Transparent
Transparent

 
Account Login



Email me my password

MediiGate Navigator


Home Page
Experts
Expert Space
Consultation
Testimonial
Expert Search
Knowledge Base
User Guide
Contact Us

MediiGate Events

 
OctNovemberDec
mnthMTWTFSS
wk272829303112
wk3456789
wk10111213141516
wk17181920212223
wk24252627282930
wk1234567

Medical Tourism News


Medical Tourism to India, All Expenses Paid
U.S. News & World Report, DC - Nov 21, 2008
In January, Serigraph Inc., a West Bend, Wis., manufacturer, will become the first US company of any size to embrace medical travel or medical tourism, ...
Insurer Offers Option for Surgery in India New York Times
all 2 news articles
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:05:39 GMT

NewsReleaseWire.com (press release)

Medical Tourism To Grow Rapidly in Next Few Years, says European Media
NewsReleaseWire.com (press release) - 12 hours ago
In a few years, medical tourism will become a multibillion-dollar industry fueled by hundreds of millions of European and American patients streaming to ...
Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:43:07 GMT

Medical Tourism: Are Major Changes in Health Care Afoot?
MarketWatch - Nov 18, 2008
In fact, the survey forecasts that the number of people turning to medical tourism will increase from 750000 to 6 million by 2010. ...
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:06:32 GMT

HealthNews

WellPoint will try out 'medical tourism'
Indianapolis Star, United States - Nov 11, 2008
Think of it as a form of medical outsourcing. Indianapolis-based health insurance giant WellPoint is jumping into the emerging world of "medical tourism" ...
WellPoint to launch medical tourism pilot program BusinessWeek
Wellpoint to begin insuring some medical tourism FierceHealthcare
Medical tourism predicted to grow United Press International
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - HealthNews
all 36 news articles
Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:00:56 GMT

Struggling Galveston braces for job cuts' 'ripple-down effect'
Houston Chronicle, United States - 7 hours ago
The double punch is eased somewhat by signs that Galveston's tourism industry is making a comeback and could return to pre-Ike levels by spring break, ...
Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:34:42 GMT

코리아타임즈

More Publicity Essential for Medical Tourism
코리아타임즈, South Korea - Nov 20, 2008
``Besides Japan, no country in Asia showed dominance in terms of recognition level of medical tourism, indicating that Korea can become a major player in ...
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:15:30 GMT

Diving to keep RP tourism afloat
Inquirer.net, Philippines - 9 hours ago
(Others are the adventure sport, wellness and medical tourism markets). Meaning, divers may not go as often but will go at least once a year. ...
Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:04:37 GMT

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Introduces International Medical ...
MarketWatch - Nov 12, 2008
The program also complies with American Medical Association (AMA) guidelines for medical tourism. "The market for many products and services has gone global ...
Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:14:43 GMT

Medical Tourism Congress Announces New Media Sponsor
PR.com (press release), NY - Nov 20, 2008
The 2nd World Medical Tourism & Global Health Congress which takes place October 26th – 28th, 2009 in Los Angeles California is the official Congress of the ...
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:40:57 GMT

BusinessWeek

Medical Tourism: The Insurance Debate
BusinessWeek - Nov 10, 2008
Despite these lingering issues, a few insurers have been bold enough to dip their toes into medical tourism in the past year. In March 2008, Blue Cross ...
Medical Tourism: Surviving the Global Recession BusinessWeek
all 3 news articles
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:05:06 GMT

Welcome to MediiGate


Experts' Attention!
Survey on Leading International Healthcare Service Providers for inclusion in MediiGate

Participating the survey will promote your organisation from MediiGate Approved Company to MediiGate Approved Partners directly and FREE.


For ALL Users

Hospitals, Clinics, Doctors & Patients - Please Register your Interest for FREE

on Left Hand Side Panel

MediiGate -- The Global Self-Help Medical Gateway

Medical Tourism is an area which is growing exponentially year by year, as countries such as India are gearing up in providing high quality health care, at state of the art hospitals with internationally experienced and qualified clinicians - at substantial cost savings, compared to the UK, USA and Canada.

