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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Médicaments de l'asthme


Malgré le fait que l'asthme est les affections respiratoires chroniques les plus courantes chez les enfants et les adultes partout dans le monde encore ne pas traiter la maladie. Il y a, cependant, un nombre croissant de médicaments de l'asthme et des options pour ceux qui ont la condition. L'asthme peut être plus problématique dans certaines personnes que d'autres, aussi vous ne devriez pas utiliser différents types de traitement de toutes les personnes souffrant d'asthme.
Généralement, il existe un certain nombre d'expériences, vous devez définir les niveaux exactes du traitement médicaments et préventive asthme qui devrait être utilisé pour gérer avec succès les conditions. Souvent les conditions de l'asthme deviendra encore pire à certaines périodes de l'année dans les environnements ou des endroits précis, conservant bons résumés de ce qui se passe lorsque les individus étaient et quels changements se produisent dans l'environnement s'est aggravée à l'asthme, peut aider à déterminer de médecins ou l'option de traitement plus efficace ou options.
Le traitement de l'asthme plus couramment utilisés sont :
Bronchodilatateurs constituent une action rapide des médicaments destinés aux loisirs ou pour cause de muscles libérer autour des voies respiratoires, permettant à l'air plus libre passage. Ces médicaments sous forme d'inhalateurs et la plupart préféré des bêta-agonistes, qui sont solides et extrêmement efficace même dans des attaques très graves.
Corticostéroïdes est également un type de substances inhalées, qui travaille sur une longue période de temps afin de réduire l'enflure globale et l'inflammation dans les voies respiratoires pour empêcher les attaques asthmatiques soudaines qui rendent tous le gonflement chronique plus grave.
Action prolongée par inhalation bronchodilatateurs, habituellement utilisées pour nuit gravement patients asthmatiques, ces médicaments sont combinés avec corticostéroïdes, libérant constamment les tensions musculaires dans les voies respiratoires.
Leucotriènes modificateurs-ces médicaments utilisés en combinaison avec inhalé corticostéroïdes pour les cas graves de l'asthme ou administré par elle-même pour les cas bénins de l'asthme.
La théophylline est liquide, capsules ou en version longue capsule est prise pour le dosage très précis pour se détendre les muscles tout au long des voies respiratoires. Posologie doit être soigneusement contrôlée et des complications respiratoires, la fréquence cardiaque ou une exemption doit être immédiatement signalée au médecin.
Il y a des médicaments de l'asthme, tels que cromolyn et nédocromil, souvent prescrits pour des cas très douces, mais chroniques de l'asthme.
En plus de simplement prendre des médicaments sur une base régulière ou durant une crise d'asthme, la majorité des patients a également contrôle leur performance pulmonaire à l'aide d'un débitmètre de pointe. Ce dispositif aide les patients à lire, comment bien est leur système respiratoire et leur permet de prendre les médicaments d'un actif, plutôt qu'après le début de l'attaque.
Il y a beaucoup de nouveaux médicaments à long terme de l'asthme en cours d'élaboration. Nouvelles variétés ont moins d'effets secondaires et peuvent être utilisées avec des patients asthmatiques plus graves que les anciens styles de la médecine. Les chercheurs travaillent également à déterminer la cause exacte de l'asthme, de sorte que des mesures plus préventives peuvent être prises à l'avenir et un meilleur traitement des médicaments de l'asthme peut être développé.

Médicaments de l'asthme


Malgré le fait que l'asthme est les affections respiratoires chroniques les plus courantes chez les enfants et les adultes partout dans le monde encore ne pas traiter la maladie. Il y a, cependant, un nombre croissant de médicaments de l'asthme et des options pour ceux qui ont la condition. L'asthme peut être plus problématique dans certaines personnes que d'autres, aussi vous ne devriez pas utiliser différents types de traitement de toutes les personnes souffrant d'asthme.
Généralement, il existe un certain nombre d'expériences, vous devez définir les niveaux exactes du traitement médicaments et préventive asthme qui devrait être utilisé pour gérer avec succès les conditions. Souvent les conditions de l'asthme deviendra encore pire à certaines périodes de l'année dans les environnements ou des endroits précis, conservant bons résumés de ce qui se passe lorsque les individus étaient et quels changements se produisent dans l'environnement s'est aggravée à l'asthme, peut aider à déterminer de médecins ou l'option de traitement plus efficace ou options.
Le traitement de l'asthme plus couramment utilisés sont :
Bronchodilatateurs constituent une action rapide des médicaments destinés aux loisirs ou pour cause de muscles libérer autour des voies respiratoires, permettant à l'air plus libre passage. Ces médicaments sous forme d'inhalateurs et la plupart préféré des bêta-agonistes, qui sont solides et extrêmement efficace même dans des attaques très graves.
Corticostéroïdes est également un type de substances inhalées, qui travaille sur une longue période de temps afin de réduire l'enflure globale et l'inflammation dans les voies respiratoires pour empêcher les attaques asthmatiques soudaines qui rendent tous le gonflement chronique plus grave.
Action prolongée par inhalation bronchodilatateurs, habituellement utilisées pour nuit gravement patients asthmatiques, ces médicaments sont combinés avec corticostéroïdes, libérant constamment les tensions musculaires dans les voies respiratoires.
Leucotriènes modificateurs-ces médicaments utilisés en combinaison avec inhalé corticostéroïdes pour les cas graves de l'asthme ou administré par elle-même pour les cas bénins de l'asthme.
La théophylline est liquide, capsules ou en version longue capsule est prise pour le dosage très précis pour se détendre les muscles tout au long des voies respiratoires. Posologie doit être soigneusement contrôlée et des complications respiratoires, la fréquence cardiaque ou une exemption doit être immédiatement signalée au médecin.
Il y a des médicaments de l'asthme, tels que cromolyn et nédocromil, souvent prescrits pour des cas très douces, mais chroniques de l'asthme.
En plus de simplement prendre des médicaments sur une base régulière ou durant une crise d'asthme, la majorité des patients a également contrôle leur performance pulmonaire à l'aide d'un débitmètre de pointe. Ce dispositif aide les patients à lire, comment bien est leur système respiratoire et leur permet de prendre les médicaments d'un actif, plutôt qu'après le début de l'attaque.
Il y a beaucoup de nouveaux médicaments à long terme de l'asthme en cours d'élaboration. Nouvelles variétés ont moins d'effets secondaires et peuvent être utilisées avec des patients asthmatiques plus graves que les anciens styles de la médecine. Les chercheurs travaillent également à déterminer la cause exacte de l'asthme, de sorte que des mesures plus préventives peuvent être prises à l'avenir et un meilleur traitement des médicaments de l'asthme peut être développé.

