The Week of the Conference

Finally it is the week of the Sixth Annual International Smart-Sourcing Conference to be held in Atlantic City, NJ from September 6-7, 2007. This year the focus is on Medical Tourism and HealthCare Outsourcing and the event will draw attendees from India, HongKong, apart from registrants from different parts of North America.

Such events are a great place for networking and striking business relationships.

MEDICAL TOURISM IS AN EMERGING TREND

MEDICAL TOURISM IS AN EMERGING TREND
Read the full article at National Center for Policy Analysis
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=14823

Sixth Annual International Smart-Sourcing Conference with focus on Medical Tourism and HealthCare Outsourcing (Sep 6-7, 2007)

The Sixth Annual International Smart-Sourcing Conference has been announced. It will take place in Hilton Hotel at Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA from Sep 6 to 7, 2007. This year the focus is on HealthCare Outsourcing and Medical Tourism.
Check out the conference site at:
http://www.outsourceglobal.org/conference.htm

The call for papers is available at the above website, some of the topics of interest are:

1. Case studies in global outsourcing of Medical, Healthcare and E-Commerce solutions.
2. Future of Medical Tourism in North America
3. What’s the difference between “Off-shoring” and “Near-shoring” in Medical Tourism?
4. Developing Patient Safety standards for Medical Tourism
5. The Healthcare crisis and possible alternatives
6. The electronic Medical Marketplace
7. The logistics of Global Medical Tourism
8. The 360 degrees of patient care in Medical Tourism
9. Issues in socialised healthcare systems (Canada, UK etc.)
10. Employee Wellness and controling healthcare costs for employers
11. Healthcare informatics and outsourcing
12. HIPPA laws and Medical Tourism
13. Outsourcing in radiology and/or medical transciptions
14. JACHO v/s JCI accreditations
15. The role of health insurance in Medical Tourism
16. Health care financing and Medical Tourism
17. India and Thailand as a destination for Medical Tourism
18. The Destination Latin America - Medical trip down South
19. Medical Billing and Transcription Outsourcing
20. Retiree and Veterans HealthCare and Medical Tourism
21. Preventive Medicine and Medical Tourism
22. Wellness and De-stessing Packages in HealthCare
23. Role of Government support for Medical Tourism
24. Medical Tourism - Ethical issues in the Destination countries
25. Possible role of WHO in Medical Tourism

The deadline for submission of all papers by email is Friday, May 11, 2007. Please contact us for Vendor displays, Exhibition Opportunities etc. The event will have several workshops for the Medical Tourism and HealthCare Practitioners such as on JCI and on Development of Patient Safetly Standards.

Track Chair: Health Care Outsourcing and Medical Tourism
Shyam Nath Varan
President and Founder,
Medical Excursions, Inc.
4607 Highgate Dr, #B
Delray Beach, FL 33445
(954) 609 2402 cell
(914) 470 1132 fax
Shyam@MedicalExcursion.com

Medical Billing & Transcription

Check out this Blog that discusses reasons to outsource Medical Billing, Coding and Transcription:
http://www.outsourcestrategies.com/blog/medical-transcription/2007/03/reasons-to-outsource-medical.html

The blog discusses different aspects of the process and some related links.

Welcome to the HealthCare Outsourcing and Medical Tourism Blog

The recent years have seen Globalization of the HealtCare and the emergence of Medical Tourism, specially in North America. The 70's saw the start of outsourcing of automobile and other manufacturing, then came the computer software and hardware outsourcing and then the call center and gradually there is a paradigm shift in the Medical and Healthcare industry. Historically, people from the under-developed and developing countries, visited the advanced countries for top-of-the line medical care. Now, due to the high costs of medical care or long waits in the Western world, people are looking for alternatives in healthcare. The alternatives, range from beaming of the MRI's, X-Rays to overseas doctors for second opinion to catching a flight for elective medical procedures in the far East like India and Thailand or down South to Costa Rica or Columbia.

Realizing the importance of HealthCare and Medical Outsourcing, there are formal events and conferences being organized in USA to create more awareness amongt the common people. Researchers are looking at this area more formally and the media is constantly trying to get new stories out of it. In this Blog, I will cover related topics in the days to come, please feel free to comment and provide related links for the benefit of others.
Thanks
Shyam Varan Nath
President and Founder
Medical Excursions, Inc.
http://MedicalExcursion.com