Thursday, November 25, 2010

Medical Tourism Travel Agent

Medical Tourism Travel Agent

A Medical tourist comes to a country looking for cheaper and better quality treatment than available back home.
Medical tourism means seeking medical treatment in a hospital in a foreign country. There are the issues of knowing which hospital the patient may approach. The patient arrives at this decision based on how he much he knows about hospitals that are safe, cheap but provide good quality healthcare and whether a particular hospital provides a particular treatment or not. The patient must also know which country has got more patient friendly nursing staff and finally, the vital question of cost is certainly there. Once knowing the details, the patient or the family must engage in arranging the travel documents, Visa etc. Then there are the troubles of confirming the treatment details with the hospital, the flight arrangements, hotel bookings etc. As it is a vacation too, the patient has to go into the nitty-gritty of arranging the vacation. It is a whole load of trouble for the ailing patient.

Even though a patient has decided to opt for a cheaper health option overseas, it does not mean that he must have to face all these troubles. There are easier ways of handling overseas treatment.
To ease the troubles of patients going abroad for their treatments, medical tourism agencies came up. The companies emerged as facilitators between the patients and the hospitals. They provided the link between a patient looking for a particular treatment and the hospital providing the same. Based on the client's requirement, the company then comes up with names of suitable hospitals and doctors. After the patient has been accepted as a client by the company, they assign a case manager for the patient in order to understand the patient's need and requirements. Judging on the patient's ability to pay, patient's convenience, availability of doctors on the days asked by the patient, hospitals that suit the patient's needs are chosen. Not only this, the companies also provide help to their clients in procuring the necessary travel documents to the particular country.

Confirming with the hospital, booking of flights, accommodations arrangement, arranging for after treatment vacation, etc. there are various steps undertaken during an initial stage of a medical vacation. And in every step of the process, the agency helps the patient.
This is how it works. Once the patient approaches the medical tourism agency, the company assesses all the hospitals in their network, trying to find out which hospitals would better fulfill the patient's need. If the client is satisfied about the choice, only then are any further steps taken. Furthermore, the travel company assists the client in getting the necessary travel documents including Visa. The client is also helped in finishing up other aspects of the travel, including flights, airlines, hotel etc. Medical tourism companies like SurgeryPlanet have come up with the sole aim of helping patients acquire the best treatment at the most affordable price. They are building up networks of affiliated healthcare service providers, tourist agencies, airlines, hotels, to better serve the client's need and certainly at the price affordable to the client.

SurgeryPlanet has emerged as one of the pioneer medical tourism companies in the world. It has brought in the latest technological advances to better serve the patients. One example of this is the ecarePlanet wherein the clients can do their searching of a doctor, plan and book their schedule online. In one of the first of its kind online service, ecarePlanet allows patients to check out doctors based on their own selection criteria. The criteria could be specialization of Healthcare Provider, type of Surgery or Treatment, country and /or city of the Hospital/Healthcare provider, accreditations and certification of healthcare Provider. The patient can also get a quote for the cost of the service online, from the same webpage. It has made it all the more easier for patients to plan their itinerary based on all the information.

Moreover SurgeryPlanet is providing the client various services free of cost. These include doctor consultation, assistance in travel booking and visa, vacation, hotel booking etc. To ease the financial burden of the clients, SurgeryPlanet also provides assistance in processing the loans for the treatment. For this purpose, we are affiliated with our trusted finance partners. SurgeryPlanet also provides legal assistance package to the patients' to help the patient better understand the legal intricacies of the destination countries. This is to better prepare the clients about their legal rights in case of any mishaps during the treatment.
SurgeryPlanet, with its abiding network of more than a thousand healthcare providers spread over forty four countries, has the best claim to be your trusted partner in seeking affordable and top quality treatment overseas.

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