Médicaments de l'asthme


Malgré le fait que l'asthme est les affections respiratoires chroniques les plus courantes chez les enfants et les adultes partout dans le monde encore ne pas traiter la maladie. Il y a, cependant, un nombre croissant de médicaments de l'asthme et des options pour ceux qui ont la condition. L'asthme peut être plus problématique dans certaines personnes que d'autres, aussi vous ne devriez pas utiliser différents types de traitement de toutes les personnes souffrant d'asthme.
Généralement, il existe un certain nombre d'expériences, vous devez définir les niveaux exactes du traitement médicaments et préventive asthme qui devrait être utilisé pour gérer avec succès les conditions. Souvent les conditions de l'asthme deviendra encore pire à certaines périodes de l'année dans les environnements ou des endroits précis, conservant bons résumés de ce qui se passe lorsque les individus étaient et quels changements se produisent dans l'environnement s'est aggravée à l'asthme, peut aider à déterminer de médecins ou l'option de traitement plus efficace ou options.
Le traitement de l'asthme plus couramment utilisés sont :
Bronchodilatateurs constituent une action rapide des médicaments destinés aux loisirs ou pour cause de muscles libérer autour des voies respiratoires, permettant à l'air plus libre passage. Ces médicaments sous forme d'inhalateurs et la plupart préféré des bêta-agonistes, qui sont solides et extrêmement efficace même dans des attaques très graves.
Corticostéroïdes est également un type de substances inhalées, qui travaille sur une longue période de temps afin de réduire l'enflure globale et l'inflammation dans les voies respiratoires pour empêcher les attaques asthmatiques soudaines qui rendent tous le gonflement chronique plus grave.
Action prolongée par inhalation bronchodilatateurs, habituellement utilisées pour nuit gravement patients asthmatiques, ces médicaments sont combinés avec corticostéroïdes, libérant constamment les tensions musculaires dans les voies respiratoires.
Leucotriènes modificateurs-ces médicaments utilisés en combinaison avec inhalé corticostéroïdes pour les cas graves de l'asthme ou administré par elle-même pour les cas bénins de l'asthme.
La théophylline est liquide, capsules ou en version longue capsule est prise pour le dosage très précis pour se détendre les muscles tout au long des voies respiratoires. Posologie doit être soigneusement contrôlée et des complications respiratoires, la fréquence cardiaque ou une exemption doit être immédiatement signalée au médecin.
Il y a des médicaments de l'asthme, tels que cromolyn et nédocromil, souvent prescrits pour des cas très douces, mais chroniques de l'asthme.
En plus de simplement prendre des médicaments sur une base régulière ou durant une crise d'asthme, la majorité des patients a également contrôle leur performance pulmonaire à l'aide d'un débitmètre de pointe. Ce dispositif aide les patients à lire, comment bien est leur système respiratoire et leur permet de prendre les médicaments d'un actif, plutôt qu'après le début de l'attaque.
Il y a beaucoup de nouveaux médicaments à long terme de l'asthme en cours d'élaboration. Nouvelles variétés ont moins d'effets secondaires et peuvent être utilisées avec des patients asthmatiques plus graves que les anciens styles de la médecine. Les chercheurs travaillent également à déterminer la cause exacte de l'asthme, de sorte que des mesures plus préventives peuvent être prises à l'avenir et un meilleur traitement des médicaments de l'asthme peut être développé.

Really Fixing Our Medical System


Without question, in many ways the US medical system is the envy of most of the world. We have some of the best medical colleges, many of the best physicians, and state of the art hospitals. Also, our drug companies are some of the most productive in the world.
In spite of the above, our medical system is seriously broken. Medical outcomes often trail behind other countries with ostensibly lower quality care, and costs are exorbitant. It is true that some very positive steps have already been taken to reduce costs, such as capping physician and hospital fees via PPO contracts, bulk negotiation for reduced drug costs by large providers and insurers, and reducing the cost of the "paper jungle" in hospitals via automation.
While the above is all positive, the system is still like an albatross around the neck of the ultimate payors (individuals and employers). While many hospitals are charitable and offer discounts to the uninsured, and many general practitioners take on geriatric patients knowing they will not be adequately reimbursed by Medicare, most people have a sense that the cost of the system is simply out of control. Even people covered by comprehensive PPO plans, where in-network providers accept strict fee caps imposed by the insurer, suffer from having to pay high premiums and steep out-of-pocket payments. Further, providers compensate for PPO and Medicare fee caps by shifting cost to insured's that are covered by insurance plans that they don't have a fee contract with. The end result is that almost everyone finds medical care too expensive.
I believe the system can be fixed, but it will require great political courage, as well as a willingness on the part of the American public to trash some currently held sacred beliefs. Nothing this complex can be solved by a simple or easy to swallow quick fix. It requires a comprehensive, and quite honestly, painful set of steps.
Detailed Plan
Force Hospitals To Adopt Smart Automation
I'm referring here to the type of advanced automation that minimizes duplication of services, administration of treatments that may be dangerous due to drug interactions, etc. In the US, professional firms (medical clinics, law offices, etc.) are notoriously IT illiterate. The Obama administration should provide tax incentives to spawn a cottage industry of consultants to help health care providers select and implement medical information management systems that really drive costs down by averting wasteful and dangerous decisions. Hospitals that fail to adopt smart automation within a certain period of time would become uncompetitive and driven out of business.

Reduce The Implementation Cost For New Drugs
Factoring in the cost of research, getting FDA (Food and Drug Administration) approval, and marketing expense, it now costs a drug maker over $1 billion USD to bring a new drug to market. Only about 20% of this amount is for actual research. The rest is just regulatory approval (performing tests and submitting trial data) and marketing. The FDA needs to streamline and speed up the approval process, and then issue detailed public information so doctors and patients can make drug decisions without relying on the drug maker's expensive TV campaigns (which would hopefully become useless and cease). Admittedly, less stringent testing before approval will lead to some incremental public danger (drugs that would have been disapproved instead of being marketed for a time before losing accreditation due to poor effectiveness or dangers not flagged earlier), but this is a cost we will have to bear if we wish to reign in the rapidly growing cost of drugs.

Set Reasonable Caps On Doctor Compensation
In the US, the individual states regulate the insurance industry (not the federal government). The state insurance commissioners need to get together and set limits on per hour expenses that doctors can receive for specific procedures from insurance policies. Insurance policies that violate these caps should not be approved for public sale. The idea would be to set the caps high enough so that the medical profession continues to attract competent people, but not so high that some jerk gets $500,000 per year just for analyzing X-rays.

Get Really Tough On Tort Reform
While this is a hard on patients that suffer the results of medical malpractice, we need to limit malpractice awards from juries to actual economic damages, plus reasonable punitive damages in cases of gross negligence. Payments for "pain and suffering" need to be eliminated. Admittedly, this is controversial, as such damages are routinely awarded in non-medical civil cases where they are deemed appropriate by the jury. The problem is that juries are awarding enormous pain and suffering damages out of sympathy for the damaged patient, driving malpractice insurance costs through the roof, and thus contributing in a major way to the overall medical cost problem.

