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Globalization of health services

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 Globalization of health services :  Health care reform in the industrialized countries, enacted during the last two decades, is entering a new phase of consolidation and further development, now extending to the less developed countries. This marks a significant element of the more general phenomenon commonly referred to as "globalization."  In short, globalization has become a two-way street as both sides exploit each other's markets and economies, creating virtual world labor and market forces. The healthcare industry has been considered resistant to outsourcing and offshore services as compared to other industries. Travel to another country for medical treatment has been called “medical tourism” and “cross-border healthcare”. Globalization of medical care is a multi-billion-dollar phenomenon, associated with economic, cultural, ethical, legal, and health consequences. Healthcare globalization is eventually going to be about an easy flow of information, services, and k

10 Things A Medical Tourism Patient Should Avoid

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              10 Things A Medical Tourism Patient        Should Avoid :    The medical tourism industry is booming in India due to its advancement in healthcare services, better qualified and skilled doctors, and skilled paramedical staff. Many patients outside as well as inside the country are traveling to certain hospitals for invasive and complicated surgeries and treatments to get better physically and mentally. To execute a medical trip successfully, Planning is one the prime thing that needs to be done before a trip. There are several factors which you must keep in your mind to ensure that your medical trip is smooth, hassle-free, and enjoyable. Right from researching the hospitals to booking  hotels near by , everything has to be properly planned a couple of months before. Hence, here are some of the things that you should do before you plan a medical trip. Choosing Non-Accredited Hospitals It is very essential to ensure that the chosen hospital is accredited, i.e. “approved by

Food For Your Medical Travel

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Food For Your Medical Travel It is well recognized that food and other aspects of food service delivery are important elements of the patients’ overall perception of the hospital experience. One should never have to compromise or settle, rather we have the volition to choose an option best suited to our individual needs. A good healthcare system, according to developmental economist Jean Dreze, needs to emphasize on preventing disease and promoting healthy lifestyles, focus on keeping people well, rather than treating them when they are sick.   Culture & Dietary Adherence An individual’s food choices, perceptions, and preferences about diet and health, and adherence to dietary recommendations are influenced by culture and ethnicity. Restricting or prohibiting the usual foods that one is accustomed to or prefers eating, usually leads to non-adherence to doctor’s instructions. Complications may arise when patients adamantly stick to their usual diet and refuse to forgo their food hab

Meditation

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  Why Meditation is so effective for our health.  What is Meditation? The word meditate comes from the thought that signifies thinking deeply but the time has changed the concept of meditation completely. Meditation is not about thinking more but quit from thinking. For the rest of a few minutes, when we completely shut out our senses like listening, watching, speaking, tasting, touching, and feel the complete emptiness in our body and mind, a perfectly blank mind and zero activity, that is the state where we feel what the meditation is. Some People say meditation is a prayer where they discover this process by attaching themselves with God. In Buddhism, meditation practices for the purification of mind and attainment of Nirvana. Generally, meditation is a way to calm your mind from thinking and rest your body from all works sometimes. From where meditation came from? We can proudly say that the origin of meditation came from India . This is a very ancient technique that is discovere

Things A Medical Tourism Patient Should Avoid

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 Things A Medical Tourism Patient Should Avoid    Clinical the travel industry is a developing pattern nowadays. Getting restoratively treated, alongside relaxing in the wonderful areas of unfamiliar territories simultaneously can be invigorating. This has started to catch the extravagant of individuals around the world, with India , Malaysia, and Mexico being among the most favored destinations. Clinical the travel industry gives savvy medicines that may not be accessible in the nation of origin, alongside the chance to investigate another spot and culture. This happy experience can go bad if the patient doesn't settle on a very much educated choice.  Recorded underneath are some significant indiscretions, which ought to be evaded as a clinical vacationer, in order to have a charming and deliberate outing:  Picking Non-Accredited Hospitals  It is extremely fundamental to guarantee that the picked emergency clinic is certified , for example, "affirmed by an official survey bo

Will Knee Replacement Surgery In India Ever Rule the World?

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 Will Knee Replacement Surgery In India Ever Rule the World? Total Knee Replacement , also known as knee replacement implants or knee arthroplasty is the replacement of your knee joints by surgery. This is done to relieve chronic knee pain and disability and to improve knee movement. Patients who need knee replacement have pain while walking, climbing stairs, and getting in and out of the chair. The degree of pain varies from patient to patient depending on age, weight, and level of joint degeneration. Of late, India has become the most favored clinical destination for Total Knee Replacement. The purpose for this change in perspective is the presence of high end machinery and a excellent clinical foundation of-workmanship which is proportionate to those in USA, UK and Europe. India has probably the best orthopedic clinics and treatment centers on the planet and some really unrivaled offices, with just about zero patients hold up list. The emergency clinics and orthopedic clinical trea

How is Covid-19 affecting Medical Tourism?

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 How is Covid-19 affecting Medical Tourism?  Over the previous month, IMS has been taking the temperature of the clinical travel area and evaluating the effect of COVID-19 on the organizations that rely upon worldwide patient development. We have assembled the perspectives on 70 industry members and  pioneers from over the globe. Over portion of the respondents spoke to emergency clinics, centers, specialists, and facilitators. This is what they needed to state.  For 64% of respondents, COVID-19 is causing extraordinary concern and there is not kidding sway on their medical services related business. 27% trust it is restricted to explicit regions of their medical services related business and are observing the effect intently.  For the clinical travel/worldwide patient, part of their medical services business, COVID-19 has brought about a gigantic effect on tolerant numbers (Impact score of 4.3 out of 5), and there has been a huge monetary effect, remembering impacts for business act