07-Nov-16 The New York based specialty orthopedic center, Hospital for Special Surgery, has begun to offer services to medical facilities around the world. The hospital is focusing on opportunities in Asia, the Persian Gulf and Latin America, said Laura Robbins, SVP of Global & Academic Affairs. “We were getting a lot of inquiries from healthcare systems and hospitals around the world." [image: Hospital for Special Surgery]

03-Nov-16 Benchmarking facilitates unique national medical tourism concepts. 30 benchmarks include: 2. Cooperation among official authorities is a must; 7. Most destinations offer transparent pricing; 16. Many medical tourism physicians have US or UK qualifications; 21. Countries such as India and Thailand offer long-stay medical tourism visas; 27. Strong ties with health insurance companies influence the flow of international patients. [image: Mercury Advisory Group]

27-Sep-16 The US Cooperative for International Patient Programs (USCIPP) has partnered with Health Brand Group to promote USA healthcare services in the international markets of China, Hong Kong, and Brazil. The message is of quality of treatment and care, not saving money. The target is 30% overall growth in patients by 2018. [image: IMTJ]

20-Oct-16 Verb Surgical, J&J’s joint venture with Verily Life Sciences, plans to produce 'truly robotic' system that will improve surgical outcomes worldwide. "If you go to Shanghai, quality of care is actually quite good, at the Shanghai Hospital... Go 40 kilometers north... not so good,” said J&J medical devices chairman Gary Pruden. “Our goal is to democratize surgery." [image: OrthoFeed]

05-Oct-16 Chinese conglomerate Fosun International is in advanced talks to acquire Hospital da Bahia, a Brazilian hospital in the city of Salvador, for about BRL1 bn (USD308 mn). Brazilian business daily Valor Economico reported that Fosun is also looking to spend an additional BRL2 bn on other acquisitions to form a Brazilian hospital chain. [image: Fosun International Ltd]