Take Religion Out Of Medicine
While we may have seemed to veer to the left in the last election, real decision making in the US is controlled by a small clique of wealthy, very conservative people. The religious right interprets the "right to life" as "the obligation to live." This has impacted medical care in a major way. Heroic, hugely expensive measures are taken, using insurance as a major payment vehicle, to keep people alive for short periods of time in very poor health condition. The decision to provide insured coverage for life saving treatments should be made on a cost/benefit basis, comparing the cost of the coverage with the overall anticipated benefit (added years of life, and expected quality of those years). Procedures that don't meet the test should be denied (unless the patient can pay the cost himself), and instead the insurance should merely provide for keeping the patient as comfortable as possible until death (e.g., pain killers, psychological support, etc.). This is the approach taken in a number of Northern European countries, which incidentally have excellent medical care systems. The far right's idea that everyone has an obligation to live as long as possible, no matter how miserable they are, is both ridiculous and anachronous.

Encourage International Cooperation Regarding Prescription Drugs
The US badly needs to cooperate with foreign countries to determine standards of accreditation for proprietary and generic drug makers. Accredited foreign manufacturers should be able to legally import their locally approved drugs to the US (right now the FDA forbids it). This would foster international competition with respect to drug prices, which would greatly benefit US consumers (right now, we pay far more than anyone else for drugs).

Conclusion
While our medical system is badly broken, it can be fixed with courage and hard work. The real impediment to a substantive correction is human nature, namely greed and cowardice:
Legislators that are too beholden to drug company political contributions to allow Medicare to negotiate pricing for medications Hospital administrators that are afraid of technological change Doctors that sometimes charge outrageous fees for minimal work Patients expecting to get the best of everything regardless of cost/benefit considerations Society being too afraid to let go of outdated religious conceptions Government being too cowardly to fast track promising drugs and open the market to imports Legislators being too greedy to repel the legal lobby and institute drastic medical tort reform

There is way too much hand wringing about insurance costs. The insurers are simply intermediaries, and they do not make extravagant returns on capital. The root cause of the problem is excessive cost at the provider level (hospitals, physicians, etc.). Until the etiology of the problem is solved, the symptoms will remain. The cure is a little like castor oil - it tastes terrible going down, but eventually you feel a lot better. Also, as with castor oil, you won't take it unless your mother forces you to. With all the vested interests here, real change won't occur unless Obama forces it down our collective throats.

Really Fixing Our Medical System


Without question, in many ways the US medical system is the envy of most of the world. We have some of the best medical colleges, many of the best physicians, and state of the art hospitals. Also, our drug companies are some of the most productive in the world.
In spite of the above, our medical system is seriously broken. Medical outcomes often trail behind other countries with ostensibly lower quality care, and costs are exorbitant. It is true that some very positive steps have already been taken to reduce costs, such as capping physician and hospital fees via PPO contracts, bulk negotiation for reduced drug costs by large providers and insurers, and reducing the cost of the "paper jungle" in hospitals via automation.
While the above is all positive, the system is still like an albatross around the neck of the ultimate payors (individuals and employers). While many hospitals are charitable and offer discounts to the uninsured, and many general practitioners take on geriatric patients knowing they will not be adequately reimbursed by Medicare, most people have a sense that the cost of the system is simply out of control. Even people covered by comprehensive PPO plans, where in-network providers accept strict fee caps imposed by the insurer, suffer from having to pay high premiums and steep out-of-pocket payments. Further, providers compensate for PPO and Medicare fee caps by shifting cost to insured's that are covered by insurance plans that they don't have a fee contract with. The end result is that almost everyone finds medical care too expensive.
I believe the system can be fixed, but it will require great political courage, as well as a willingness on the part of the American public to trash some currently held sacred beliefs. Nothing this complex can be solved by a simple or easy to swallow quick fix. It requires a comprehensive, and quite honestly, painful set of steps.
Detailed Plan
Force Hospitals To Adopt Smart Automation
I'm referring here to the type of advanced automation that minimizes duplication of services, administration of treatments that may be dangerous due to drug interactions, etc. In the US, professional firms (medical clinics, law offices, etc.) are notoriously IT illiterate. The Obama administration should provide tax incentives to spawn a cottage industry of consultants to help health care providers select and implement medical information management systems that really drive costs down by averting wasteful and dangerous decisions. Hospitals that fail to adopt smart automation within a certain period of time would become uncompetitive and driven out of business.

Reduce The Implementation Cost For New Drugs
Factoring in the cost of research, getting FDA (Food and Drug Administration) approval, and marketing expense, it now costs a drug maker over $1 billion USD to bring a new drug to market. Only about 20% of this amount is for actual research. The rest is just regulatory approval (performing tests and submitting trial data) and marketing. The FDA needs to streamline and speed up the approval process, and then issue detailed public information so doctors and patients can make drug decisions without relying on the drug maker's expensive TV campaigns (which would hopefully become useless and cease). Admittedly, less stringent testing before approval will lead to some incremental public danger (drugs that would have been disapproved instead of being marketed for a time before losing accreditation due to poor effectiveness or dangers not flagged earlier), but this is a cost we will have to bear if we wish to reign in the rapidly growing cost of drugs.

Set Reasonable Caps On Doctor Compensation
In the US, the individual states regulate the insurance industry (not the federal government). The state insurance commissioners need to get together and set limits on per hour expenses that doctors can receive for specific procedures from insurance policies. Insurance policies that violate these caps should not be approved for public sale. The idea would be to set the caps high enough so that the medical profession continues to attract competent people, but not so high that some jerk gets $500,000 per year just for analyzing X-rays.

Get Really Tough On Tort Reform
While this is a hard on patients that suffer the results of medical malpractice, we need to limit malpractice awards from juries to actual economic damages, plus reasonable punitive damages in cases of gross negligence. Payments for "pain and suffering" need to be eliminated. Admittedly, this is controversial, as such damages are routinely awarded in non-medical civil cases where they are deemed appropriate by the jury. The problem is that juries are awarding enormous pain and suffering damages out of sympathy for the damaged patient, driving malpractice insurance costs through the roof, and thus contributing in a major way to the overall medical cost problem.

