Thursday, November 25, 2010

Medical Tourism websites

 Medical Tourism websites

The growth of medical tourism is intrinsically linked with the growth of information technology. Without the rise of IT, medical tourism could not have hoped for such a wide acceptance.
The patient coming from one of the corner of the world goes to another for the treatment. There is much preparation to be undertaken for such a journey. Every last detail of the patient's ailment, his allergies if any, any other diseases must be made known to the doctor going to treat the patient. The medical reports, and if it is going to be any kind of cosmetic treatment, the pictures of the patient must be made available to the doctor.

The patient must also be aware about every detail regarding the doctor and the hospital, the country he is going to visit, the exact cost of the treatment, all related costs, accommodation facilities, etc. And these documents need to be made available to both the doctor and patient in real time.
To facilitate the needs of a medical tourist, going abroad for a treatment, medical tourism companies have come up. Companies like SurgeryPlanet which facilitates the communication between the doctor and the patient, helps the patient to make all necessary arrangements regarding travel, treatment, accommodation etc.

To further ease up the process, medical tourism companies relied mostly on their websites. Here, details regarding various treatments for various ailments, the name of various hospitals offering the treatment in various countries are accumulated in one place. Mostly an approximate cost is also thrown in there. It was much easier and smoother for the patient to collect all his necessary data rather than crawl all over the web looking for hospitals providing each treatment.
The websites also clarified what all are the various allied services with which the company would help the patient with. It essentially cut down the patient's trouble for certain jobs that the company already provides help for.

The medical tourism websites also started educating the patients about the nuances of their treatment. To make it friendlier for the patient, the websites also started giving out the legal and other implications of an overseas treatment for the patient.
Every step that the medical tourist needs to undertake is carefully stated in the pages of the website. The corresponding steps to be taken by the medical tourism company are also stated. Every process is made known to the client.

SurgeryPlanet has furthered this traditional approach. Instead of the company choosing random hospitals, based on their own preferences and sending the names across to the patients, now SurgeryPlanet has decided to bring everything above board. The whole process of choosing a hospital for his or her treatment is left in the hands of the patient. SurgeryPlanet only facilitates the process of choosing. This way of facilitation is known as eCarePlanet. The patient needs to create a secure login to SurgeryPlanet's Patient management system "eCarePlanet" with a quick profile and a brief about the Healthcare requirements.

SurgeryPlanet has aggregated data of all the service providers on the website. The patient can review the complete details of hospitals and surgeons in SurgeryPlanet network. To better manage it for the patient, Selection filters are there on our Web Portal Search Directory " FIND HOSPITALS ".
The patient can search for a particular treatment based on the following search criteria:

  • Specialization of Healthcare Provider

  • Type of Surgery or Treatment

  • Country and /or City of the Hospital/Healthcare provider( optional )

  • Accreditations and Certification of healthcare Provider ( optional )
Alternately the patient may use Keyword search for Healthcare provider by doing a specific search for the name of a Surgery, Doctor, Hospital, Country, etc. 

The patient can read complete descriptions about the doctor, hospital, or Healthcare provider. We have also made available to the patient pictures and videos of the Healthcare Provider. There is no lapse on our part in making the patient knowledgeable about the healthcare provider he or she is going to for the treatment.
There are also various package deals we are offering to our patients. The details of all these are made available to the patients on our website.
SurgeryPlanet has made the process of healthcare overseas as easy for the patient as is possible. And we are constantly working to better the patient experience.

1 comment:

  1. Compass Medical offers you Medical Tourism in Germany with advance facility, get best healthcare, Treatment, Operation and rehab facilty in Germany.

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