Health Care Leaders to Discuss Health Travel/Medical Tourism

May 31, 2012 - PRLog -- RALEIGH, N.C. (May 31, 2012) – The Triangle Healthcare Executives’ Forum (THEF) and Pfeiffer University are co-hosting a panel discussion about Health Travel/Medical Tourism. Health care used to be very localized, but healthcare dynamics are definitely changing primarily because of cost and access issues.  Medical tourism (also called medical travel, health tourism or global healthcare) refers to the rapidly-growing practice of traveling across international borders or state borders to seek health care.

THEF and Pfeiffer are co-hosting this event to encourage diversity awareness to improve patient care in all aspects of medical travel – both inbound and outbound. Our panelists will share their knowledge regarding patients coming to the U.S. for medical care as well as Americans traveling abroad for medical procedures, surgery and dental care.

Date:          Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Time:    5:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.(including dinner)
Speakers:    Bill Ruschhaupt, MD, MBA, Chairman, Global Health Center, Cleveland
                     Clinic          
                   Josef Woodman, CEO, Patients Beyond Borders
                    Azeddine Chergui, Resident Advisor/Medical Interpreter, Duke University
                    Health System.   
                    Rajesh Rao, CEO, IndUShealth will be moderating the panel.

Where:   WakeMed Cary Hospital Conference Center in Cary, North Carolina, corner of Kildare Farm and Tryon Roads.
           
Registration has already begun. Purchase your ticket online from the THEF website, thef.ache.org/x93.xml. Space is limited and similar THEF events have sold out in the past. Registration for the event will close on June 11. For more information, visit the THEF website, thef.ache.org/x93.xml.

This program has been developed and is presented locally by Triangle Healthcare Executives’ Forum (THEF). The American College of Healthcare Executives has awarded 1.5 ACHE Face-to-Face Education Credits to this program.