Volume 4, Issue 3

This week in Medical Travel Today

Greetings,

These are interesting times in medical travel.

The news is filled with stories of new international partnerships being forged and efforts to simplify financial transactions for patients traveling abroad (see INDUSTRY NEWS).  Based on those stories, one might think that the majority of growth opportunities exist beyond patient's home borders.

However, there's one organization that's rethinking its practice of sending patients abroad for lower costs when comparable options can be found at home (see SPOTLIGHT).

I guess when it comes to medical travel, opportunities exist where and when you create them.

As always, we welcome your comments, story ideas, and press releases.

Cheers,

Amanda Haar, Editor

PERSPECTIVES

SPOTLIGHT UPDATE: Mobile Surgery International Adds Domestic Option

Editor's Note: Medical Travel Today first interviewed Arnon Krongrad, M.D., of Mobile Surgery International (MSI) in April of 2009. At that time, our conversation focused on MSI's practice of sending patients and members of their Mobile Surgical PPO™ for surgery abroad. Recent news of MSI's first domestic mobile surgery case prompted us to reach out to him and learn what prompted the addition of a domestic option.

Medical Travel Today (MTT):  Let's start with the recent and exciting news of your first domestic mobile surgery case. Tell us about that.
Arnon Krongrad (AK): Mobile Surgery International’s mission is to help patients preserve treatment choice and quality. To achieve this mission requires that we help them overcome economic, cultural, and geographic barriers. We thus develop Centers of Excellence with Global Convenience™ that are cost-efficient, culturally suited, and geographically distributed so as to minimize logistical burden and maximize convenience.

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