by Denise

Facilities in Turkey offer medical travelers fertility treatments, chronic disease care, cancer treatments and orthopedic, cosmetic, and obesity or bariatric surgical procedures. Facilities in Turkey, especially those located in Istanbul, Izmir and Kusadasi are internationally recognized or JCI accredited facilities with world-class and advance medical technology in a variety of disciplines, including orthopedics, cardiac care, and vascular diseases.

These locations include the Acibadem Healthcare Group and Jinemed Hospital and Florence Nightingale Hospital, all located in Istanbul, Turkey. The Acibadem Healthcare Group offers six general hospitals and medical centers, outpatient clinics, laboratories, and an ophthalmology center. The hospital facilities offer services for patients both domestically and abroad, and the international patient center staff at the healthcare group offer effective and timely responses to international questions and concerns regarding treatment plans, prospective length of stay, and prices that include not only medical care, but accommodation costs.

Acibadem Healthcare Group, like many in international medical and health destinations, is accredited by the JCI (Joint Commissions International) and strives to provide Health Care Services following standards and guidelines of the Joint Commission International, and has been accepted into the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) and is also ISO certified.

PlacidWay, an international medical tourism portal based in Denver, Colorado, offers domestic and international individuals choices when it comes to choosing medical care providers. Medical tourism is a growing trend, and with medical facilities around the globe seeking accreditation from world-renowned accreditation boards and organizations, offer excellent, experienced, quality and most importantly, affordable medical care for treatments and procedures that range from liposuction to spine surgery.

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by Denise

Asian Medical tourism is growing exponentially in recent years, and is expected to blossom even more in the coming decade. Individuals from around the world, especially in the United States and Western Europe, disappointed and discouraged by healthcare options, rising healthcare costs, and long wait times, increasingly look beyond borders for excellent, qualified an accredited medical care.

The Asia Medical Tourism and Wellness Congress, most commonly known as GLOW, is meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in May 2010, to host an expo and congress on the personal wellness and medical tourism industry that focuses on facilities, providers, treatments, technologies and opportunities in Southeast Asia.

The GLOW 2010 Asia Medical Tourism and Wellness Congress will discuss, among other itinerary items, workplace wellness, medical tourism, spa and wellness facilities, treatments and procedures, among the fastest growing fields in the medical tourism industry. The focus is on health and wellness in the workplace or corporate environment that extends far beyond individual or market consumerism in locations throughout Southeast Asia, including popular medical tourism destinations such as Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Thailand, South Korea, in major metropolitan areas in Southeast China.

The GLOW exhibition will specifically target health care related industries hospitals, spa and wellness associations and operators, outbound tour operators, and international insurance providers.

Improving wellness programs in corporate environments, sustaining spa and wellness businesses during economic crisis as well as cost budgeting approaches to tracking medical tourism marketing activities are just a few of the topics that will be discussed at the upcoming conference.

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by Denise

Asia’s largest Medical Tourism and Wellness Congress will meet next May, 2010 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Medical Tourism and Wellness Congress is one of the largest in the world, and will attract over 10,000 medical tourism trade visitors, sponsors, delegates, and exhibitors from around the world, including the United States, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

Known as GLOW 2010, the event is designed to focus on specific technologies, providers, and international focus on medical and wellness health and tourism industries and is specifically designed to promote wellness in corporate environments. The conference will engage discuss since regarding trends and technologies as well as exposing a multitude of health and wellness in medical tourism organizations throughout the world.

Medical tourism to the Asian region since 2008 has poured over four billion dollars into the Asian economy and is expected to surpass $200 million from global travelers and more than $11 billion in revenue from the United States. Suppliers as well as buyers in the health and wellness tourism industry will discuss and brainstorm issues regarding the medical tourism industry as a whole, focusing on latest technologies, products, and procedures that may be implemented worldwide to improve overall medical care and health and wellness for domestic as well as international travelers.

International and domestic medical insurance companies and providers, tour groups, hospitals, health ministries, and health ministry departments from countries around the globe will attend one of the most pristine just events in the health and wellness industry in Malaysia, intending to continually improve quality, efficacy, efficiency and affordability of medical care around the world.

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by Denise

A growing number of Eastern Europeans are going to Turkey for healthcare. Travelers from countries such as Poland, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Armenia are traveling to locations like Istanbul, Turkey for the best in state-of-the-art infertility treatments, obstetrics and gynecological treatments and procedures. Female fertility treatment in Istanbul and fertility treatment cancer in Turkey as well as male fertility treatment in Turkey offers some of the most affordable and effective treatments in this region of the world. Fertility treatment costs in Turkey save international travelers tens of thousands of dollars over costs found in Britain, the United States, and Canada.