Recent UK Government changes are increasingly focusing on customer driven choice, e.g. “Choose & Book” where Consultants have to identify a list of potential places for treatment and the patient can opt to choose, in order of priory where to receive the treatment and by whom.  And thus, the situation is increasingly likely to become more like an open marketplace with the customer choosing from this marketplace.

MediiGate will identify and evaluate the procedures used by self help patients, the tools available or necessary to aid them, and how these services can be integrated in a commercially viable way using portal technologies. The foundation of the portal is based on advanced portal technologies developed for the Engineering industry by the West Midlands Collaborative Commerce Marketplace - WMCCM in the Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), University of Warwick, UK.

MediiGate Announcements

 
AnnouncementCreated Date
Welcome new Mediigate Partner BestDoctors.pl
BestDoctors.pl has registered as MediiGate Partner.
read more...
07/04/2008
Defining the Best Practices and Enabling Technologies for Connecting U.S. Consumers to Global Care
Defining the Best Practices and Enabling Technologies for Connecting U.S. Consumers to Global Care   The globalization of healthcare promises very low cost and very high quality medical tre...
read more...
16/10/2007
Welcome new MediiGate Partner - Makewell Meditour Ltd
 Makewell Meditour Ltd has registered as MediiGate Partner. Makewell Meditour Ltd is an expert in: Cosmetic surgery (Plastic surgery), Ophthalmology Surgery, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (inclu...
read more...
16/10/2007
Welcome new MediiGate Partner - SriRamachandra Medical Center
SriRamachandra Medical Center has registered as MediiGate Partner. SriRamachandra Medical Center is an expert of  Cardiothoracic surgery, Comprehensive Health Checks, Neurosurgery, Oral and Ma...
04/07/2007
Welcome new MediiGate Partner - Memorial Health Group
Memorial Health Group has registered as MediiGate Partner. Memorial Health Group is an expert of  Abdominal Surgery or General surgery, Comprehensive...
read more...
04/07/2007
Welcome new MediiGate Partner - Fortis Escorts Hospital And Research Centre Ltd.
Fortis Escorts Hospital And Research Centre Ltd. has registered as MediiGate Partner. Fortis Escorts Hospital And Research Centre Ltd. is an expert of Abdominal Surgery or General surgery, Cardiothora...
read more...
04/07/2007
MediGate Blog - Stories behind MediGate
 MediGate Official Weblog launched right after MediGate website became live. MediGate official blog will record the stories behind MediGate development, including the original ideas and discussio...
read more...
04/07/2007
MediGate Website Launched
MediGate Website has officially launched from 1st Jan 2007.
read more...
28/06/2007
Welcome new registered company - Validus International Middle East
Validus International Middle East has registered on MediGate. Please click here to find more detailsto find more details about Validus International Middle East.  
read more...
28/06/2007
Welcome new registered company - Aesthetic-all Inc.
StatMedica has registered on MediGate. Please click here to find more details about Aesthetic-all Inc.
read more...
28/06/2007
15 announcements found, page 1 of 21 2

MediiGate Health News


SmartAboutHealth

Americans want reform
InvestmentNews - 2 hours ago
By Andrew Coen Americans strongly support reforming the nation's health care system, according to the 11th annual Health Confidence Survey, which was co-sponsored by the Employee Benefit Re-search Institute and Mathew Greenwald & Associates Inc. The ...
Health Buzz: Health Insurers Propose Overhaul and Other Health News U.S. News & World Report
Sudden health-care changes unlikely Enterprise-Record
The Jewish Journal of greater L.A - New York Times - Denver Post
all 411 news articles

dBTechno

Radio Host Has Drug Company Ties
New York Times - Nov 21, 2008
By GARDINER HARRIS An influential psychiatrist who was the host of the popular NPR program “The Infinite Mind” earned at least $1.3 million from 2000 to 2007 giving marketing lectures for drugmakers, income not mentioned on the program.
NPR Health Host Secretly Paid By Drug Companies That Happened!
Health Highlights: Nov. 22, 2008 U.S. News & World Report
dBTechno - eFluxMedia - PsychCentral.com - Food Consumer
all 30 news articles

