Accreditation, quality, affordability, and practicality
Health care is a very sensitive subject and as we are seeing an extremely competitve one as well.
The highest quality with the least risk which is affordable becomes the most practical.
Not everyone is in the same league. Not all patients demand the same level of review. Not all providers are able to compete effectively in the accreditation arena with the more established or affluent individuals/organizations.
The world is a global marketplace, and certain guidelines should of course permeate the broad spectrum of healthcare provider and medical tourism / travel facilitation services.
A few basics would include:
1. The individual or organization should be legally licensed, able to do and be accountable for what is promoted.
2. A hygienic code for sanitation, sterilization and infection control should be established.
3. Mechanisms to effectively deal with minor and major complications should be in place.
4. Medical facilitation should effectively coordinate patients' needs and ensure professional communication.
The Quality Committee of the Medical Tourism Association is presently developing a list of approximately 10 guidelines broadly framing a basic standard to which, if adopted, member individuals and organizations would be expected to adhere.
Certainly, for the pupose of elevating quality, promoting credibility, and increasing market share member individuals and organzations would be free to explore all available avenues in the competitive world of accreditation.
In the interim, various standards are already in place in many countries with professionally licensed individuals and facilities.
The International Board of Medicine and Surgery (IBMS) is a professional online web registry which validates membership with documentation of licensure and specialty certification, and is not an accrediting organization.
IBMS exists to assist patients and their travel associates in making informed choices for their international health care needs. IBMS members are physicians, surgeons, dentists and Centers of Healthcare Excellence with established and long-term professional standards of patient care.
David P. Kalin, MD, MPH, Executive Director
International Board of Medicine and Surgery
drkalin@ibms.us
www.ibms.us
The highest quality with the least risk which is affordable becomes the most practical.
Not everyone is in the same league. Not all patients demand the same level of review. Not all providers are able to compete effectively in the accreditation arena with the more established or affluent individuals/organizations.
The world is a global marketplace, and certain guidelines should of course permeate the broad spectrum of healthcare provider and medical tourism / travel facilitation services.
A few basics would include:
1. The individual or organization should be legally licensed, able to do and be accountable for what is promoted.
2. A hygienic code for sanitation, sterilization and infection control should be established.
3. Mechanisms to effectively deal with minor and major complications should be in place.
4. Medical facilitation should effectively coordinate patients' needs and ensure professional communication.
The Quality Committee of the Medical Tourism Association is presently developing a list of approximately 10 guidelines broadly framing a basic standard to which, if adopted, member individuals and organizations would be expected to adhere.
Certainly, for the pupose of elevating quality, promoting credibility, and increasing market share member individuals and organzations would be free to explore all available avenues in the competitive world of accreditation.
In the interim, various standards are already in place in many countries with professionally licensed individuals and facilities.
The International Board of Medicine and Surgery (IBMS) is a professional online web registry which validates membership with documentation of licensure and specialty certification, and is not an accrediting organization.
IBMS exists to assist patients and their travel associates in making informed choices for their international health care needs. IBMS members are physicians, surgeons, dentists and Centers of Healthcare Excellence with established and long-term professional standards of patient care.
David P. Kalin, MD, MPH, Executive Director
International Board of Medicine and Surgery
drkalin@ibms.us
www.ibms.us
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