Facilities such as the Jinemed Hospital Medical Center, founded in the late 1980s, specializes in obstetrics and gynecology and has years of experience treating foreign patients with up-to-date medical developments and internationally qualified treatments and protocols.

Jinemed Hospital offer world class fertility treatments, a variety of accommodations in nearby luxurious hotels, sightseeing, translation services, and help securing visas for travel. The Jinemed facility in Turkey is also an obstetrical center that specializes in high risk pregnancies, gynecological oncology, laparoscopic surgeries and a variety of IUI (intrauterine insemination) IVF (in Vitro fertilization) and ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection) infertility treatments.

A full center profile on Jinemed Hospital, it’s treatments and prices, qualifications, and testimonials may be found at PlacidWay.com, in medical tourism portal based in Denver, Colorado dedicated to providing international consumers, patients, and travelers with up to date information regarding medical care in international destinations.

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by Denise

More expatriates are returning to their native countries for medical care. This trend is due in part because of increased quality of care in many countries, as well as the affordability of such care. 

Asians traveling to Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia enjoy affordable state of the art and high-tech treatment and care for orthopedic surgical procedures, cardiac care, and vision care. Latin Americans are returning to Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina for cutting edge technology in cosmetic and plastic surgical procedures, infertility treatments, and anti aging treatments and procedures. Eastern Europeans are traveling to destinations such as Poland, Croatia, Hungary, and Armenia as well as Russia for drug detox treatments, infertility treatments, and stem cell treatment and technologies.

Rising healthcare costs in the United States, Britain, Canada and France are compelling natives as well as foreign citizens to return to their homelands for such care, which utilizes highly trained physicians, world-class treatment and quality care that nevertheless is not burdened by high malpractice insurance costs, long wait times, and an increasingly disturbing trend by physicians and insurance companies in some countries to hesitate to take on patients diagnosed with chronic and long-term illnesses that drain resources, time, and manpower.

Information, education and resources offered to such expatriates enables educated and informed decisions regarding medical care, preventive medicine, and treatment of conditions ranging from cancer treatment to spine or knee surgery to stem cell treatments in foreign facilities. Destinations such as Wooridul Spine Center in South Korea, EmCell stem cell research in Ukraine and Ageless Wonders in Panama offer international travelers the best that medicine has to offer.

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by Denise

When it comes to medical tourism, it’s nice to have answers. One of the first thing that crosses the mind of someone who’s interested in obtaining health care abroad is the training, education, and experience of those who will be providing such care.

Medical tourism is not just about dental procedures, but may range from orthopedic fields to cardiac care, cosmetic and plastic surgery, obesity and weight loss surgery to adult stem cell research and therapy. Medical tourists have ventured to the Middle East, Asia, and South America for heart transplantation, heart valve replacement surgery, and coronary artery bypass surgeries. They have flocked to South America for affordable cosmetic dentistry, bridge work, dental implant surgeries, and affordable dentures.

Individuals seeking the best in obesity and weight loss surgical procedures have traveled to locations in South America and Central Europe for the best in bariatric surgery, laparoscopic gastric bypass procedures, lap band surgery and sleeve gastrectomy procedures.

PlacidWay, a medical tourism portal based in Denver, Colorado, offers reliable, up-to-date information regarding popular medical tourism destinations, treatments, procedures, facilities, and the doctors and surgeons who staff them. Pramod Goel, founder and CEO, knows the type of questions people one answered when it comes to their health care, and is dedicated to providing that information.

After all, we should all have a choice in how, when, and where we receive our medical care. It’s all about choices. Medical tourism is bringing accredited, certified, and affordable world-class medical techniques and procedures into the common Health Care Industry and is the wave of the future, from teeth whitening to stem cell technologies.

 

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by Denise

According to the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, advances and upcoming trends in cosmetic surgery are hot and top of the list of discussions being launched by the Academy in recent months. Focus on patient safety, quality care and outcomes are under constant discussion, as are attitudes and results of customer and consumer surveys conducted in 2009. According to J.P. Faber, editor of New You Magazine, launching in 2010, “For every person who has undergone a cosmetic procedure, there are at least two more people who would like to.”

The truth is, elective cosmetic and plastic surgical procedures in the United States are not covered by most health insurance policies. When it comes to liposuction, tummy tuck procedures, cosmetic nose surgery, breast liposuction, abdominal liposuction, or any other type of liposuction procedure, patients are often left burdened with heavy medical care costs. Popular cosmetic surgical procedures such as breast reduction, augmentation, and breast lift surgical procedures often cost tens of thousands of dollars. A cosmetic facelift, eyelid surgery, thread facelift, and other face lifting techniques are also increasingly expensive and unattainable for many.