Oneindia

New Evidence Linking Meat To Cancer
Natural News.com - 6 hours ago
(NaturalNews) Diets high in red and processed meats have long been associated with cancer of the large intestine. Now, however, for the first time scientists have looked at whether eating meat and other animal fats is also linked to cancers of the ...
Exercise and Sleep Help Women Fight Cancer I Really Should Study
Home-Based Programs Benefit Older Cancer Survivors Washington Post
Daily News Central - Food Consumer - That Happened! - Medscape
all 616 news articles

ABC News

Autumn Babies More Prone to Asthma
U.S. News & World Report - Nov 21, 2008
By Serena Gordon FRIDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) -- The season of a baby's birth may help predict that child's risk of asthma, new research suggests.
Fall Babies at Higher Risk for Asthma WebMD
Autumn babies at greater risk of asthma: study Reuters
Food Consumer - eFluxMedia - ChattahBox - ABC News
all 152 news articles

Health Newstrack

Much higher cancer risk in HIV patients raises cancer
Atlanta Journal Constitution - Nov 21, 2008
By Stephanie Desmon But now that patients with the AIDS virus are living longer, doctors are discovering a new set of complications: People with HIV have a much higher risk of developing certain cancers - lung, liver, head and neck, to name a few - and ...
Many People Disregard Advice to Get HIV Tests Washington Post
US Lags on HIV Testing Goals U.S. News & World Report
Baltimore Sun - eFluxMedia - The Associated Press - Bloomberg
all 318 news articles

TopNews

FDA Approves New Drug for Severe Epilepsy
U.S. News & World Report - Nov 21, 2008
FRIDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) -- A new drug called Banzel (rufinamide) has been approved as a supplementary treatment for a severe form of epilepsy called Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, the US Food and Drug Administration announced Friday.
FDA to open China offices after product scares guardian.co.uk
FDA cracks down on Calif. raw milk supplier San Jose Mercury News
USA Today - The Associated Press - People's Daily Online - MedPage Today
all 211 news articles

Fresh News

TV Ads Contribute to Childhood Obesity, Economists Say
New York Times - Nov 20, 2008
By RONI CARYN RABIN Banning fast food advertisements from children’s television programs would reduce the number of overweight children in the US by 18 percent and decrease the number of overweight teens by 14 percent, economists have estimated in a ...
Restaurant Industry: Fast-Food Ads, Obesity Study Based on Old ... FOXNews
TV Ads Contribute to Childhood Obesity, Economists Say I Really Should Study
eFluxMedia - Telegraph.co.uk - 13WHAM-TV - Consumer Affairs
all 498 news articles

eFluxMedia

Time to sign up for Medicare Part D
Los Angeles Times - Nov 21, 2008
Because of big changes in coverage, including cost increases, seniors are advised to review their options. Enrollment continues through Dec. 31.
It’s High Time You Chose Your Part D Plan eFluxMedia
Saul Friedman: Understanding the Basics of Medicare Newsday
East Texas Review - La Prensa San Diego - eMaxHealth.com - The Ledger
all 16 news articles

eFluxMedia

Better Tracking of a Childhood Infection Needed, Officials Say
New York Times - Nov 21, 2008
By RONI CARYN RABIN Federal officials urged doctors and state health agencies on Thursday to be more vigilant for suspected cases of invasive Haemophilus influenzae type B in children under age 5, in part because of a continuing vaccine shortage that ...
CDC Monitors Shortage of Hib Vaccine U.S. News & World Report
Doctors to be on guard for meningitis in kids Reuters
MedPage Today - Newsinferno.com - eFluxMedia - RedOrbit
all 38 news articles

Voice of America

Five ways to keep Alzheimer's away
CNN - Nov 20, 2008
By Elizabeth Cohen (CNN) -- Blanche Danick may be 86 years old, but she's pretty hip. She keeps up with all the latest health news, and a while back, she called her daughter wanting to know whether she should start taking the herb ginkgo biloba.
Ginkgo Biloba Shows No Benefit in Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease ... Medscape
When the Caregiver Becomes the Patient Washington Post
Food Consumer - Voice of America - Kane County Chronicle - New York Times
all 559 news articles

