Our opinions and views matter a lot and so do the opinions and views of others. Human beings tend to form views and opinions about just anything and everything. The opinions that we form can influence someone else’s thinking to a great extent, and if the opinions and views belong to a reliable person or a credulous source then the magnitude of influence amplifies. Nowadays, the influence of social media has increased so much that every person prefers to consider the views and opinions of other people before doing anything in their respective lives.

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Suppose a person is on a lookout for a new Smartphone, he will never go straightaway to the shop and buy one. First of all he would consult his friends and ask them about their views on the cell phone, and then he would search the web for reviews and then finally take a decision of buying that Smartphone. Likewise, when a person starts planning for a vacation, he would never choose a place about which he has not heard some positive reviews, after an intensive research on places and people’s feedback on them, finally one decides a place. Similarly, there are multifarious things about which one prefers to take into consideration the views and opinions of others to be on a safer side.

The city tries to rebrand itself by building a medical mart and convention center in hopes of attracting well-paying industry jobs to the region

Cleveland Wants to Be a Health-Care Hub

Cleveland, which has been losing manufacturing jobs for decades, has spentalmost $1 billion on everything from new downtown sports stadiums to theRock and Roll Hall of Fame in an attempt to rev up its economy, so far withmixed success. Next up: health care. In January construction will start on a$465 million Medical Mart & Convention Center targeted at manufacturers ofhealth-care equipment and supplies. Besides offering space to showcase and market high-tech medical equipment,project backers hope visitors will also want to see new gear in action atthe nearby Cleveland Clinic, one of the country’s top medical centers. Thebroader aim: to rebrand Cleveland as a health-care hub that will attractwell-paying industry jobs to the region. “High-tech medical, biotech, that’sgoing to be the new face of the community,” says Timothy F. Hagan, aCuyahoga County commissioner who championed the project.

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Malaysia’s significance as source of outbound tourism improves in 2010

This assessment is contained in the just-released “ITB World Travel TrendsReport” by Messe Berlin, the agency that organizes the world’s biggesttourism fair, ITB Berlin, and its Asian edition ITB ASIA in Singapore. http://www.zambotimes.com/archives/26763-Malaysias-significance-as-source-of-outbound-tourism-improves-in-2010.html

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Khaleej Times : UAE has potential to become medical tourism destination by Olivia Olarte

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ABU DHABI – The country’s stern observance for privacy could be the main attraction for individuals seeking to undergo cosmetic or plastic surgery.

According to Dr Prem Jagyasi, CEO of ExHealth, Dubai, despite the UAE’s strategic geographic location, the cost of medical care detracts people from seeking treatment here.

“A lot of people will not come here except for those who are looking for privacy, someone who wants to get his or her plastic surgery done away from (prying eyes) of friends or any member of their community,” Dr Jagyasi told Khaleej Times in an interview.

Medical tourism thrives due to the affordability, accessibility and quality of health care. Geographic proximity, decreased taxation and reduced cost of airline fare are other factors that attract people to a particular destination seeking treatment — from diagnostics to surgery and wellness.

“Our market is not a price-saving market; that means people will be coming here for other factors such as those who are looking for quality services in dental, cosmetic and some elective surgical procedures, general check-ups and diagnostics. Abu Dhabi and Dubai have quality medical services that are very well regulated by the government,” 
Dr Jagyasi pointed out.

Easy accessibility or shorter waiting time for some elective surgical procedures is another attraction, compared to between two to three months waiting time in Canada for a knee surgery.

Noting the lack and sometimes absence of ‘tertiary level’ care here, Dr Jagyasi said, “because we do not have really super specialised care, we should not promote this at all.”

Geographically, the UAE is an ideal medical destination for those coming from the US and Canada as coming here is still affordable compared to the high cost of medical care in their countries, said Dr Jagyasi.

“Cosmetic surgery, dental, some elective surgical procedure and diagnostics — these are the areas in which the country can focus on. However, first the UAE needs to create a national brand. Promoting medical tourism is still a big challenge here,” noted Dr Jagyasi, adding that the health, tourism authorities and the chamber of commerce have to work together to achieve this.

Dr Jagyasi estimated the residents of the Gulf states spent around $2 billion per year on medical care abroad.

