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Friday, February 15th, 2008
My partner got LASIKED in Singapore!! (part 2)
Serge Fabre, my dear business partner, was now sure of his decision: it was LASIK at Excellence. Bye, bye glasses, aurevoir les lunettes, adios gaffas.
One morning he went to have a preliminary check up. The verdict came within two days: his right eye needed more correction than the left, he was a little bit of […]
No Comments » - Posted in medical tourism, Elective surgery, Medical follow up by raphael encaoua
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
My partner got LASIKED in Singapore!! (part 1)
I talk, talk, talk about medical tourism: but many people can object me, “till you never tried it, you never know what it’s all about”
My partner Serge Fabre, though in his late 50s is an indiana Jones of the modern ages when it comes to experiencing his business. As a tourism expert he travelled to […]
No Comments » - Posted in medical tourism, Wellness Tourism in Asia, Elective surgery by raphael encaoua
Sunday, January 6th, 2008
Medical tourism in Oriental countries: another Medical philosophy
Medical tourism is often depicted as an outsourcing process: you go elsewhere to get cheaper prices, as a shoe manufacturer can transfer its manufacturing activities from Italy to Bangladesh.
Still, this outsourcing process is extremely different as, conversely to a classical industry, you don t keep the same machine, namely the doctor. And beyond the differences […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Wellness Tourism in Asia, traditional chinese medicine by raphael encaoua
Sunday, December 30th, 2007
MediSPA? Who’s that?
Recently I visited a string of interesting spa in South East Asia:
Tria integrative Wellness,
Amezcua Wellness Centre,
San Carlos.
These spa are classified under the medical spa category. The concept of a medical spa consists in linking pampering to health benefits: you go to a medical spa to feel better under a precise Medical protocol. If you figure that a […]
No Comments » - Posted in Wellness Tourism in Asia, Screenings and check up, Hospital marketing, Aromatherapy, Dietetic, Ayurveda, reiki, Acupuncture by raphael encaoua
Monday, December 10th, 2007
Mixing Past and Future: The New Traditional Chinese medecine
In my previous two articles, I have been talking about the possibility for Indian Hospital to utilize Ayurveda in their healing and medical offers to gain a differentiating asset. Yet there are two hollistic medical system in Asia: ayurveda and traditional Chinese medicine that I ll call TCM to save some time.
Traditional Medicine is an […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Wellness Tourism in Asia, Screenings and check up, Dietetic, traditional chinese medicine by raphael encaoua
Friday, December 7th, 2007
Indian Medicine: OPERATED IN INDIA (part 2)
As stated in the previous article, Indian medicine has a great asset: its past. In fact, Ayurveda, the hollistic medicine principle derived from centuries of medical tradition, is an original medicine with a certain efficiency that can be built into a decisive competitive factor by Indian hospitals!
Previously, we talked about preventive care and diagnosis according to […]
No Comments » - Posted in preventive care, Wellness Tourism in Asia, Medical follow up, Dietetic, Ayurveda, Diabetes monitoring by raphael encaoua
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
Indian Medicine: connecting past and future (part 1)
India has established itself as a prominent medical hub thanks to an important number of high tech medical facilityies and many seasoned cardiologists willing to treat international patients.
Still, as anylayman from Europe, for me India looks like a new country on the medical map trying to surf on the BPO (business process outsourcing) tidal wave.
HOW WRONG […]
No Comments » - Posted in preventive care, Screenings and check up, Ayurveda by raphael encaoua
Monday, November 12th, 2007
Working hands in hands
Recently I received two mails from European Entrepreneurs (one Deutch, one English) that are willing to open a medical tourism agency that were both wildly complaining about the lack of support of Asian Hospitals. What they were pointing out was the fact that hospitals were not willing to invest in their operations while these medical […]
10 Comments » - Posted in medical tourism, Hospital marketing by raphael encaoua
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
New Features: the guide to alternative medicine
I have been lately focusing pretty much on alternative medicine (acupuncture, ayurveda etc etc) as I have always considered that they were the real center of the concept called ‘medical tourism’. So I decided to lay the emphasis on alternative medecine by coming out with a small guide about
CAM (complementary and alternative medicine) from herbal therapy, to […]
3 Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by raphael encaoua
Friday, October 19th, 2007
HELP! I need a Doctooor. HELP! Not just any doctooor…
The main problem with medical tourism is the natural feel of isolation that stems from it. By deciding to go abroad, a patient will fill his suitcase with medical reports and cross his fingers to get the right diagnosis. In fact, diagnosis is the tumbling rock of medical travel as people fears to be misled, […]
4 Comments » - Posted in Health assistant by raphael encaoua
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
WAKE UP!!!!! Your Medical travel alarm clock is ringing
This morning, I made my little trip through some websites to get news about the medical tourism industry and noticed that the Health Business Blog by David Williams was talking a paper called Medical Tourism: Implications for Participants in the US Health Care System backed by his two companies (MedPharma Partners LLC, a health care and life sciences consulting firm […]
4 Comments » - Posted in medical tourism, Elective surgery by raphael encaoua
Saturday, September 22nd, 2007
Entrepreneurs! Relax! YOGA!