ABC News

US teen lives 118 days without heart
Reuters - Nov 19, 2008
By Jim Loney MIAMI (Reuters) - An American teen-ager survived for nearly four months without a heart, kept alive by a custom-built artificial blood-pumping device, until she was able to have a heart transplant, doctors in Miami said on Wednesday.
Girl, 14, Miraculously Survives Nearly 4 Months without Heart eFluxMedia
US Teen Survives 4 Months Without a Heart ChattahBox
Telegraph.co.uk - The Associated Press - AFP - That Happened!
all 352 news articles

Fresh News

‘08 health benefits costs contained in Atlanta area
Atlanta Journal Constitution - Nov 21, 2008
By Andy Miller Atlanta employers tamed their health benefits costs in 2008 better than their counterparts nationally, according to a survey released this week.
Dayton-area employers shifting more health costs to workers Bizjournals.com
Deductibles march higher for employer-provided health insurance Los Angeles Times
The Oregonian - OregonLive.com - FierceHealthcare - Wall Street Journal - Houston Chronicle
all 55 news articles

San Francisco Chronicle

First burn violators get warnings in Bay Area
San Jose Mercury News - Nov 20, 2008
By Denis Cuff The first mandatory no-burn alert in the Bay Area resulted in nine residents getting caught for lighting wood fires.
Officials urge Bay to spare the air, don't burn wood Vallejo Times-Herald
Spare Me The Air San Francisco Chronicle
CBS 5 - Santa Rosa Press Democrat - Alternative Energy Retailer magazine - Times of the Internet
all 63 news articles

Fresh News

Report: County residents' live longer, but habits lag
Herald Times Reporter - Nov 22, 2008
By Kristopher Wenn • Herald Times Reporter • November 22, 2008 MANITOWOC - A new report shows county residents are living longer, but that could be in danger if they maintain unhealthy habits, the county's top health official said Thursday.
How healthy is Oneida County? Rhinelander Daily News
Environmental health report overlooks efforts, officials say Wausau Daily Herald
Baraboo News Republic - Janesville Gazette - WKBT - WJFW-TV
all 25 news articles

Javno.hr

Study: Pill as good as chemo for some patients
CNN - Nov 21, 2008
By Miriam Falco (CNN) -- A cancer treatment that comes in a pill is as effective as the standard chemotherapy for lung patients who had previously been treated for their cancer, according to a study released Thursday.
Iressa as Good as Chemotherapy for Lung Cancer U.S. News & World Report
Lung cancer pill may get second chance after tests Reuters
eFluxMedia - The Associated Press - Expressindia.com - PRESS TV
all 213 news articles

TheMedGuru

Three Employees Fired After Patient Chokes on Medicine, Dies
FOXNews - Nov 20, 2008
GOLDSBORO, NC - North Carolina officials have fired three employees and disciplined others in the death of a patient who was neglected for more than 22 hours at a state-operated mental hospital.
Hospital must repair its culture, official says News & Observer
Three Hospital Employees Fired After Patient’s Death eFluxMedia
United Press International - Goldsboro News Argus - TheMedGuru - Fresh News
all 39 news articles

5 Myths About Our Ailing Health-Care System
Washington Post - 8 hours ago
By Shannon Brownlee and Ezekiel Emanuel With Congress ready to spend $700 billion to prop up the US economy, enacting health-care reform may seem about as likely as the Dow hitting 10000 again before the end of the year.
Insurance sharpies Salt Lake Tribune
Health-care bailout wiser use of funds Lebanon Daily News
New York Times
all 6 news articles

dBTechno

Amgen Drug for Lung Cancer Suspended After Deaths (Update3)
Bloomberg - Nov 20, 2008
By David Olmos Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Amgen Inc.'s decision to suspend a clinical trial of its experimental cancer drug motesanib because of higher deaths among patients sets back the company's efforts to expand in the market for oncology treatments.
Wall Street brushes off Amgen study concerns CNNMoney.com
Takeda, Amgen to suspend trials of cancer drug Reuters
FierceBiotech - SmartAboutHealth - dBTechno - BusinessWeek
all 48 news articles