“We don’t have exact numbers, but I would say that these figures are realistic. GCC health care spending amounts to $12 billion every year, so it is not unreasonable that $2 billion is spent outside the Gulf countries,” he said.

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Importance of planning for post-operative care management in medical tourism.

Grey Areas With Medical TourismSaskatoonhomepage.caSalte was making the comments in the wake of the growing interest in medical tourism. There are about 15 companies in Canada who broker arrangements fo

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Newsletter from Medical Tourism Magazine

Japan Eases Visa Rules To Attract ‘Medical Tourists’

Japan Eases Visa Rules To Attract Medical TouristsJapan said Friday it waseasing visa requirements for patients seeking care at Japanese hospitals ina bid to promote “medical tourism”, particularly among Asians with risingwealth. Under the new Visa for Medical Stay system, which will start nextmonth, foreign patients can receive renewable, multiple-entry six-monthvisas, compared with single-entry, 90-day visas available now.

 

 

 

 

Dental Tourism’s Low Costs Luring Americans

Dental TourismThe price of dental care can be costly, even for people whohave insurance.Experts say more and more people are heading to places likeMexico, Turkey, Brazil, Thailand and South Korea to get dental work done formuch less. It’s an industry phenomenon called dental tourism. Sheilia Linerhad broken and damaged teeth for years. Even with dental insurance, she wasquoted about $14,000 to fix them, a price tag she couldn’t afford.

 

 

 

 

NHS In Scotland ‘Facing More Cost Pressures’

NHSScotland’s health service is performing well but still facesunprecedented financial pressures, an independent report has concluded.Audit Scotland said last year all NHS bodies met their financial targets.Thepublic spending watchdog found the service underspent by £43m – about 0.4%of its £10.9bn budget in 2009/10.

 

 

 

 

Medical Tourism Set To Top $100 Billion By 2012

MT 2012Medical tourism is a massive and rapidly growing travel sector allover the world and is forecast to be worth USD100 billion by 2012.The sectoris growing at a rate of 20-30% a year with no slowdown foreseen. The Timesof India recently cited figures from Frost and Sullivan, the businessresearch and consulting firm.

 

 

 

 

Make Healthcare Easy, Affordable And Accessible,Says Healthcare Expert in Gujarat

Make Healthcare easy – India”Gujarat, one of the leading states in India,has all the makings to emerge as a popular medical tourism hub,” saidleading medical tourism consultant, Prem Jagyasi, talking on the sidelinesof the healthcare seminar at PDPU, Gandhinagar. However, he added, for thisto happen the state needs to improve the medical facilities and also developsupporting infrastructure.

Source: http://www.medicaltourismmag.com/newsletter.htm

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China may grow to be major medical tourist draw – The National

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Medical tourism catches interest of thai hospital owners

Thai hospital owner eyes more buys, as medical tourism gets tough

Financial Times (blog)

For the medical tourism industry, the great hope is the US insurance market: if US patients and their insurers can be persuaded to take advantage.

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After Gujarat and tamilnadu, now Rajsthan eyes for medical tourism – Times of India

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Medical tourism a potential boon for KPJ – The Borneo Post

Medical tourism a potential boon for KPJThe Borneo Post

Posted on December 15, 2010, Wednesday KUCHING: The immense potential from the medical tourism sector — which was described as a hidden jewel — and the …

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I was stunned to meet personality of our era, stole a autograph.

I was on my way to dubai, as soon as I came out of my flight, I was stunned to see a personality, we all want to meet. Without wasting a second, I quickly grabbed a paper from my pocket, very happily he signed on that small paper with his stylish big A, though his sign was shorter on my paper then one he signs on cheque in india’s most popular TV show but it was impressive enough to keep me indulge. Hmmmm, I suppose you have got it by now. Since dubai film festival is going on its not hard for you to imagine why was he in city of life. Love him. Prem

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DNA: Make healthcare easy, affordable and accessible, says healthcare expert in Gujarat

Leading health experts on Tuesday said that Gujarat had the potential to emerge as a healthcare hub, but also added that a lot of work still needs to be done on that front to translate it into a reality.

