25-Dec-17, Ophthalmology Business
Josef Woodman, founder of Patients Beyond Borders, was recently in Mexico a few miles from the US border. While there, he was surprised by the number of vision clinics he saw.
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"We are seeing a rising trend for what I call the incidental medical traveler, one who is going to travel anyway and seeks light medical care while on the road," Mr Woodman said, noting that this medical care is usually minimally invasive with predicable outcomes and short recovery period.
There are some who see an opportunity for medicial tourism in the ophthalmic space, both for outbound patients leaving the US to pursue procedures elsewhere as well as international inbound patients.