Take Religion Out Of Medicine
While we may have seemed to veer to the left in the last election, real decision making in the US is controlled by a small clique of wealthy, very conservative people. The religious right interprets the "right to life" as "the obligation to live." This has impacted medical care in a major way. Heroic, hugely expensive measures are taken, using insurance as a major payment vehicle, to keep people alive for short periods of time in very poor health condition. The decision to provide insured coverage for life saving treatments should be made on a cost/benefit basis, comparing the cost of the coverage with the overall anticipated benefit (added years of life, and expected quality of those years). Procedures that don't meet the test should be denied (unless the patient can pay the cost himself), and instead the insurance should merely provide for keeping the patient as comfortable as possible until death (e.g., pain killers, psychological support, etc.). This is the approach taken in a number of Northern European countries, which incidentally have excellent medical care systems. The far right's idea that everyone has an obligation to live as long as possible, no matter how miserable they are, is both ridiculous and anachronous.

Encourage International Cooperation Regarding Prescription Drugs
The US badly needs to cooperate with foreign countries to determine standards of accreditation for proprietary and generic drug makers. Accredited foreign manufacturers should be able to legally import their locally approved drugs to the US (right now the FDA forbids it). This would foster international competition with respect to drug prices, which would greatly benefit US consumers (right now, we pay far more than anyone else for drugs).

Conclusion
While our medical system is badly broken, it can be fixed with courage and hard work. The real impediment to a substantive correction is human nature, namely greed and cowardice:
Legislators that are too beholden to drug company political contributions to allow Medicare to negotiate pricing for medications Hospital administrators that are afraid of technological change Doctors that sometimes charge outrageous fees for minimal work Patients expecting to get the best of everything regardless of cost/benefit considerations Society being too afraid to let go of outdated religious conceptions Government being too cowardly to fast track promising drugs and open the market to imports Legislators being too greedy to repel the legal lobby and institute drastic medical tort reform

There is way too much hand wringing about insurance costs. The insurers are simply intermediaries, and they do not make extravagant returns on capital. The root cause of the problem is excessive cost at the provider level (hospitals, physicians, etc.). Until the etiology of the problem is solved, the symptoms will remain. The cure is a little like castor oil - it tastes terrible going down, but eventually you feel a lot better. Also, as with castor oil, you won't take it unless your mother forces you to. With all the vested interests here, real change won't occur unless Obama forces it down our collective throats.

Really Fixing Our Medical System


Without question, in many ways the US medical system is the envy of most of the world. We have some of the best medical colleges, many of the best physicians, and state of the art hospitals. Also, our drug companies are some of the most productive in the world.
In spite of the above, our medical system is seriously broken. Medical outcomes often trail behind other countries with ostensibly lower quality care, and costs are exorbitant. It is true that some very positive steps have already been taken to reduce costs, such as capping physician and hospital fees via PPO contracts, bulk negotiation for reduced drug costs by large providers and insurers, and reducing the cost of the "paper jungle" in hospitals via automation.
While the above is all positive, the system is still like an albatross around the neck of the ultimate payors (individuals and employers). While many hospitals are charitable and offer discounts to the uninsured, and many general practitioners take on geriatric patients knowing they will not be adequately reimbursed by Medicare, most people have a sense that the cost of the system is simply out of control. Even people covered by comprehensive PPO plans, where in-network providers accept strict fee caps imposed by the insurer, suffer from having to pay high premiums and steep out-of-pocket payments. Further, providers compensate for PPO and Medicare fee caps by shifting cost to insured's that are covered by insurance plans that they don't have a fee contract with. The end result is that almost everyone finds medical care too expensive.
I believe the system can be fixed, but it will require great political courage, as well as a willingness on the part of the American public to trash some currently held sacred beliefs. Nothing this complex can be solved by a simple or easy to swallow quick fix. It requires a comprehensive, and quite honestly, painful set of steps.
Detailed Plan
Force Hospitals To Adopt Smart Automation
I'm referring here to the type of advanced automation that minimizes duplication of services, administration of treatments that may be dangerous due to drug interactions, etc. In the US, professional firms (medical clinics, law offices, etc.) are notoriously IT illiterate. The Obama administration should provide tax incentives to spawn a cottage industry of consultants to help health care providers select and implement medical information management systems that really drive costs down by averting wasteful and dangerous decisions. Hospitals that fail to adopt smart automation within a certain period of time would become uncompetitive and driven out of business.

Reduce The Implementation Cost For New Drugs
Factoring in the cost of research, getting FDA (Food and Drug Administration) approval, and marketing expense, it now costs a drug maker over $1 billion USD to bring a new drug to market. Only about 20% of this amount is for actual research. The rest is just regulatory approval (performing tests and submitting trial data) and marketing. The FDA needs to streamline and speed up the approval process, and then issue detailed public information so doctors and patients can make drug decisions without relying on the drug maker's expensive TV campaigns (which would hopefully become useless and cease). Admittedly, less stringent testing before approval will lead to some incremental public danger (drugs that would have been disapproved instead of being marketed for a time before losing accreditation due to poor effectiveness or dangers not flagged earlier), but this is a cost we will have to bear if we wish to reign in the rapidly growing cost of drugs.

Set Reasonable Caps On Doctor Compensation
In the US, the individual states regulate the insurance industry (not the federal government). The state insurance commissioners need to get together and set limits on per hour expenses that doctors can receive for specific procedures from insurance policies. Insurance policies that violate these caps should not be approved for public sale. The idea would be to set the caps high enough so that the medical profession continues to attract competent people, but not so high that some jerk gets $500,000 per year just for analyzing X-rays.

Get Really Tough On Tort Reform
While this is a hard on patients that suffer the results of medical malpractice, we need to limit malpractice awards from juries to actual economic damages, plus reasonable punitive damages in cases of gross negligence. Payments for "pain and suffering" need to be eliminated. Admittedly, this is controversial, as such damages are routinely awarded in non-medical civil cases where they are deemed appropriate by the jury. The problem is that juries are awarding enormous pain and suffering damages out of sympathy for the damaged patient, driving malpractice insurance costs through the roof, and thus contributing in a major way to the overall medical cost problem.

Take Religion Out Of Medicine
While we may have seemed to veer to the left in the last election, real decision making in the US is controlled by a small clique of wealthy, very conservative people. The religious right interprets the "right to life" as "the obligation to live." This has impacted medical care in a major way. Heroic, hugely expensive measures are taken, using insurance as a major payment vehicle, to keep people alive for short periods of time in very poor health condition. The decision to provide insured coverage for life saving treatments should be made on a cost/benefit basis, comparing the cost of the coverage with the overall anticipated benefit (added years of life, and expected quality of those years). Procedures that don't meet the test should be denied (unless the patient can pay the cost himself), and instead the insurance should merely provide for keeping the patient as comfortable as possible until death (e.g., pain killers, psychological support, etc.). This is the approach taken in a number of Northern European countries, which incidentally have excellent medical care systems. The far right's idea that everyone has an obligation to live as long as possible, no matter how miserable they are, is both ridiculous and anachronous.

