2010 Survey: Bangkoks Bumrungrad International Hospital Scores Higher With Americans

Boynton Beach, FL (PRWEB) October 14, 2010

Bruce Pearson, a 64-year-old man from Boynton Beach, Florida says that he will forgo his future Medicare advantages in his ongoing efforts to steer clear of the U.S. overall health care method. Rather, he will travel to Bumrungrad International hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, exactly where he has been receiving his overall health care since 2005.

Frustrated with the U.S. well being care method, Pearson is afraid wellness care reform will make even longer lines, unacceptable wait times, too considerably paper perform, and generate more anxiety for physicians and nurses that could effect security. Pearson says Bumrungrad is like coming home, compared to a dreaded hospital visit here in the United States.

Bruce Pearson is one of the tens of thousands American sufferers a year that travel to Bangkok to obtain care from physicians at Bumrungrad International hospital several of its medical doctors are educated and have practiced at best healthcare institutions and hospitals in the U.S. American sufferers save as a lot as 80% on costs by traveling to Bumrungrad International for their wellness care as an alternative of getting it in the United States. A new survey performed by the Florida-primarily based Medical Tourism Association (MTA) shows the range of U.S. patient satisfaction with Bumrungrad.

The survey reflects the opinions of more than 250 U.S. sufferers who intentionally traveled to Bumrungrad International and paid for wellness care out-of-pocket.

2010 Survey: Bangkoks Bumrungrad International Hospital Scores Higher With Americans

Bumrungrad International Hospital to Release Patients Beyond Borders(R) Focus On(TM)

Chapel Hill, NC (Vocus/PRWEB) December 08, 2010

Sufferers Beyond Borders (TM), the very best-promoting consumer reference guide for medical tourism, is pleased to announce the December 2010 release of Focus ON: Bumrungrad International Hospital, profiling the renowned Asian destination that has treated more international sufferers than any other.

Positioned in the heart of Bangkok, Thailand, this award-winning healthcare campus boasts a lot of of Thailands prime doctors, such as physicians educated at Johns Hopkins, the Cleveland Clinic, Stanford, MD Anderson, and the Mayo Clinic. More than 200 have been US board-certified.

Established in 1980, Bumrungrads primary facility now measures 1 million square feet and houses a 554-bed tertiary-care hospital, advanced imaging department, ISO-certified laboratory, clinical research center, and health-related heliport. The hospital offers 30 specialty centers and has the resources and capacity to meet all patient needs on one particular campus, inside days rather than weeks. During the past decade, much more than 3 million individuals from 190 countries have traveled to Bumrungrad for its mixture of medical good quality, efficiency, value, and Thai hospitality, creating it a single of the worlds most well-liked destinations for health-related travelers.

With expenses averaging 5080% significantly less than comparable remedies in the US and with a 90% satisfaction ranking in recent Gallup polls, it is straightforward to see why so a lot of healthcare shoppers are producing the trek to Thailand, says Josef Woodman, author of Sufferers Beyond Borders. I have personally been a patient at Bumrungrad International, and the knowledge is comparable to the greatest healthcare and service to be located in North America or Europe.

Bumrungrad was the first hospital in Asia to acquire Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation (in 2002) and was reaccredited in 2005 and 2008. International health-related coordinators, multilingual buyer service employees, airport reception services, and a range of ethnic meals possibilities are amongst the innovations Bumrungrad offers the international patient.

Sufferers Beyond Borders Focus ON: Bumrungrad International will offer healthcare consumers worldwide in-depth information on the hospitals best specialties and medical doctors, achievements, accreditation, signature solutions, patient case studies, and travel information.

We are gratified to be partnering with Individuals Beyond Borders to produce this new digital-format publication, says Kenneth Mays, senior director of Hospital Marketing and advertising and Organization Development for Bumrungrad International. Individuals Beyond Borders is the bible for medical travelers, so its only all-natural that we need to collaborate on this critical resource for international patients who want to make sensible and informed healthcare decisions.

