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What makes Prince Court Medical Center great?

Posted by News on June 14, 2013 | No Comments

Prince Court Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

This Prince Court Medical Center single patient room overlooks a world-famous landmark, the Petronas Twin Towers.

Prince Court Medical Center is MTQUA’s Top Hospital for Medical Tourists for 2013. See all 10 hospitals.

Prince Court Medical Center provides excellent surgery options for medical travelers. It pays exceptional attention not only to the medical care its doctors and nurses provide but to the details of patient comfort. Its special services Read more…

Malaysia Hospital Tops 2013 List Of World’s Best For Medical Tourists

Posted by News on June 13, 2013 | No Comments

For the first time, a Malaysian hospital is named the top hospital for medical tourists in the annual ranking by the Medical Travel Quality Alliance (MTQUA).

After reviewing top hospitals around the world, Prince Court Medical Center in Kuala Lumpur was selected as the hospital that best provides medical tourists with outstanding care beyond standard clinical protocols as well as excellent medical treatment.

“Prince Court is already known as an outstanding medical facility,” says Julie Munro, MTQUA president. “This award recognizes that it also pays the utmost attention to key non-clinical aspects of care that influence good outcomes and a successful medical travel journey for medical tourists.” Read more…

Medical Travel Agency Business Models

Posted by Julie Munro on March 17, 2013 | No Comments

(Part 1) Are medical tourism commission payments ethical?

At the Medical Travel Quality Alliance, we get many emails asking about business models for medical tourism agencies.

There are several business models for a medical tourism company or facilitator seen around the world, Read more…

Surgery And Treatment Risks Higher For Large Or Obese Medical Tourists

Posted by Julie Munro on March 17, 2013 | No Comments

Physically large or obese patients and bariatric surgery patients are at greater risk as medical tourists.

Receiving doctors or hospitals and medical tourism companies must be ready to address more than the usual needs of medical tourists, or be prepared to risk the success of their medical tourism business because patients are harmed. Read more…

Top 10 Reputation Management Tools

Posted by News on February 18, 2013 | No Comments

What are they saying about you? Part of managing your online reputation is being able to look at data and analytics, make a conclusion, and act on it. You must have a strategy in place to manage the factors discussed in an earlier post, and then you must have some way of gathering data to make sure you can gauge your reputation at any time. Read more…