PlacidWay, a medical tourism portal based in Denver, Colorado, offers an online resource for individuals looking for affordable cosmetic surgery that at the same time offers quality and sought-after results. Facilities such as Makeover Travel, located in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, or clinics like Ageless Wonders Panama, located in Panama City Panama, offer international travelers excellent care, superlative experience, and affordable cosmetic surgery treatments, procedures and surgeries.

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by Denise

After experiencing repetitive dental procedures and extreme costs for those treatments in the United States, a Colorado woman grew concerned about her ability to find a dentist who could deal with her dental problems that didn’t lead her into bankruptcy.

After accessing PlacidWay, a medical tourism portal developed by CEO Pramod Goel of Denver, Colorado, she researched her options and found several providers who could possibly help her obtain the quality dental care she wanted.

The woman chose Wellness Dental, a facility in San Jose, Costa Rica, after researching their credentials. One of their experts was Dr. Delfin Barquero, a professor at the University of Costa Rica and a prosthodontics and dental esthetic expert with a private practice in San Jose in two Costa Rica locations in addition to being a member of the American Dental Association.

When all was said and done, she received over $20,000 of comparable dental work for a fraction of the cost (less than one quarter) in Costa Rica. She had received a free quote on what the trip, including medical care would cost, and she made travel arrangements through PlacidWay to travel to Costa Rica.

Whether you need dental implants, dental bridges, dentures, orthodontics, teeth whitening or cosmetic dentistry , affordable cosmetic dentistry is out there. Personal health care is all about choices, and providing accurate and reliable resources to individuals are round the world seeking more control over their health care as well as affordable treatments and procedures is the focus of PlacidWay. Elective procedures, alternative medicine, wellness programs and retreats as well as surgical care abroad are growing in popularity as health care costs continue to rise in the United States.

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by Denise

The popularity of medical travel, more commonly known as medical tourism is a more common topic these days than it used to be. At first, people were leery of the concept of visiting other countries for their international medical care needs. What about qualifications? What about experience? What about education in various medical procedures and techniques? Unfortunately, many individuals, mostly in the United States, don’t realize that many other countries in the world offer world class, high-tech and state of the art equipment, surgeons and physicians in most medical fields, including cancer treatment and research, orthopedics, autoimmune disease processes, cosmetic and plastic surgeries, dental care and dental surgeries and more.

PlacidWay, a medical tourism portal, offers individuals up-to-date information and resources for individuals considering medical tourism. Questions about Spine Care Abroad to anti aging abroad, dental and cosmetic surgery, orthopedics and stem cell research are front and center at PlacidWay.

Some of the most common questions and individuals considering traveling to another country for medical care would naturally be:

• How much will it cost?
• How do I get there?
• How will I navigate my way in a country where I don’t know the language?
• Will someone meet me at the airport and take me to the medical facility?
• Will translators be available?
• How much training does the surgeon or physician have in this procedure?

Of course, there’s probably 1,000 more questions than any given individual might want to ask, the taking the first step means researching the facility, checking our web sites, and if possible, contacting individuals who have undergone surgery or treatments at that facility.

Doctor and facility certification, accreditation, standards of care and quality of care should be uppermost, and patients, regardless of origin, should never be afraid to ask questions of the physician or surgeon. After all, it’s your care.  Options are at your fingertips, and it’s up to you to choose which medical facility will best meet your needs.

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by Denise

According to the World Medical Tourism and Global Health Congress, the coming years will see nearly 17,000,000 Americans venturing beyond domestic borders for medical and healthcare in India, Thailand, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Croatia, Russia, Armenia and dozens of other international destinations with growing reputations for providing some of the best medical and surgical care in the world.

 

International travelers heading to medical spa facilities and treatment centers may enjoy the benefits of:

 

·         Acupuncture

·         Biofeedback

·         Homeopathy

·         Cosmetic Treatments

* Botox injections

* Hair removal

* Chemical peels

* Laser skin treatments

* Dermabrasion

* Dermal fillers

* Anti aging and skin rejuvenation treatments

·         Wellness Treatments

* Executive Health Screening

·         Cosmetic Dental Services

* Teeth Whitening

Popular anti aging therapies, techniques and procedures include cosmetic and plastic surgeries, human growth hormone products, fat transfers, antiaging skin care products, antiaging medications and stem cell (rejuvenation and regeneration therapies)

 

Facilities such as Medical Poland in Bydgoszcz, Poland offer a plethora of cosmetic/plastic surgery treatments, a best radiology center and affordable medical treatment in Poland. Trident, in Rovinj, Croatia, offers the best in esthetic dentistry and Terme Selce is a world renowned medical spa that offers a stress management center Croatia is proud of.

 

International travelers may enjoy quality health care and precision at affordable prices and these days, who doesn’t need better prices? Foreign destinations offer consumers a choice of where they receive medical care, a truly borderless option for medical care now, and in the future.

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