DNA: Make healthcare easy, affordable and accessible, says healthcare expert in Gujarat DNA

“Gujarat, one of the leading states in India, has all the makings to emerge as a popular medical tourism hub,” said leading medical tourism consultant, Prem Jagyasi, talking on the sidelines of the healthcare seminar at PDPU, Gandhinagar. However, he added, for this to happen the state needs to improve the medical facilities and also develop supporting infrastructure.

Speaking at the seminar, the CEO of Jupiter Hospital in Thane, Ajay Thakkar said, “Gujarat is uniquely positioned and can attract both international and domestic medical tourists. The fact that a large number of Indian expatriates are Gujaratis can benefit the state in becoming a medical tourism hub.”

If Singapore and Thailand could attract a million medical tourists every year, Gujarat had the potential to get two million medical tourisms in 10 years from now, said state health minister Jaynarayan Vyas.

“The state government is taking several steps to promote medical tourism. Large investments are being made into healthcare sector, and more money will be pumped into the sector,” Vyas said.

The health tourism sector will make bigger contribution to the state’s GDP than industry by 2025, he added, calling upon the participants to tap the vast potential in the state’s healthcare sector.

During the seminar, the participants deliberated on trends like setting up of Medicities, alternative financing in healthcare, healthcare education and setting up of new projects through Public Private Partnership model.

While the experts were enthusiastic about Gujarat’s prospects at emerging as a healthcare hub, they however, said that a lot of countries were vying for the medical tourism pie, and Gujarat would have to do a lot of work for becoming a player to reckon with in the field.

“The state needs to work on strengthening the medical infrastructure if it has to attract medical tourists,” said Marwan Abdulaziz, director, business development, Dubai Healthcity.

Consultant Jagyasi, said, “Medical tourism is not just about low costs, there are also other factors that decide where a particular patient travels to. So there is a need to work on high quality healthcare, perception of the destination and develop tourism benefits. The government must also ensure that the healthcare system remains available, affordable and accessible.”

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Khaleej Times – ‘Social media can’t be a substitute
for doctor’

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Online social networking sites provide a good platform for individuals and patients to get medical advice easily. However, a health expert has cautioned not to follow them blindly.

 

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“People can learn a lot from the social media. We get to know the opinions of friends, colleagues and the patients who are suffering from the same medical condition like migraine, and learn their routine. Because doctors are so busy nowadays they might not be able to give you extensive information but you can get this now online,” Dr Prem Jagyasi, MD and CEO of ExHealth, Dubai, and founder of the Global Healthcare Network, told Khaleej Times.

“However, since the social media is not well-monitored, there is no authenticity and no control of the content. Anyone can basically write anything and that’s the danger,” he warned.

“So you need to make sure that you only follow established chapters and organisations. Go to websites that are government-owned. There are also very good private websites but look for the HoN logo (certified by the Health on the Net Foundation) which will authenticate that this information is from very good resources,” he suggested.

Although social networking sites such as At his presentation at the World Health Care Congress (WHCC) Middle East last week, Dr Jagyasi noted the growing trends and impact of social media in healthcare in areas of education, communication and marketing.

He said that among the “prosumers”, or consumers who proactively seek out health information, 80 per cent seek it for themselves and on average check out five sites to get the most accurate information.

They seek out information primarily to see what other consumers say about a certain medication or treatment, as well as, to research other consumer’s knowledge and experiences, added 
Dr Jagyasi.

For the last 10 years, internet users in the Middle East increased by 1825.3 percent, more than four times than that of the rest of the world. As of June 2010, internet penetration in the Middle East stands at 29.8 per cent of the population while it is 28.7 per cent in the rest of the world.

Among the countries in the region, the UAE account for the second highest internet users at 75.9 per cent of the population, following Bahrain at 88 
per cent.

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Gujarat develops strategies and support system for Medical Tourism.

The Honorable Health Minister of Gujarat Mr Jaynarayan Vyas along with senior dignitaries expressed great interest in making Gujarat as a leading Medical Tourism Destination by developing comprehensive support system. Among the key speaker was invited guest, Honorable Health minister of punjab Mr Sud, who appreciated work of Gujarat.

It was my pleasure to participate in panel discussion with honorable health minister, where I got opportunity to discuss about growing trends of medical tourism and how individual states can develop strategies.