Everyday, i have the chance of having at least 2 to 3 mails from the many entrepreneurs willing to make the jump towards medical tourism. We discuss several issues: what are the margins like, is the service fee enough to cover costs etc etc. At the end of the day I see many people with […]
No Comments » - Posted in Aromatherapy, Ayurveda, Yoga by raphael encaoua
Saturday, September 15th, 2007
Alternative medecine and Post operative recovery
Alternative medecine (also called complementary medecine) are all the techniques that helps treating a specific health condition. Even though some are still lacking exposure many of us have heard about acupuncture, yoga, aromatherapy. In France, thalasso therapy started not as a relaxation opportunity for Paris city dwellers but more like an opportunity to treat several health conditions, […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Balneotherapy, Acupuncture, Acupressure by raphael encaoua
Monday, September 3rd, 2007
What to treat? With Whom? Please a hand!
I love web 2.0! I have quickly reviewed Medtrotter, and to be honest I was extremy skeptical about patients ranking their surgeon…. Yet, let s now just consider a health condition such as asthma. You are living in Charlotte, north Carolina and you are looking for some information: you got it, through a new online […]
No Comments » - Posted in Medical resources, Health assistant by raphael encaoua
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
Lost in a Pond: global medical tourism actors
Today, as always, I m ready for a rant. Why? Because I don t get certain points in medical tourism, for instance the notion of medical care offering. Two events happened in the last few days:
Hi! I am a medical tourism product on a website: I am slightly yellow and red, can you please find […]
9 Comments » - Posted in Low cost surgery, Hospital marketing by raphael encaoua
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
Ayurveda vs massage: a demo
Several people asked me what is the differenvce between ayurveda and massage therapy. Surfing on youtube I found this video. I must admit I am a big fan of the blond girl featured in the video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7SpSvdiUjE
No Comments » - Posted in Ayurveda by raphael encaoua
Monday, July 23rd, 2007
Something I don’t get…
Whenever I see a medical tourism website I always confronted to the same problem. As medical tourism companies want to fulfill the desire of any potential customer, the latter companies are providing all kind of medical services. therefore on the same page I witness the fact that I can get a CABG as well as […]
3 Comments » - Posted in medical tourism, Medical travel by raphael encaoua
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
Medtrotter: Matching Web 2.0 and Health tourism
The Web 2.0 has been on the back burner for quite a while now. Just quoting the 2.0 stuff is enough to see people advocating a new golden era. However, many econmists and web specialists have identified several hindrances to the web 2.0: the revenue model has not evolved, the bigs only can survive, the […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Medical tourism theory, Hospital marketing by raphael encaoua
Saturday, July 7th, 2007
The new ambassador of medical tourism
Michel Rocard is quite an affluent man in the history of France. Looking at his curriculum he was the former Prime Minister of France for three years (88 to 91) before being sacked because of his bickering rivalry with francois Mitterand. Recently he became quite popular with his very phoney interviews during which he appeared […]
5 Comments » - Posted in Heavy surgery, Hospital marketing by raphael encaoua
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007
Nutrition on line: don’t eat your keyboard!!!!!
This morning I’ve had the surprise of testing a brand new website: MXS ! Medical experts Services is a … french…. company (this was totally not compulsory) whose purpose is to dig into eating habits. They have hence created a software that helps you to manage your nutrition through several questionnaires.
We first have to get at odds […]
6 Comments » - Posted in Dietetic, Medical software by raphael encaoua
Thursday, June 14th, 2007
Even Homer Simpson can’t bypass it!
In this Short extract from the Simpsons TV Series, we have Homer Simpson looking for 40000 USD in order to perform his heart bypass. Homer the living epitome of the average American is getting at grips with the American insurance system and unnafordable medical costs. Here is Homer looking for a handout.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq1Ibl2lCKs
In fact, Homer previously […]
No Comments » - Posted in Heavy surgery by raphael encaoua
Sunday, June 10th, 2007
Bring PIPS for all
PIPS (Personalised information Platerform for Life and Health Services) is another european medical project we would like to dwell upon. I really loved this project when told about it while visiting Brussels a few weeks ago. Why? Because this project perfectly encompasses the Hypocrate oath by trying to diffuse the best medical services available for all.
PIPS […]
No Comments » - Posted in Dietetic, Medical software, Diabetes monitoring by raphael encaoua
Friday, June 8th, 2007
Touring Asian hospitals: Bumrungrad (Thailand)
Let’s visit Bumrungrad through this video. You will then understand why I want to dig into the medical tourism business (sorry the video is a little bit dim)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paNRv—Adw
No Comments » - Posted in medical tourism, Wellness Tourism in Asia, Medical travel, Hospital marketing by raphael encaoua
Thursday, June 7th, 2007
Children are key to future!
Health-e-Child is the second software we will review. Conversly to health plus; health e child is not a health assistant but more a preventive care and medical care tool specialised in following the condition of young children.
Merger of Information, Acquisition of Knowledge: M&A is everywhere
Children are in fact suffering from a disconnection of pediatric care […]
No Comments » - Posted in Medical software, Pediatric care by raphael encaoua
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007
Sicko making headlines… but not prized ones
Don’t play with the American administration. Michael Moore has investigated in Cuba thus violating the political ban on Cuba. A wicked ploy from a frail administration unable to admit well rounded criticism. Liberty of speech aiming at people suffering from a disrupted medical system… nonsense?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG-5__T1sJE