Developed by the study and editorial group of Patients Beyond Borders, the Concentrate ON: series functions a 32-page, complete-color digital brochure and eBook highlighting the world’s leading, internationally accredited hospitals and specialty centers in a totally searchable, dynamic, consumer-friendly format. Published beneath the Individuals Beyond Borders brand, the series delivers healthcare customers detailed info on specialties, procedures, expenses, and travel arranging from the most recognized, trusted information source in international medical travel.

Focus ON: Bumrungrad International will be accessible from a range of sources, including the Sufferers Beyond Borders site, Bumrungrads internet site, Kindle, GoogleEditions and other eBook readers, iPhone and other mobile devices, health-related, company, and reference libraries worldwide, and all common social networks.

About Bumrungrad International Hospital

Bumrungrad International (pronounced Bahm-roong-RAHT, which means “care for the people”) is an internationally accredited, multispecialty hospital situated in Bangkok, Thailand. It is the largest private health-related center in Southeast Asia, serving more than 300 inpatients and 3,000 outpatients per day. Bumrungrad delivers state-of-the-art diagnostic, therapeutic, and intensive care facilities on a single, modern campus.

For much more data on Bumrungrad International, please get in touch with:

Lasa Sophonpanich, International Advertising and marketing Executive

33 Sukhumvit Road three, Wattana

Bangkok, THAILAND 10110

Tel: +662 667.1000

E mail: lasa(at)bumrungrad(dot)com

Internet: http://www.bumrungrad.com

About Healthful Travel Media

Healthy Travel Media, an independent imprint primarily based in Chapel Hill, NC, publishes books, eBooks, video, online, mobile, and social networking information and applications on healthcare, health, and wellness travel. Its flagship international title, Individuals Beyond Borders, now in its Second Edition, is the worlds major customer reference guide for healthcare tourism and is filled with authoritative, accessible tips. Nation editions, city editions, and person facility editions aid healthcare consumers make informed choices toward successful medical travel.

For a lot more data or media queries, please make contact with:

Judy Orchard, communications manager

Tel: +1 919 545.0668

E-mail: jorchard(at)patientsbeyondborders(dot)com

Web: http://www.patientsbeyondborders.com

Note: Qualified members of the media are invited to request a evaluation copy of Concentrate ON: Bumrungrad International, Individuals Beyond Borders: Second Edition, or any other title from our developing library. Please make contact with jorchard(at)patientsbeyondborders(dot)com.

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Bumrungrad International Hospital to Release Individuals Beyond Borders(R) Focus On(TM)

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50-Year Old Knee Injury Relieved Through Healthbase at an Indian Hospital

Boston, MA (PRWEB) June 23, 2007

Healthbase.com, a Boston-based medical tourism facilitator, has successfully assisted William Nilsson, an uninsured American patient seek knee replacement surgery in India. Healthbase connects uninsured, underinsured and even insured patients to leading medical facilities overseas, arranging first-class treatment for them at major internationally-accredited hospitals in India, Thailand, Singapore and Mexico, and expanding to Costa Rica, Panama, Argentina, Brazil, Belgium, Turkey and Malaysia.

William Nilsson of Southern Utah had not paid much attention to the knee injuries he sustained during football games in high-school some 50 years ago. But when he tore his knee ligaments last year while playing golf, he, like 45 million uninsured Americans, didn’t know how he could pay for a knee replacement surgery. He saw the light of hope with Healthbase that helped him find low cost but high quality treatment in India, ensuring that he could play golf again.

Owing to the rising costs of healthcare in the United States, patients these days are traveling abroad for surgeries in various categories like orthopedics, cardiac, cosmetic, and dental among others. The cost of surgical care at overseas hospitals is typically a fraction of that found in the U.S., with equal or superior outcomes. William’s knee replacement surgery, for example, which would have cost him over $ 30,000 in the US, cost him only $ 6,500 in India. Even with travel expenses taken into account, the comprehensive treatment packages that patients can get measure in savings of thousands of dollars.

