The Implications of Medical Tourism on Australia’s Healthcare Industry

 
Oct. 2, 2014 - PRLog -- Australia is seeing an upward trend in inbound and outbound medical tourism in the last few years. With NIB Health Funds ready to offer insurance to Australians heading overseas for medical treatment, what does the future hold for Australia’s healthcare industry?

Healthcare industry stakeholders will gather at Informa’s Inaugural Medical Tourism Summit on 20-21 November at the Rendezvous Grand Hotel in Melbourne, to examine the implications of recent changes within the medical tourism industry and the impact on the Australian market.

Borderless healthcare will be explored by CEO of NIB Health Funds Mark Fitzgibbon, who will bring NIB’s plans of meeting the demand of a growing cross-border medical industry.

Cassandra Italia, Managing Director of Healthcare Hands and Global Health Travel, Thailand will be sharing a case study on patient experience, with an emphasis on the fact that clinical care and non-clinical interactions constitute a complete patient experience.

Why Australia’s IVF programs are drawing international patients to Australia” will be examined by Lyndon hale, Medical Director of Melbourne IVF.

How to take advantage of this international landscape will be discussed by Professor John Catford, Medical Director of Epworth Group – Victoria’s largest NFP hospital group.

Other notable speaking organisations include Medico-Legal Society of Victoria, CosMediTour, Australasian Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Barton Deakin, Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Authority and more.

Summit Producer, Lisa Hedlund from Informa says, “Australia has begun to see more tourists arriving to receive medical treatments ranging from cosmetic surgery to heart surgery and IVF. Meanwhile, NIB Health Funds are offering insurance for Australian’s heading overseas for dental and cosmetic surgery, with plans to eventually expand this service to cover other forms of medical tourism. This is the only national event to showcase what Australia has to offer, and how to market it.”

For a full agenda please visit here: http://www.informa.com.au/medicaltourismsummit14.

Media interviews, passes and other enquiries should be addressed to:

Clare Muston, Double Edge PR
Tel: + 61 2 9957 1352, 0430 714 307 | Email: clare@doubleedge.com.au

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