Encourage International Cooperation Regarding Prescription Drugs
The US badly needs to cooperate with foreign countries to determine standards of accreditation for proprietary and generic drug makers. Accredited foreign manufacturers should be able to legally import their locally approved drugs to the US (right now the FDA forbids it). This would foster international competition with respect to drug prices, which would greatly benefit US consumers (right now, we pay far more than anyone else for drugs).

Conclusion
While our medical system is badly broken, it can be fixed with courage and hard work. The real impediment to a substantive correction is human nature, namely greed and cowardice:
Legislators that are too beholden to drug company political contributions to allow Medicare to negotiate pricing for medications Hospital administrators that are afraid of technological change Doctors that sometimes charge outrageous fees for minimal work Patients expecting to get the best of everything regardless of cost/benefit considerations Society being too afraid to let go of outdated religious conceptions Government being too cowardly to fast track promising drugs and open the market to imports Legislators being too greedy to repel the legal lobby and institute drastic medical tort reform

There is way too much hand wringing about insurance costs. The insurers are simply intermediaries, and they do not make extravagant returns on capital. The root cause of the problem is excessive cost at the provider level (hospitals, physicians, etc.). Until the etiology of the problem is solved, the symptoms will remain. The cure is a little like castor oil - it tastes terrible going down, but eventually you feel a lot better. Also, as with castor oil, you won't take it unless your mother forces you to. With all the vested interests here, real change won't occur unless Obama forces it down our collective throats.

What You Need to Know About Taking Medications During Pregnancy


You are feeling sick or you get suddenly tormented by a strong headache. The easiest way to approach the issue is by taking the appropriate medication. A pregnant woman, however, will have to think twice before deciding on a medical treatment for any condition. The harm that some drugs cause will certainly outweigh the short-term benefits.
Why Medications are Dangerous for the Fetus?
The human fetus is very vulnerable, especially during the first trimester of pregnancy. A chemical that passes to the embryo through the mom's blood stream could be exceptionally dangerous.
Pregnant women have to be extra careful about medicines. Some substances that are harmless for the grown-up organism can be deadly for an unborn child. The medication could slow down the formation of the various bodily systems and it can cause malformations.
Medical treatment is acceptable solely if the health of the mom-to-be is seriously endangered. Drugs should be taken solely after a consultation with a medic and following the prescription. Self-treatment is entirely unacceptable during pregnancy.
Alternative Treatments
We are all so reliant on medications that we have forgotten the numerous natural remedies that we can make use of. These will be especially beneficial for pregnant women who are suffering from one medical condition or another.
If you are suffering from a headache, you do not have to rush for the aspirin. Have a relaxing bath instead. Pamper yourself and you will soon be feeling much better. Some essential oils will deal with the pain and will give you the chance to feel fresh and energetic once again.
Some pregnant women suffer from insomnia and are desperate to get a sleeping pill. A glass of warm milk and some soothing music will be able to produce better results. Taking a short walk in the park before going to bed could also turn into an effective way to overcome insomnia.
Colds can be treated with herbal teas and fruits rich in vitamin C like oranges, lemons and grapefruits.
Common Medications and Their Effect during Pregnancy
Aspirin is one of the common drugs that you should refrain from taking during pregnancy. Aspirin can prolong any type of bleeding, making birth more dangerous for both the mom and her baby.
A doctor could recommend an antibiotic treatment, in case the condition of the mom-to-be demands such treatment. For highest degree of safety, the usage of antibiotics should be avoided during the first trimester.
Anti-depressants should be avoided, just like any other form of medication. Some drugs can be dangerous while others produce no side effects but it would be wisest to refrain from taking artificial substances.
Strong medications that affect the nervous system have to be avoided. Drugs should become a final resort option. The consultation with a psychologist is a much better alternative.
The flu vaccine is another medication that is acceptable only if a doctor has recommended it. During pregnancy, the body strives hard to strengthen its immune response. A vaccination during that period will build more reliable defense against the flu virus.

What You Need to Know About Taking Medications During Pregnancy


You are feeling sick or you get suddenly tormented by a strong headache. The easiest way to approach the issue is by taking the appropriate medication. A pregnant woman, however, will have to think twice before deciding on a medical treatment for any condition. The harm that some drugs cause will certainly outweigh the short-term benefits.
Why Medications are Dangerous for the Fetus?
The human fetus is very vulnerable, especially during the first trimester of pregnancy. A chemical that passes to the embryo through the mom's blood stream could be exceptionally dangerous.
Pregnant women have to be extra careful about medicines. Some substances that are harmless for the grown-up organism can be deadly for an unborn child. The medication could slow down the formation of the various bodily systems and it can cause malformations.
Medical treatment is acceptable solely if the health of the mom-to-be is seriously endangered. Drugs should be taken solely after a consultation with a medic and following the prescription. Self-treatment is entirely unacceptable during pregnancy.
Alternative Treatments
We are all so reliant on medications that we have forgotten the numerous natural remedies that we can make use of. These will be especially beneficial for pregnant women who are suffering from one medical condition or another.
If you are suffering from a headache, you do not have to rush for the aspirin. Have a relaxing bath instead. Pamper yourself and you will soon be feeling much better. Some essential oils will deal with the pain and will give you the chance to feel fresh and energetic once again.
Some pregnant women suffer from insomnia and are desperate to get a sleeping pill. A glass of warm milk and some soothing music will be able to produce better results. Taking a short walk in the park before going to bed could also turn into an effective way to overcome insomnia.
Colds can be treated with herbal teas and fruits rich in vitamin C like oranges, lemons and grapefruits.
Common Medications and Their Effect during Pregnancy
Aspirin is one of the common drugs that you should refrain from taking during pregnancy. Aspirin can prolong any type of bleeding, making birth more dangerous for both the mom and her baby.
A doctor could recommend an antibiotic treatment, in case the condition of the mom-to-be demands such treatment. For highest degree of safety, the usage of antibiotics should be avoided during the first trimester.
Anti-depressants should be avoided, just like any other form of medication. Some drugs can be dangerous while others produce no side effects but it would be wisest to refrain from taking artificial substances.
Strong medications that affect the nervous system have to be avoided. Drugs should become a final resort option. The consultation with a psychologist is a much better alternative.
The flu vaccine is another medication that is acceptable only if a doctor has recommended it. During pregnancy, the body strives hard to strengthen its immune response. A vaccination during that period will build more reliable defense against the flu virus.