The quality of care delivered abroad is at par with that in America. Overseas hospitals that are JCI/JCAHO accredited maintain best practice standards of care. William quotes, “The doctors who treated me were very professional. They would visit our room many times a day. The quality of care I received on a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being the least, I would rate them as a 10.”

After his successful surgery and recovery in India, William Nilsson returned home to the US in mid-April. He recalls his wonderful experience with Healthbase throughout the process of his treatment. In his own words, “I was very impressed with all the help I received and the clarity with which my questions were answered [by Healthbase].”

Healthbase.com makes treatment abroad accessible to more patients than ever before.

About Healthbase Online Inc.

Healthbase is a one-stop source for global medical choices, connecting patients to leading hospitals around the world, through a secure, easy to use, information-rich web portal. Healthbase offers over 200 procedures and helps patients seek top quality healthcare in various categories such as bariatric, orthopedic, cardiac, spinal, dental, cosmetic, laparoscopic, etc. Healthbase’s partner hospitals are located in India, Singapore, Thailand and Mexico, and are expanding to Costa Rica, Panama, Argentina, Brazil, Belgium, Malaysia and Turkey. To ensure that patients receive the best care possible, Healthbase works only with hospitals that have international accreditations like JCI, JCAHO and ISO. To learn more, call 1-888-691-4584, email info.hb @ healthbase.com or visit http://www.healthbase.com.

Contact:

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Healthbase Media Relations

Healthbase Online Inc.

287 Auburn Street

Newton, MA 02466, USA

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Email: media.hb @ healthbase.com

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Bumrungrad International the initial private hospital to be awarded Thailand Quality Class (TQC) for organizational excellence

Bangkok, Thailand (PRWEB) June 18, 2009

Bumrungrad International, Southeast Asia’s biggest private hospital and 1 of the world’s best medical travel destinations, has been recognized for its globe class organizational excellence by becoming awarded the Thailand Good quality Class (TQC) award for 2008.

Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Korbsak Sabhavasu, presented this prestigious award at the recent 2008 Thailand High quality Awards (TQA). The honor, based on the famous Malcolm Baldrige Award in America, recognizes an organization’s strategic, management, and operational good quality. Given that TQA began in 2002, Bumrungrad International is the 1st private hospital to qualify for TQC.

Following the typical set by The Baldrige Award, TQC honors companies–manufacturing and service, modest and big–along with education, well being care and nonprofit organizations that are judged to be outstanding in seven locations: leadership strategic planning consumer and market place focus measurement, evaluation, and information management workforce concentrate procedure management and results.

Since 1999, when Bumrungrad became the initial Asian hospital accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI), the international arm of the organization that testimonials and accredits hospitals in the United States, the hospital has continued to seek third-party critique in its continued effort to be benchmarked against a planet standard for quality and care.

The award adds to a list of honors lately achieved by Bumrungrad, which includes “Thailand’s Most Revolutionary Firm” by Chulalongkorn University’s School of Company leading medical tourism destination (Tourism Authority of Thailand) top Thai firm for good quality of goods and services (Asian Wall Street Journal) and excellence in data technology (Assoc. of Medical Directors of Information Systems).

Bumrungrad CEO Mack Banner noted, “We have been fortunate to acquire several awards, especially more than this final year, but the TQA competition is specific for us due to the fact it focuses on the general high quality and final results of the organization. The distinction with the TQC vs. other awards we have received is that the concentrate of the TQC is on a company’s commitment to top quality, the top quality processes within the organization, and also the final results of these processes. Due to the fact it is such an substantial evaluation, we are very honored to be recognized for our efforts.”

About Bumrungrad International

Bumrungrad International is an internationally accredited, multi-specialty hospital positioned in the heart of Bangkok, Thailand. Founded in 1980, these days it is the biggest private hospital in Southeast Asia, with 554 beds and over 30 specialty centers. Bumrungrad gives state-or-the-art diagnostic, therapeutic and intensive care facilities in a a single-quit medical center.

