There is a lot of noise about accreditation in media and marketing surrounding international medical travel. With few clear voices, sorting the message from the madness is challenging. Accreditation, whether regulatory or voluntary, is simply a floor above which a hospital must work. That there are no “good, better, best” connotations implied or expressed in [...]
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On May 8, 2012,
posted in: Accreditation,
Destination Medical Care,
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David Mair Tags: accreditation, destination medical care, doctor, doctors, Employee benefits, Harvard Medical International, Health care, Health insurance, healthcare travel, hospital, international accreditation, international patient, international standards, ISQua, JCI, Medical care, medical tourism, medical travel, patient, Soter Healthcare
We often see the comment “We only use JCI accredited hospitals” on the websites of and marketing brochures of medical tourism facilitators. I always enjoy reading that statement, knowing that the company either doesn’t understand accreditation or doesn’t really believe the comment. Accreditation, put simply, is a means by which the medical community evaluates administration, operations, [...]
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On May 8, 2012,
posted in: Accreditation,
Destination Medical Care,
Medical care by
David Mair Tags: accreditation, Accreditation Canada, destination medical care, doctors, Employee benefits, Health care, Health insurance, healthcare travel, hospital, international accreditation, international patient, international standards, ISQua, JCI, Medical care, medical tourism, medical travel, patient, QHA Trent, Soter Healthcare