What You Need to Know About Taking Medications During Pregnancy


You are feeling sick or you get suddenly tormented by a strong headache. The easiest way to approach the issue is by taking the appropriate medication. A pregnant woman, however, will have to think twice before deciding on a medical treatment for any condition. The harm that some drugs cause will certainly outweigh the short-term benefits.
Why Medications are Dangerous for the Fetus?
The human fetus is very vulnerable, especially during the first trimester of pregnancy. A chemical that passes to the embryo through the mom's blood stream could be exceptionally dangerous.
Pregnant women have to be extra careful about medicines. Some substances that are harmless for the grown-up organism can be deadly for an unborn child. The medication could slow down the formation of the various bodily systems and it can cause malformations.
Medical treatment is acceptable solely if the health of the mom-to-be is seriously endangered. Drugs should be taken solely after a consultation with a medic and following the prescription. Self-treatment is entirely unacceptable during pregnancy.
Alternative Treatments
We are all so reliant on medications that we have forgotten the numerous natural remedies that we can make use of. These will be especially beneficial for pregnant women who are suffering from one medical condition or another.
If you are suffering from a headache, you do not have to rush for the aspirin. Have a relaxing bath instead. Pamper yourself and you will soon be feeling much better. Some essential oils will deal with the pain and will give you the chance to feel fresh and energetic once again.
Some pregnant women suffer from insomnia and are desperate to get a sleeping pill. A glass of warm milk and some soothing music will be able to produce better results. Taking a short walk in the park before going to bed could also turn into an effective way to overcome insomnia.
Colds can be treated with herbal teas and fruits rich in vitamin C like oranges, lemons and grapefruits.
Common Medications and Their Effect during Pregnancy
Aspirin is one of the common drugs that you should refrain from taking during pregnancy. Aspirin can prolong any type of bleeding, making birth more dangerous for both the mom and her baby.
A doctor could recommend an antibiotic treatment, in case the condition of the mom-to-be demands such treatment. For highest degree of safety, the usage of antibiotics should be avoided during the first trimester.
Anti-depressants should be avoided, just like any other form of medication. Some drugs can be dangerous while others produce no side effects but it would be wisest to refrain from taking artificial substances.
Strong medications that affect the nervous system have to be avoided. Drugs should become a final resort option. The consultation with a psychologist is a much better alternative.
The flu vaccine is another medication that is acceptable only if a doctor has recommended it. During pregnancy, the body strives hard to strengthen its immune response. A vaccination during that period will build more reliable defense against the flu virus.

Que faire si votre vous avez oublié votre prescription drugs


Vous avez prévu pour cette visite pour les semaines. Tous emballés, le chien a été vérifié et votre voisin obtiendrez votre courriel. Vous avez juste à bord de l'avion pour aller en vacances tant attendue. Soudain vous comprenez, « J'ai quitté mon domicile médecine! »
Avec tout ce remue-ménage avec la formation nécessaire pour obtenir un prêt pour vos vacances, vous devez oublié quelque chose. Parfois vos recettes sont derrière nous, parce qu'il n'est pas quelque chose vous vous souciez, pensez à, lorsqu'ils ont un bon moment. À quelle fréquence pensez-vous prenant des médicaments lorsque vous êtes en s'amusant ?
Quand vous voyagez aux États-Unis, pour régler ce problème est simple. Surtout, aller à la pharmacie locale et demandez à quelqu'un de pharmacie de nouvelle recette à la maison. La terminologie de la pharmacie, cela s'appelle « copie » ou « transfert ». Vous devez avoir un nom et numéro de téléphone de votre pharmacie pour autoriser un membre du personnel à la pharmacie de nouveau. Vous devriez également savoir le nom de vos médicaments, puisqu'il serait utile qu'il n'y a aucune confusion.
Peut être un problème si votre prescription n'est pas facturer ou est une substance contrôlée. Si vous n'avez pas de remplissage, votre médecin aura contact avec avant tout plus de médicaments peuvent vous coûter. Parfois recourent les villes ou les lieux qui sont fortement dépendantes du tourisme, pharmacien, peuvent créer une nouvelle recette sans avoir recours à un médecin.
Par exemple, vous avez oublié vos médicaments pour le diabète et vous serez loin de chez eux pendant sept jours. Vous accédez à une pharmacie et demandez au pharmacien pour appeler à votre traduction. Votre pharmacien vous informe qu'il n'y a pas plus de recharges sur cette recette particulière. Le pharmacien peut appeler votre médecin d'autorisation ou, à sa discrétion, créer une nouvelle recette pour la semaine de vos médicaments.
Pour les substances, les médicaments, qui ont la qualité d'une dépendance de leur situation est plus complexe. Les règles varient selon les États individuels, des médicaments et niveau de confort, d'un pharmacien. Certains États ne permettent pas de substances contrôlées transférés d'un autre État. Si le pharmacien ne peut être transmis à votre recette, pour une raison quelconque, vous devriez visiter une clinique locale ou un médecin local pour obtenir vos médicaments.
Soyez prêt à attendre plus longtemps et de payer plus que vous attendez pour sept jours une valeur de votre recette. Si vous avez une recette pour l'assurance, la compagnie d'assurance habituellement ne sera pas facturée pour l'approvisionnement d'urgence. Ils ont déjà payé pour ce médicament et vont probablement pas payer à nouveau. Vous sont coincés, car le coût intégral de votre prescription.
Oubliant d'apporter vos médicaments avec vous pas besoin d'être un problème douloureux. Restez calme, pharmacien comprend et devrait essayer de vous aider autant que possible. La chose la plus importante est d'obtenir votre médicament, donc vous pouvez profiter de vos vacances avec inquiéter d'être malade. Il pourrait vous coût peu d'argent et deux heures de temps pour résoudre le problème, mais il ne laissez pas ruiner votre temps.