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Bumrungrad International the initial private hospital to be awarded Thailand Quality Class (TQC) for organizational excellence

Gorgeous Getaways, the Leader in Global Cosmetic Surgery Holidays Announces New Partnership with Local Government in Cozumel, Mexico and CMC Hospital

Edmonton, Alberta (PRWEB) March 17, 2011

Gorgeous Getaways Inc. the global leader in cosmetic surgery holidays today announced it has entered into a partnership with Costamed Hospital and Dental (CMC) and the elected Mayor of Cozumel, Aurelio Joaquin Gonzalez. The partnership will promote Cozumel as a Center of Excellence for Canadian and American patients, seeking affordable high quality medical treatment in a safe and relaxing environment. This partnership will enable Gorgeous Getaways Inc. to now offer destinations that are closer for North American clients who have previously been travelling to Malaysia and Thailand for treatment.

Gorgeous Getaways Inc. is a pioneer in the medical tourism industry averaging a minimum of 50-60 clients per month with plans to double this monthly number by the end of the year. They are setting the bar very high by providing complete end-to-end client support from the initial enquiry stage to ongoing national get-togethers so new and existing clients can share stories. It takes six (6) months of due diligence to bring new partners on board so we are very excited to work with CMC and the local Cozumel government, said Rachel Rowling, Global Director, Gorgeous Getaways Inc. Teaming up will bring all necessary partner elements combining government support, a highly skilled medical team, with our unmatched industry service standards. This will allow us to offer a complete range of affordable cosmetic and weight loss surgery, complete dental services and restoration, and non-surgical treatments to North American clients.

Gorgeous Getaways Inc. is a great partner that shares the same vision and values. This collaboration exemplifies their dedication to patient safety and postpartum care said Dr. Ricardo Segovia, Executive and co-owner, Costamed Hospital and Dental.

About Gorgeous Getaways Inc.

Founded in 2004, Gorgeous Getaways is one of the original pioneers of medical tourism and regarded as the worldwide leader of quality, affordable cosmetic surgery holidays. Today, the company is incorporated in Canada, United States, Australia, and Malaysia with global sales in Canada, United States, United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia, and dedicated full-time client service managers based in the destination countries of Malaysia, Thailand, Costa Rica and Mexico.

We have researched and selected the highest quality, internationally-recognized surgeons and hospitals that consistently deliver outstanding results. Our dedicated team on the ground provide complete post-surgery care and exceptional, personalized service for optimal recovery.

Established relationships with providers provide Gorgeous Getaways with an edge – to offer the most competitive, full-service packages in exotic locations. With over 20,000 subscribers, numerous testimonials and case-studies, Gorgeous Getaways is world-renowned for quality and superior customer care with global clients, surgeons, hospitals, tourism bodies, industry affiliates and local government.

For more information about Gorgeous Getaways Inc., visit its website at http://www.gorgeousgetaways.com.

About Costmed (CMC)

Costamed originated in 1998 with the purpose of becoming a leading international hospital in the Caribbean island of Cozumel, Mexico. Today, the privileged Costamed Hospital Group presents patients from around the world with professional medical services, advanced emergency care, and complete medical & surgical treatments focused on the entire satisfaction of our clients. Surrounded by the warm and welcoming environment of Mexico’s Caribbean, one of the most popular vacation destinations in the world, the Costamed group currently consists of two professional medical clinics located in the state of Quintana Roo; one in the Cozumel Island and the other in Playa del Carmen, only 50-minutes away from Cancun’s International Airport, within Mexico’s Riviera Maya.

For more information about Costamed visit its website at

http://www.costamed.com.mx/en.html


For more information please contact:

Rachel Rowling

Global Director, MBA

GORGEOUS GETAWAYS INC.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Gorgeous Getaways, the Leader in Global Cosmetic Surgery Holidays Announces New Partnership with Local Government in Cozumel, Mexico and CMC Hospital