www.bumrungrad.com

Curtis Schroeder is credited with building Asia’s leading hospital for international patients and almost single-handedly making “medical travel” a viable healthcare alternative for those who can’t afford medical care at home, need care not available where they live, or must wait months or years for some in-demand procedures. Mr. Schroeder discusses why medical tourism has staying power and is not a passing phenomenon, what international patients look for in a foreign hospital and foreign doctors, and what insurers and other hospitals can learn from Bumrungrad’s experience in providing medical services to foreigners.
http://www.bumrungrad.com

Curtis Schroeder is credited with building Asia’s leading hospital for international patients and almost single-handedly making “medical travel” a viable healthcare alternative for those who can’t afford medical care at home, need care not available where they live, or must wait months or years for some in-demand procedures. Mr. Schroeder discusses why medical tourism has staying power and is not a passing phenomenon, what international patients look for in a foreign hospital and foreign doctors, and what insurers and other hospitals can learn from Bumrungrad’s experience in providing medical services to foreigners.
http://www.bumrungrad.com

Curtis Schroeder is credited with building Asia’s leading hospital for international patients and almost single-handedly making “medical travel” a viable healthcare alternative for those who can’t afford medical care at home, need care not available where they live, or must wait months or years for some in-demand procedures. Mr. Schroeder discusses why medical tourism has staying power and is not a passing phenomenon, what international patients look for in a foreign hospital and foreign doctors, and what insurers and other hospitals can learn from Bumrungrad’s experience in providing medical services to foreigners.
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Co-hosts Julie Munro and Sandra Millar discuss their experiences in the early days of medical travel and tourism, and lessons they’ve learned.
http://www.intermedglobal.com

Julie Munro interviews Patrick Downing, Senior Director Microsoft Healthcare Solutions Group describes the “hospital of the future”, where and why it’s already upon us, not in the west but in Asia.
http://www.microsoft.com/hsg

Patrick Downing discusses why he believes some Asian countries are ahead of the west in many aspects of healthcare.
http://www.microsoft.com/hsg

Host Sandra Millar discusses patient safety and how her experience as a disciplinary judge for the College of Nurses in Ontario, Canada can help listeners.
http://www.intermedglobal.com

Julie Munro talks with Gary Michael, a Florida business consultant developing a business model for a medical travel agency.

Julie Munro interviews Lorraine Melvill, founder of ground-breaking medical tourism company, Surgeon and Safari, in Johannesburg South Africa.
http://www.surgeon-and-safari.co.za

Part 2 of Julie Munro’s Interview with Lorraine Melvill, founder of ground-breaking medical tourism company Surgeon and Safari in Johannesburg South Africa.
http://www.surgeon-and-safari.co.za

Hosts Sandra Millar and Julie Munro discuss unique needs of medical tourists that go beyond usual Patient Rights declarations. Also, a commentary on 2008 medical tourism forecasts.
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Hosts Sandra Millar and Julie Munro continue their discussion of unique needs of medical tourists that go beyond usual Patient Rights declarations.
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Maria Todd, Council on the Global Integration of Healthcare, discusses why doctors are reluctant to take medical travelers as patients for aftercare, and suggests what can be done in an interview with Julie Munro
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Interview with Maria Todd, Council on the Global Integration of Healthcare, continues with consumer rights, how to use HSA accounts for medical tourism, how to bargain for care at home.
http://www.cgih.org

Hosts Sandra Millar and Julie Munro continue a discussion of Medical Travelers Rights and focus on transparency in pricing, pros and cons of package prices.
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Hosts Sandra Millar and Julie Munro continue a discussion of Medical Travelers Rights and focus on the answers medical travelers should expect to get from hospitals, doctors and agents.
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