Que faire si votre vous avez oublié votre prescription drugs


Vous avez prévu pour cette visite pour les semaines. Tous emballés, le chien a été vérifié et votre voisin obtiendrez votre courriel. Vous avez juste à bord de l'avion pour aller en vacances tant attendue. Soudain vous comprenez, « J'ai quitté mon domicile médecine! »
Avec tout ce remue-ménage avec la formation nécessaire pour obtenir un prêt pour vos vacances, vous devez oublié quelque chose. Parfois vos recettes sont derrière nous, parce qu'il n'est pas quelque chose vous vous souciez, pensez à, lorsqu'ils ont un bon moment. À quelle fréquence pensez-vous prenant des médicaments lorsque vous êtes en s'amusant ?
Quand vous voyagez aux États-Unis, pour régler ce problème est simple. Surtout, aller à la pharmacie locale et demandez à quelqu'un de pharmacie de nouvelle recette à la maison. La terminologie de la pharmacie, cela s'appelle « copie » ou « transfert ». Vous devez avoir un nom et numéro de téléphone de votre pharmacie pour autoriser un membre du personnel à la pharmacie de nouveau. Vous devriez également savoir le nom de vos médicaments, puisqu'il serait utile qu'il n'y a aucune confusion.
Peut être un problème si votre prescription n'est pas facturer ou est une substance contrôlée. Si vous n'avez pas de remplissage, votre médecin aura contact avec avant tout plus de médicaments peuvent vous coûter. Parfois recourent les villes ou les lieux qui sont fortement dépendantes du tourisme, pharmacien, peuvent créer une nouvelle recette sans avoir recours à un médecin.
Par exemple, vous avez oublié vos médicaments pour le diabète et vous serez loin de chez eux pendant sept jours. Vous accédez à une pharmacie et demandez au pharmacien pour appeler à votre traduction. Votre pharmacien vous informe qu'il n'y a pas plus de recharges sur cette recette particulière. Le pharmacien peut appeler votre médecin d'autorisation ou, à sa discrétion, créer une nouvelle recette pour la semaine de vos médicaments.
Pour les substances, les médicaments, qui ont la qualité d'une dépendance de leur situation est plus complexe. Les règles varient selon les États individuels, des médicaments et niveau de confort, d'un pharmacien. Certains États ne permettent pas de substances contrôlées transférés d'un autre État. Si le pharmacien ne peut être transmis à votre recette, pour une raison quelconque, vous devriez visiter une clinique locale ou un médecin local pour obtenir vos médicaments.
Soyez prêt à attendre plus longtemps et de payer plus que vous attendez pour sept jours une valeur de votre recette. Si vous avez une recette pour l'assurance, la compagnie d'assurance habituellement ne sera pas facturée pour l'approvisionnement d'urgence. Ils ont déjà payé pour ce médicament et vont probablement pas payer à nouveau. Vous sont coincés, car le coût intégral de votre prescription.
Oubliant d'apporter vos médicaments avec vous pas besoin d'être un problème douloureux. Restez calme, pharmacien comprend et devrait essayer de vous aider autant que possible. La chose la plus importante est d'obtenir votre médicament, donc vous pouvez profiter de vos vacances avec inquiéter d'être malade. Il pourrait vous coût peu d'argent et deux heures de temps pour résoudre le problème, mais il ne laissez pas ruiner votre temps.

Que faire si votre vous avez oublié votre prescription drugs


Vous avez prévu pour cette visite pour les semaines. Tous emballés, le chien a été vérifié et votre voisin obtiendrez votre courriel. Vous avez juste à bord de l'avion pour aller en vacances tant attendue. Soudain vous comprenez, « J'ai quitté mon domicile médecine! »
Avec tout ce remue-ménage avec la formation nécessaire pour obtenir un prêt pour vos vacances, vous devez oublié quelque chose. Parfois vos recettes sont derrière nous, parce qu'il n'est pas quelque chose vous vous souciez, pensez à, lorsqu'ils ont un bon moment. À quelle fréquence pensez-vous prenant des médicaments lorsque vous êtes en s'amusant ?
Quand vous voyagez aux États-Unis, pour régler ce problème est simple. Surtout, aller à la pharmacie locale et demandez à quelqu'un de pharmacie de nouvelle recette à la maison. La terminologie de la pharmacie, cela s'appelle « copie » ou « transfert ». Vous devez avoir un nom et numéro de téléphone de votre pharmacie pour autoriser un membre du personnel à la pharmacie de nouveau. Vous devriez également savoir le nom de vos médicaments, puisqu'il serait utile qu'il n'y a aucune confusion.
Peut être un problème si votre prescription n'est pas facturer ou est une substance contrôlée. Si vous n'avez pas de remplissage, votre médecin aura contact avec avant tout plus de médicaments peuvent vous coûter. Parfois recourent les villes ou les lieux qui sont fortement dépendantes du tourisme, pharmacien, peuvent créer une nouvelle recette sans avoir recours à un médecin.
Par exemple, vous avez oublié vos médicaments pour le diabète et vous serez loin de chez eux pendant sept jours. Vous accédez à une pharmacie et demandez au pharmacien pour appeler à votre traduction. Votre pharmacien vous informe qu'il n'y a pas plus de recharges sur cette recette particulière. Le pharmacien peut appeler votre médecin d'autorisation ou, à sa discrétion, créer une nouvelle recette pour la semaine de vos médicaments.
Pour les substances, les médicaments, qui ont la qualité d'une dépendance de leur situation est plus complexe. Les règles varient selon les États individuels, des médicaments et niveau de confort, d'un pharmacien. Certains États ne permettent pas de substances contrôlées transférés d'un autre État. Si le pharmacien ne peut être transmis à votre recette, pour une raison quelconque, vous devriez visiter une clinique locale ou un médecin local pour obtenir vos médicaments.
Soyez prêt à attendre plus longtemps et de payer plus que vous attendez pour sept jours une valeur de votre recette. Si vous avez une recette pour l'assurance, la compagnie d'assurance habituellement ne sera pas facturée pour l'approvisionnement d'urgence. Ils ont déjà payé pour ce médicament et vont probablement pas payer à nouveau. Vous sont coincés, car le coût intégral de votre prescription.
Oubliant d'apporter vos médicaments avec vous pas besoin d'être un problème douloureux. Restez calme, pharmacien comprend et devrait essayer de vous aider autant que possible. La chose la plus importante est d'obtenir votre médicament, donc vous pouvez profiter de vos vacances avec inquiéter d'être malade. Il pourrait vous coût peu d'argent et deux heures de temps pour résoudre le problème, mais il ne laissez pas ruiner votre temps.

