These moderated forums put competition aside to encourage attendees to work together towards common goals, interests and deal as a collaborative group on common obstacles and problems that slow or hinder growth of the industry. Organizations entering this industry or existing ones, don’t need to step into the same pitfalls and make the same mistakes as others before them. This year’s forums will include:
While the United States is home to world-renowned healthcare centers and attracts a large number of international patients seeking top quality, specialized care and advanced treatments, many Americans still resort to medical tourism to receive lower cost healthcare.
A growing number of states and local governments are realizing the potential in attracting medical tourists and are taking action to prepare their destination to be competitive for both domestic and international arrivals seeking medical care.
This moderated forum will touch upon some of the shared challenges that players in the medical tourism industry face when bringing patients to the U.S. The forum will give participants the opportunity to openly share and discuss experiences, ideas, industry developments, and solutions with like-minded industry professionals.
Current and Future Challenges for U.S. Hospitals & Inbound Patients
How can the Medical Tourism Association help U.S. Hospitals?
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As countries in the Middle East are taking significant steps to position themselves as medical tourism destinations, others still seek healthcare services outside of the region due to their unsustainable healthcare infrastructure, struggling economies, and poor quality of care.
The MENA Forum sheds light on Arab healthcare, including the rise in non-communicable and chronic diseases. It addresses the challenges of market penetration insurance companies in the region face, in addition to the perspectives on the outbound medical tourism market from the Middle East. This invitation-only roundtable discussion provides a platform for sharing ideas, exchanging opinions, and suggesting solutions in order to further the healthcare industry in the region.
Participants are encouraged to contribute to the moderated discussion with relevant topics and questions such as the push and pull factors influencing the outbound medical tourism market from the Middle East and opportunities for medical providers, facilitators, and insurance companies, as well as any new initiatives that are improving the health and happiness of the Arab population. The participants will shape the content of this expert-level discussion based on what these professionals are experiencing dealing with these issues regularly.
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Over the past decade, many Latin American countries have made consistent and substantial investments and development in the health and hospitality sectors. This has resulted in major improvements in the quality and focus of medical research, and the delivery of related services to their populations.
As a result, health insurance in the region is expanding and the market is decentralizing, granting autonomy to healthcare facilities and encouraging healthcare as the framework for reform. In the hospitality sector, training and expansion of traditional forms of tourism service delivery provide greater opportunities for the growing community of health and wellness seekers.
With any development, there are also some challenges, but also proposed solutions. This invitation-only moderated forum will touch upon some of the following topics:
Join the discussion, address the specific problems you face, and share your experience on interventions for monitoring, evaluating and strengthening public health capacities. Show the group how these innovations, coupled with reform of tourism models, lays the groundwork for a successful and sustainable medical tourism program.
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This Caribbean and Islands focused forum will work to address the challenges and best practices related to identifying top centers of excellence, developing a successful medical tourism brand and managing and controlling non-communicable diseases in the region.
This moderated forum affords participants the opportunity to openly share and discuss solutions and best practices for presented challenges through exchanging experiences with like-minded professionals facing similar problems and with similar goals.
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Africa’s healthcare systems are at a critical turning point. The reforms that governments undertake over the next decade will be crucial to cutting mortality rates and improving the health outcomes and lives of individuals all across the continent.
However, some countries in Africa still face restrictions on medical travel, while others present a goldmine for investors whose visions and funds are indispensable to the construction of healthcare zones and filling the gap left by a lack of doctors.
This moderated forum will touch upon some of the shared challenges healthcare professionals face within the region. It will give participants the opportunity to openly share and discuss solutions to the problems they face with others. Case studies will be presented for participants to discuss and learn from.
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Asia continues to be among the top regions for inbound medical tourism, attracting thousands of medical tourists each year because of their high-quality healthcare combined with low-cost treatments.
On the other hand, however, China’s wealthy class still seeks healthcare options abroad and contributes to an outbound market of medical tourism throughout Asia that has a significant potential for growth.
This moderated, invitation-only, forum will give you the opportunity to bring your topics to a table of experts to share experiences and ideas, address developments in the Asian-Pacific region, discuss methods to improve the patient experience, examine innovations and trends in the industry, deliberate the rapid rise in healthcare cities and clusters in the region, and much more!
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Be part of an interactive group of creative problem solvers, industry experts and change-oriented leaders for some captivating workshops, head-on debates and invigorating Think-Tank discussions (pre-registration required).
Step into a unique experience. Learn from leaders in venture capital about how to utilize angel investment and private equity investments. Whether you have been in business for four weeks or four years, you need to understand what type of fundraising is best for your business, and what to consider before approaching potential investment partners. Also, learn what VC and other investors will be looking for and investing in. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to sit in this advanced workshop and network with leaders in investment and discover how to access venture capital.
Learn the best practices needed to conduct successful direct to patient marketing for your medical tourism company or international patient desk. The workshop will help create a clear and concise message to attract the patients you are looking for. Attendees will learn the following topics:
Information is power. However, that power is only as strong as the quality of the information. Discover the latest research in medical tourism and get an update on the Medical Tourism Index. Be a part of the discussion on creating standards for medical tourism data. Other industries have created these standards, and it is essential for the medical travel industry to do the same. Be part of the solution as we take the first step toward achieving a standard for collecting, researching and sharing medical tourism data.
Employers, this one’s for you! Join the think tank and obtain the tools you need to implement medical travel as an employee benefit, saving your health plan and your employee’s money while receiving the same high standard of care they expect.
Healthcare costs continue to rise, making it increasingly difficult for employers to keep health insurance premiums from financially squeezing their businesses while simultaneously providing a robust benefits package to employees. Medical tourism allows for greater transparency of price, quality and a lower cost to those employers who self-fund their health insurance offerings. Crafting and designing a medical travel benefits package is the first step. The real challenge has proven to be the implementation of the program and ensuring it is utilized.
This think tank will take on that challenge with the goal to create a toolkit to make your medical travel benefits valuable for the company as well as for your employees.
Don’t miss THE think tank where all global medical tourism facilitators and buyers of healthcare involved in coordinating care for medical travelers gather to meet, network, exchange best practices to industry challenges and share solutions to obstacles impeding patients’ quality of care.
Attendees will meet to tackle the obstacles obstructing medical tourism facilitation growth and business development, including:
This think tank will focus on collaboration and joint leadership for a brighter future and, ultimately, a better-structured industry. Attendance allows you to become part of a growing coalition of facilitators collaborating to grow and improve the industry, expand their businesses, infiltrate new markets, and overcome obstacles, together.
The results of this session will be published globally through the Global Healthcare Resources Channels.
Be there as industry experts present their views and provide perspective from both sides of the matter at hand. Join in on the discussion and share your opinion in this highly interactive and engaging debate. An invitation and pre-registration are required, but it’s simple… all you have to do is ask. Do not miss the action!
In this debate, experts will engage in an invigorating exchange of information and opinions about the delicate and controversial topics beginning to enter the public consciousness.