Gujarat healthcare system has many feathers in his cap, its the first state govt in india to launch e-mamta program for pregnant women and infants. A techy system in which they record activities of pregnant women and update them with SMS about important prenatal and postnatal care.

Rural healthcare program is another great initiative, where they are empowering rural population by providing sufficient infrastructure for health, education, water & electricity. Mr Vyas made very clear remarks on supporting rural development. Gujarat has pledge to develop more medical colleges, as they are going witness tremendous growth in Healthcare.

The ‘foster healthcare for all’ is run event for upcoming Vibrant Gujarat event which will take place in Jan 2011.

Dr Prem Jagyasiwww.DrPrem.com

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Government of Gujrat has taken initiative to do a international seminar "Fostering healthcare for all"

I am in Gujarat to speak in “fostering Healthcare for all” an internationalseminar on responsive and inclusive healthcare.

Its good too see that government of Gujrat has taken initiative to do ainternational seminar on responsive and inclusive healthcare. What’s mostimportant that gujrat government is putting equlant efforts to promote andgrow health system in rural area as well. The states healthcare quality hasrisen to rs 1900 crores in the current year which is rise of 58% over thelast year.

High quality treatment and cost effective services with state of art medicalfacilities will give states medical tourism growth.

The state is also emerging as a clinical research hub on stem cell therapy,infertility, foetal medicine, cardiac drugs and others.

Dr Prem Jagyasiwww.DrPrem.com

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Taiwan’s Healthcare is slightly costlier than china, but they are promoting medical tourism for quality healthcare services compare to price benefits.

– CNA ENGLISH NEWS:

 

Taiwan’s health tourism attracting thousands of Chinese 2010/12/02 21:50:08 Taipei, Dec. 2 (CNA) Thousands of Chinese nationals visited Taiwan to have health checkups in the first eight months of this year, taking advantage of the medical tourism offered to Chinese tourists since 2008, a health official said Wednesday. Tallies show that more than 3,000 Chinese who arrived as part of tour groups received health checkups during their visits to Taiwan in the eight months, said Shih Chung-liang, director of the Bureau of Medical Affairs under the Department of Health, at a conference on cross-Taiwan Strait medicine and healthcare cooperation. Chinese visitors, attracted by Taiwan’s advanced medical skill and equipment, are willing to pay as much as NT$100,000 (US$3,289) for a half-day or full-day medical examination. Medical tourism has been working out well in terms of Chinese tourists, so is not scheduled to be on the agenda of the next round of talks between the top cross-strait negotiators of the two sides, Shih said

 

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Health tourism rises on private sector shoulders – Hurriyet Daily News

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TN to focus on medical tourism – MSN India

Chennai, Dec 6 (PTI) As part of efforts to promote medical tourism, the Tamil Nadu government is planning to bring out tourism brochures in consultation …

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ExHealth to launch corporate social responsibility activities

ExHealth understands the growing importance of corporations to exude a sense of responsibility in the communities they are engaged with. Utilising the team’s extensive understanding of social and preventive health, ExHealth carves special platforms which convey the partnering company’s sense of dependability to the -community at large. ExHealth’s solutions range from short-term multi-partner events to longer term customised and standardised engagements, which are replicable and scalable for ease of execution and management.

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Review of Medical Tourism Destinations – Dr Prem’s Presentation done at Health Tourism Congress Istanbul Turkey

Recently in istanbul Turkey, dr prem jagyasi spoke about Medical Tourism Destinations, a presentation is available for colleagues to view.
Review of medical tourism destinations by dr prem jagyasi

About Health Tourism Destination.
•What are popular and recognized Health Tourism Destinations?
•What are essential components of destinations?
•Destination Comparison
•Contribution of Destination towards the growth of Health Tourism
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World healthcare congress middle east got great support from HAAD

World healthcare congress middle east got great support from HAAD IMG 20101206 000092

World healthcare congress middle east got great support and response from HAAD and other officials, excellent speakers.

 

Yesterday, HAAD team spoke about Healthcare reform in Abu Dhabi, a great initiative and how reform has effected overall healthcare delivery and outcome. The highlight of the discussion was that HAAD had to invest a lot to initiate a reform, which is now helping them to reduce the cost overall. Prem

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