Consumer Guide to medical tourism


When buying a new car or even a small inexpensive object, you are probably buying guide or try to learn what others are saying, who bought the product in the past about it to make a smart shopping decision. But when it comes to buying health, you are doing the same thing? You should.
Global health was held today. The rising cost of health care in the United States has led many Americans to search for health services in other countries. There are vendors worldwide, selling health-care services, packaged in attractive and exciting packages on the Internet. And people shopping for health on the Internet the same way as they shop goods. The market is becoming increasingly important to undergo a medical tourism consumer guide before you install to your medical visit travel.
Here's a quick consumer guide for your reference when purchasing the services of medical tourism.
Medical tourism can solve your problem?
Firstly, finding the correct medical tourism to solve the problem. For most people this high price, which asks them to a local hospital due to a lack of insurance or long waiting for surgery. You may have another problem but medical tourism will help you solve that? Find out if medical tourism is suitable for you, read the facts and frequently asked questions about it.
What are your expectations from a medical procedure, are you looking for?
This is a procedure that you are looking for elective or medically indicated? Learn all you can about the medical procedure in question. This will help you answer a few questions: the right treatment for your condition; You are a suitable candidate for this processing; You should get this treatment abroad; What is physical therapy and follow-up care you need; You need an urgent procedure or can it wait, or in other words, when the right time for assistance; how much time you'll need to take off from work (which will include not only the time that you are abroad for surgery, but the recovery time after returning); and so on.
The fact that all countries are, where you can get treatment?
Check out the various international destinations that offer treatment that you require. Some countries are known to offer good orthopaedic treatment, some of their cardio-vascular surgery, some cosmetic procedures and others for their dental work. Travel and accommodation expenses add your final account thus consider these costs not only in the calculation of the expected savings, but also in selecting international destination for your treatment.
How do you smell good provider from the bad?
The Internet gave anyone and everyone has the right to sell their services, making all too easy for the consumer to land in the wrong place. When examining a specific hospital or clinic are not slick web sites offering services for sale. This, of course, this does not mean that the slick websites offering health services in the sale are not authentic. The thing that you should do your research properly on a hospital or clinic, you are looking at. Ask people around who used their services in the past. Read their clients testimonials. Learn about certification of their doctors, qualifications, training and experience. Call them and find out what equipment and technology they use. All this will give you a fair idea of the quality of health care provider. Ask for quotes from different providers and compare them. As you will notice, costs vary from country to country and from provider to provider. You should not automatically choose the one that offers the lowest prices, but should base its decision on the quality of care offered.
There are medical records?
Get all your health records in order. During the pre-consultation doctor foreign may ask your digital medical records so he can assess your condition and treatment.
You have your passport and visa yet?
Next, get your Passport if you don't have one. Any companions travelling with you also need to purchase them. Depending on the destination that you headline may require an entry visa and must therefore also apply to this for you and any companions.
Booking your transportation and lodging
Book your tickets and hotel rooms in advance. After your operation, you can recover in a hotel or resort or go traveling in a foreign State, if allowed by your doctor. However, travel or tourism should always take a back seat to your medical trip abroad.
Taking appropriate follow-up care
Finally, remember that your treatment doesn't end with your surgery. As you follow the subsequent rituals as important as your surgery. If necessary, prepare your home for recovery before leaving for the surgery, like rearranging furniture. In addition, if you even limited insurance cover, to find out if your Insurer reimburses you and how they will recover. Even small amounts can help.
Higher medical tourism consumer guide will help you make the right decisions when purchasing foreign medical assistance. To facilitate your work, you can use the service provider medical tourism to research, plan, organize, schedule and book your medical travel journey. Medical tourism providers like Healthbase connect you to the Hospital of your choice and give you and many other services related to this saves precious time, resources and money.
You can learn more about medical tourism, international healthcare workers and details of the medical tourism http://www.healthbase.comlogged in. Healthbase is medical tourism facilitator, pledged to provide inexpensive high-quality medical services to the global health of the consumer.

Global Healthcare - Selecting the Right Medical Tourism Agent


Global healthcare dates back centuries to the ancient Greeks and Egyptians travelling to hot mineral springs to obtain their healing benefits. Today global healthcare, or medical tourism is done through medical tourism agents (also known as facilitators). It has become very popular due to the higher level of care received, better recovery and deep discounts over U.S. healthcare.
For Americans, medical tourism is a new concept and many stumbling into it have no idea where to start when it comes to selecting a medical tourism agent. This medical tourism guide will give you a good idea of what you should look for when selecting a medical tourism agent or agency.
Company Size: How big is the company? Is the company real? The problem with finding a company online is you never know what is behind the company. There have been countless occasions when the businesses street address points to a house.
Time in business: Ask how long your medical tourism agency has been in business. It is also good to ask how they got their start. When you find a destination you like, it is a good idea to call the hospital and see if they know who the company is that you are booking through.
Network: How big is the network? When you need a heart stint do you want a network with 1 heart hospital or a network with all the very best heart hospitals the world has to offer? When it comes to your health make sure you are searching from the best hospitals. Global healthcare isn't global healthcare if it only extends to 3 or 4 countries.
Services: What services are included by the company? Do they pick you up at the hotel and airport? Is there a follow up? Do your medical records go directly to the doctor?
Quality of hospitals: Quality should be your greatest concern. There are world-class hospitals that surpass the quality and level of care in the United States. Hospital accreditations are a good place to start.
Member base: Are you travelling alone or with the power of members? There are companies that are membership based. This gives you far greater advantage when travelling, including no mark-ups on your procedure.
Communications: Are there transparent lines of communication between you, the doctor and the international patient coordinator? When it comes to your health, nothing should stand between you and your provider.
Money Transfer: I highly highly highly do not recommend travelling with cash or using credit cards to pay for your procedure. Carrying a large amount of cash puts you at risk, and credit card charges in foreign countries can be extremely high (as much as 18%). Always make sure you are paying the hospital directly.
Testimonials: Testimonials and references are always a must. This will put you at ease when it comes to seeing a new doctor. You can ask the company or the doctor directly for references.
This is just a guide to selecting your medical tourism company. The most important thing is that you feel comfortable with your medical tourism agent and your doctor


Global healthcare dates back centuries to the ancient Greeks and Egyptians travelling to hot mineral springs to obtain their healing benefits. Today global healthcare, or medical tourism is done through medical tourism agents (also known as facilitators). It has become very popular due to the higher level of care received, better recovery and deep discounts over U.S. healthcare.
For Americans, medical tourism is a new concept and many stumbling into it have no idea where to start when it comes to selecting a medical tourism agent. This medical tourism guide will give you a good idea of what you should look for when selecting a medical tourism agent or agency.
Company Size: How big is the company? Is the company real? The problem with finding a company online is you never know what is behind the company. There have been countless occasions when the businesses street address points to a house.
Time in business: Ask how long your medical tourism agency has been in business. It is also good to ask how they got their start. When you find a destination you like, it is a good idea to call the hospital and see if they know who the company is that you are booking through.
Network: How big is the network? When you need a heart stint do you want a network with 1 heart hospital or a network with all the very best heart hospitals the world has to offer? When it comes to your health make sure you are searching from the best hospitals. Global healthcare isn't global healthcare if it only extends to 3 or 4 countries.
Services: What services are included by the company? Do they pick you up at the hotel and airport? Is there a follow up? Do your medical records go directly to the doctor?
Quality of hospitals: Quality should be your greatest concern. There are world-class hospitals that surpass the quality and level of care in the United States. Hospital accreditations are a good place to start.
Member base: Are you travelling alone or with the power of members? There are companies that are membership based. This gives you far greater advantage when travelling, including no mark-ups on your procedure.
Communications: Are there transparent lines of communication between you, the doctor and the international patient coordinator? When it comes to your health, nothing should stand between you and your provider.
Money Transfer: I highly highly highly do not recommend travelling with cash or using credit cards to pay for your procedure. Carrying a large amount of cash puts you at risk, and credit card charges in foreign countries can be extremely high (as much as 18%). Always make sure you are paying the hospital directly.
Testimonials: Testimonials and references are always a must. This will put you at ease when it comes to seeing a new doctor. You can ask the company or the doctor directly for references.
This is just a guide to selecting your medical tourism company. The most important thing is that you feel comfortable with your medical tourism agent and your doctor

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