MTQUA

Certified professionals in medical tourism understand that they must put their clients' safety first, whether in planning medical treatment, ensuring proper execution of planned treatment, or in aftercare planning and supervision.

Certifying those who work with medical travelers and health tourists takes medical tourism to a higher level of professionalism, reducing and even eliminating many of the risks seen in medical tourism.

read more about certification

Are Thailand's days numbered as a top medical destination?

Read full article

What is the future of Thailand’s medical tourism?

In the days immediately following the anti-government protests in Bangkok, social network users on the internet found it hard to restrain themselves from gloating over the apparent destruction of Thailand as a medical destination and the opportunities this may present to other countries.

A great deal now hinges on how the Thai government, specifically its tourism arm, Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), acts to promote Thailand as a medical tourism destination in the coming year.

Sustained and cohesive promotion efforts are not likely to happen soon, insiders agree. While TAT has been working on a medical tourism marketing plan for almost a year, it has faced leadership changes and budget cuts. It has had...

read more

Blog Posts

Julie Munro

Have Bangkok’s medical tourism glory days come to an end?

Posted by Julie Munro on August 12, 2010 at 5:11am

Julie Munro

Are you ready for medical tourism 2.0?

Posted by Julie Munro on July 7, 2010 at 10:30am

Julie Munro

Business strategies for changing times in medical tourism.

Posted by Julie Munro on July 7, 2010 at 10:00am

Forum

Jack Schafer

Medical Tourism Distribution Channel...

Started by Jack Schafer in Medical travel numbers Jul 26.

MTQUA

Medical Tourism Patient Fights For Life Again 1 Reply

Started by MTQUA in Quality. Last reply by MTQUA Jul 24.

Ashok Panda

Significance of a Quality System

Started by Ashok Panda in Help for medical travelers Apr 20.

Best Practices in Medical Tourism Series

Volume 1

The Care and Management of Traveling International Patients Revised Edition

Undertaking medical treatment in another country has a complexity in and of itself that is significantly different from having the same treatment at home.

This complexity is rarely appreciated or understood within the medical tourism community.

This perspective from the Medical Travel and Health Tourism Quality Alliance on how best to ensure that needs of medical travelers are met is based on the experiences and insights of medical travel agents and facilitators who read more...
 
 
 

Photos

Loading…

Videos

Disclaimer

Medical Travel and Health Tourism Quality Alliance is not a medical referral service. Members of MTQUA may be medical professionals but none discuss or advise on any issues relating to medical treatment on this site. MTQUA is not an agent of any medical services provider or of any trade association.
more

© 2010   Created by MTQUA.

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service