Health Tourism Magazine Blog

Welcome Porto Alegre Healthcare!

Brazil’s most European-like state capital city enters the Health Care Tourism Industry offering satisfaction both on traveling and healthcare treatment with the highest level of commitment to every patient as a result of a very strong public and private sector partnership. Porto Alegre Health Care Cluster is the first public-private organization focused on Medical Tourism in Brazil, uniting the city government, representative associations, hospitals and doctors on a great health, wellness and hospitality supply chain.

We’re happy to have Porto Alegre Healthcare as a silver sponsor at the Healthcare & Hospital Development Conference.

Click the link to read more.

http://www.prlog.org/10907775-porto-alegre-health-care-shows-leadership-at-3rd-annual-wmt-ghc.html

CNN reported yesterday that a US Families costs for health insurance has gone up by 20%. This is a huge increase and another reason why their is significant potential for the growth of the medical tourism industry in the US.
http://money.cnn.com/2010/09/02/news/economy/kaiser_employer_benefits_report_2010/index.htm?hpt=Sbin

The MTA has released the updated attendee list for the 3rd annual world medical tourism and global healthcare congress
http://medicaltourismcongress.com/en/participant-list.html