Archive for May, 2007
Monday, May 21st, 2007
Michael Moore’s movie about medical tourism: SICKO
No! Michael Moore is not in cahoots with DmT (Discovering-medical tourism)!
In fact, though we suppose he has gone by this blog to create his new movie called ‘Sicko’ (currently demonstrated in Cannes), Michael Moore is really focusing on the demand side. To quote his blog, “if people ask, we tell them Sicko is a comedy […]
3 Comments » - Posted in medical tourism, Low cost surgery by raphael encaoua
Friday, May 18th, 2007
Singapore: mind your wards! (part 1)
In my previous post I was just observing a high increase of old people among the Singaporean population while hinting that this could force local authorities to revamp their hospital room offer in the future. Yet, I must admit I needed to do extensive research to get a better grasp on the Singaporean medical system.
In […]
No Comments » - Posted in medical tourism, Medical travel, Hospital marketing by raphael encaoua
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007
Singapore is getting older? No problem
A few days ago I remembered one very trite fact. Before 1965, Singapore was still part of the Third World and quickly positionned itself as one of its leaders. I read about an innovative public management with highly paid top public servants many public private collaborations, an efficient central planning. But what really shocked me […]
3 Comments » - Posted in medical tourism, Elective surgery, Medical travel, Heavy surgery, Hospital marketing by raphael encaoua
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
Discovering medical Tourism (DmT) is expanding…
…At least indirectly as I am the latest addition to Jeremy Fain’s blog, Tech it Easy, a blog dediacted to IT in general. I will be focusing on medical technologies in direct connection with our main focus on this blog, medical tourism. Here is my first article on this blog talking about Medical maps. I […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Health & technology by raphael encaoua
Sunday, May 13th, 2007
Go Philippines! Go!
Phillippines is currentlyt the fifth medical tourism player in Asia lagging behind Singapopore, India, Thailand and Malaysia. However, the government is strongly stressing the importance of developing this sector as it is perceived as a strategic tourism niche for the years to come. The country indeed benefits from its position (midway to India, not far […]
2 Comments » - Posted in medical tourism, Hospital marketing by raphael encaoua
Thursday, May 10th, 2007
Don’t say Esthetical Medicine but anti age Morphological Medicine
SORRY! But I am again going to talk today about the debate hovering around medical tourism in France. It won’t be the last time but at least I promise in front of our approx 150 readers per day I will not quote France for at least … 10 days!
Going back to today’s topic… I previously […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Aromatherapy by raphael encaoua
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
Infomedication, medical information: an utopia? (part 2)
The medical secret is experiencing hard times in the US. For instance, three years ago, Bill Clinton underwent heart surgery in the New York’s Presbyterian hospital, Even though he went there through a fake identity, some people tried to crack the security system and elicit some confidential information. A local sportsman even got crazier “attentions”. […]
No Comments » - Posted in Screenings and check up, Medical resources by raphael encaoua
Monday, May 7th, 2007
Infomedication, medical information: an utopia? (part 1)
I recently met Luc de Rancourt, a specialist in IT dedicated to medical services (Director of Koira) with whom we extensively discussed about online medical follow up and telemedicine. Though he is mostly an expert of the French medical system, Luc de Rancourt gave me extremely interesting insight on the current debate in the US […]
No Comments » - Posted in Medical tourism theory, Screenings and check up by raphael encaoua
Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Tsunami on the US Health market looming…
Here comes the earthquake. 7.2 on Richter’s scale!
First you need an hospital
Bumrungrad International is perhaps the leading hospital in medical tourism. The Thailandese hospital offers 554 beds, 30 speciality centres, 900 medical specialists and over 800 nurses. It is Thailand’s first JCI-accredited hospital and serves more than one million patients yearly from 190 different countries. The hospital reports that it […]
1 Comment » - Posted in medical tourism, Low cost surgery, Hospital marketing by raphael encaoua
Thursday, May 3rd, 2007
Ayurveda’s miracle cures getting professional
Ayuveda is an ancestral series of medecinal techniques coming from
India. The term is coming from ayus meaning life and veda which points to knowledge, therefore ayurveda is the “knowledge of life”. This term couldn’t be as meaningful with the recent evolution of research two examples can be pointed out.
Many companies are rushing into the Ashwagandha […]
No Comments » - Posted in medical tourism, Aromatherapy, Ayurveda by raphael encaoua
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007
Adam was created, then Eve then Dietetic
People use to be amazed by the fixtures some civilizations have found in order to tackle medical hazards. At an ealy age of civilization (back in 2000 BC according to paleontologists) The Chinese were extremely creative as they were able to classify all kind of foods and associate them with illness or symptoms. For instance, […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Aromatherapy, Dietetic by raphael encaoua
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007
Adieu Industrial Medical Tourism… Welcome Medical and Health Tourism!
The last days were extremely interesting for me. I was really wandering in the medical tourism jungle, checking which definitions people had in mind. I remember writing the ‘About this website’ page a week ago and I was so unsatisfied by this page that I decided to shelve it and rewrite it later.
Every time I […]
3 Comments » - Posted in medical tourism, Wellness Tourism in Asia, Low cost surgery, Elective surgery, Medical travel, Medical follow up, Aromatherapy by raphael encaoua
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007
New features added
Finally the medical tourism map is working! It is still in its infancy so keep an eye on it
The newest features is a list of hospitals and spas in Asia. It will be gradually completed by articles specially dedicated to the latter during my future trips in Asia. I think I am going to fly […]
