Medical Tourism Medical tourism (MT) is patient movement from highly developed nations to other areas of the world for medical care‚ usually to find treatment at a lower cost. Medical tourism is different from the traditional model of international medical travel where patients generally journey from less developed nations to major medical centers in highly developed countries for medical treatment that is unavailable in their own communities. Services typically sought by travelers include elective
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Medical Tourism Sustainability through the Export Market Orientation Behaviours: The Case Study of Institut Jantung Negara (IJN) Ili-Salsabila Abd-Razak1 and Asmat Nizam Abdul Talib Universiti Utara Malaysia‚ Kedah‚ MALAYSIA The inclusion of tourism sector as one of the 12 recognized national key economic areas (NKEA) for the 10th Malaysia Plan represent the sector’s prospect in not only driving the nation’s economy‚ but also transforming the country into a high-income economy by 2020. With approximately
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The Joint Commission Review Joint Commission Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) is an organization that develops and maintains standards to promote compliance in regards to acceptable levels of care that should be given to patients. If a facility has been accepted by JCAHO‚ it is like a stamp of approval for the hospital when someone in looking at a hospital for surgery‚ to have their baby‚ etc. JCAHO is not mandatory for a hospital to operate and has no legal power. Southern
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A RESEARCH PROJECT REPORT SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TO FACULTY OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT‚ GHAZIABAD 2012 SUBMITTED BY:ANGESHWAR MISHRARoll No – 09237740074TH YEAR | Under The supervision of:Mr. Ravi Kumar SinghAssociate ProfessorFaculty of Hotel Management‚ Ghaziabad | CERTIFICATE BY THE SUPERVISOR Title: “MEDICAL TOURISM IN PUNJAB- A CASE STUDY OF JALANDHAR CITY” Certified that: I am
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in 1980‚ Bumrungrad is one of Asia’s largest private hospitals providing care to some 850‚000 patients a year which some 300‚000 are international patients from 154 countries. From opened 200-bed facility‚ today‚ Bumrungrad has over 2‚600 employees with over 900 physicians and over 700 nurse‚ 554 inpatient beds and 500 medical units. Almost 400‚000 are international patients from over 190 different countries. To cater for the needs of such a culturally diverse market‚ the hospital has implemented
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A. Compliance Status Nightingale Community Hospital is a healthcare leader that believes in providing the best quality care to all of their patients. As part of Nightingale’s mission to put the patient first‚ the hospital must meet National Patient Safety standards established by the hospital in accordance with the Joint Commission. As such‚ Nightingale Hospital participates in the Surgical Infection Prevention Program for the collection of core measures as it pertains to Universal Protocol (UP)
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TEAM Pnegative Bumrungrad Hospital IT Infrastructure: Problems‚ and Implementations Prepared For Aj. Teerapat Pachimkul Dr. Srisupa Palakvangsa Na Ayudhya Honorable English Instructors Prepared By Teerach Ittatirut Akkarote Lekhalawan Chunyanuch Rattanabumrung Pichamon Rungarun Natwipa Suksopee Contents Introduction There is no doubt that technology has become a great part in our lives‚ and the importance of it is admittedly increasing as time
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Canadian Medical Association (CMA) joined the ACS to form the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals (JCAH)” (Nancy M. Saufl‚ para.3). This alliance marked the first formation of what is today known as The Joint of Commission. Although‚ the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) eventually left the newly drafted JCAH in 1959‚ it did stay around long enough to help publish Standards for Hospital Accreditation in 1953 (Nancy M. Saufl‚ 2005). In 1965 Congress passed the Social Security Amendments
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National Patient Safety Goals Mary Schwantner NUR 206 Professor L. K. 09-20-2012 The Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) is a non-profit organization based in the United States that offers accreditation to health care facilities as well as various health programs. The goal of the organization is to “continuously improve health care for the public‚ in collaboration with other stakeholders
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medication administration. Common Factors Medication error defined is any preventable event which may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or harm to a patient (Treas & Willkinson‚ 2014). Medication mistakes are the most common type of healthcare error. Clinical factors which can contribute to medication error can include inadequate nursing education about patient safety and quality‚ excessive workloads‚ staffing inadequacies‚ fatigue‚ illegible provider handwriting‚ flawed dispensing systems
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